Hustlers' Convention

Personnel: Lightnin' Rod (vocals); Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree, Buzz Feiten (guitar); Julius Hemphill (alto saxophone); King Curtis, Brother Gene Dinwiddie, Trevor Lawrence, Maurice Smith, Andrew Love, Lou Collins (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Mitchell (baritone saxophone); Charles Sullivan, Gerry Thomas, Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Jack Hale (trombone); Richard Tee, Truman Thomas (piano); Billy Preston (organ); Neil Larson (keyboards); Chuck Rainy, Jerry Jemmot, Fred Backmeier (bass); George McCleary (drums, congas); Jimmy Johnson, Bernard Purdie, Phillip Wilson (drums); Norman Pride, Pancho Morales, Rocky Dejon (congas); Bobby Matos (timbales); Gordin Specks Powell (percussion); Kool And The Gang.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
With music by Kool & the Gang, Rod recites a rhyming story of gamblers, pimps, and players. ~ Dan Heilman