I’m a big Willie Weeks fan, but I’m having a heck of a time finding albums he has played on. I have Donny Hathaway’s Live, as well as John Scofield’s Ray Charles tribute, That’s What I Say, but I’m trying to track down more. Could you point me to some essential listening?
Joel Shedroff by e-mail

Though North Carolina-based Weeks remains closest to the Nashville scene he joined in the early ’90s, he is in demand all over the map as always, from studios in New York and L.A. to global road tours, most recently with Eric Clapton’s band (with Steve Jordan on drums). The list below shows notable and recent sides and songs that feature Mr. Weeks’s indomitable groove.

ALBUMS

Donny Hathaway Live [Atlantic, 1972]
David Bowie Young Americans [Virgin, 1975]
Joe Walsh But Seriously Folks [Asylum, 1978] (“Life’s Been Good”)
Neil Larsen Jungle Fever [Horizon, 1978]
Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones [Warner Bros., 1979] (“Chuck E.’s in Love”)
Chaka Khan Naughty [Warner Bros., 1980] (“Papillon”)
David Lee Roth Crazy From the Heat [Warner Bros., 1985] (“Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody”)
Vince Gill Pocket Full of Gold [MCA, 1991]
Wynonna Judd New Day Dawning [MCA, 2000]
George Harrison George Harrison [Capitol/EMI, 2005]—Weeks played on all of Harrison’s solo discs, beginning with Dark Horse in 1974
J.J Cale & Eric Clapton The Road to Escondido [Reprise, 2006]
Patti Scialfa Play It as It Lays [Columbia, 2007]
Amy Grant Rock of Ages … Hymns & Faith [Word Entertainment, 2005]

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