Flash Forward (album)

Flash Forward
Studio album by Siegel–Schwall Band
Released	August 16, 2005
Genre	Blues
Length	54:26
Label	Alligator
Producer	Corky Siegel Holly Siegel
Siegel–Schwall Band chronology
The Siegel–Schwall Reunion Concert 1988 Flash Forward 2005

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
PopMatters	[2]
Modern Guitars	(favorable)[3]
Maximum Ink	(favorable)[4]
George Graham	(favorable)[5]

Flash Forward is an album by the Siegel–Schwall Band. Released by Alligator Records in 2005, it was the second album recorded by the band after they re-formed in 1987, and their first studio album since R.I.P. Siegel/Schwall in 1974.

Flash Forward contains thirteen original songs, with multiple songs written by each of the four members of the band – Corky Siegel, Jim Schwall, Rollo Radford, and Sam Lay.^[6] It reached number 9 on the Billboard blues album chart.^[7]

Track listing

1. "Afraid of Love" (Corky Siegel) – 4:42
2. "Deja Vous" (Siegel) – 4:24
3. "Going Back to Alabama" (Sam Lay) – 3:40
4. "The Underqualified Blues" (Jim Schwall) – 5:29
5. "Krazy" (Rollo Radford) – 4:40
6. "Can't Stop" (Siegel) – 4:38
7. "On the Road" (Schwall) – 3:38
8. "Twisted" (Siegel) – 3:49
9. "Rumors of Long Tall Sally" (Lay) – 3:05
10. "Hey Leviticus" (Schwall) – 2:42
11. "Sweet Liz" (Lay) – 3:34
12. "Pauline" (Radford) – 6:02
13. "Stormy Weather Love" (Lay) – 3:55

Personnel

Siegel–Schwall Band

• Corky Siegel – harmonica, piano, vocals
• Jim Schwall – guitar, mandolin, twelve-string guitar, accordion, vocals
• Rollo Radford – electric bass, upright bass, vocals
• Sam Lay – drums, vocals; guitar on "Stormy Weather Love"

Additional musicians

• Marcy Levy – background vocals

Production

• Corky Siegel – producer, engineer, liner notes
• Holly Siegel – producer
• Ken Goerries – co-producer, mixing, additional recording
• Bruce Iglauer – additional mixing
• Mitch Zelezny – mastering
• Paul Natkin – photos
• Kevin Niemiec – packaging design
• Michael Trossman – Alligator logo

References

1. Leggett, Steve. Flash Forward at Allmusic
2. Howell, Dave. Flash Forward at PopMatters
3. Holland, Brian D. Flash Forward at Modern Guitars Magazine
4. Lemke, Brett. Flash Forward at Maximum Ink
5. Graham, George. Flash Forward at GeorgeGraham.com
6. Bessman, Jim. "Sam Lay a Songwriter: Who Knew?", Billboard, June 25, 2005, p. 44
7. Flash Forward album info at Billboard.com