Karl Rehn Music - Better Listen To It CD

Better Listen To It Deluxe Edition (2014) -The new CD from Midnight Express. The 2013 CD features 8 original songs and 3 covers. The band's influences include Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, Steely Dan, Tower of Power, and classic albums rock bands like the Rolling Stones, Little Feat, and Joe Cocker recorded with horn sections. The 8 original songs can be purchased online on iTunes, amazon, emusic, and other online vendors. The CD was officially released on June 8th, 2014, when Midnight Express performed as the headliner at the Starlight Music Series show, at Wolf Pen Auditorium in College Station.

An updated Deluxe Edition was released in 2014, including 4 bonus tracks.

Midnight Express official band site.

The Songs In Order

Peg (Fagen/Becker)

Greg Patterson - lead vocal
Heath Allyn - guitar, vocals
Karl Rehn - keyboards, vocals
Jason Cherry - bass
Michael Holleman - drums, vocals

Mark Oakland - trumpet
Michael Gaskins - alto sax
Richard Kent - tenor sax
Al Davis - trombone

guitar tracks and his backing vocal track recorded by Heath
The Letter (Thompson)
Greg Patterson - lead vocal
Scott Howard - guitar
Jason Navasard - bass
Karl Rehn - organ
Rodney Ramirez - drums

Mark Oakland - trumpet
Zach Morgan - saxophones
Al Davis - trombone

recorded ?
mastered by Jerry Tubb (Terra Nova Digital Audio)
Like An Echo (Rehn/David Nather)
Greg Patterson - lead vocal
Heath Allyn - guitar
Karl Rehn - keyboards, vocals
Jason Cherry - bass
Michael Holleman - drums, cowbell and tambourine

Mark Oakland - trumpet
Michael Gaskins - alto sax
Richard Kent - tenor sax
Al Davis - trombone

guitar track recorded by Heath
Hand Around My Heart (Allyn)

Heath Allyn - lead vocal, guitar, lead bass, synthesizer
Karl Rehn - organ, 2nd trumpet
Jason Cherry - bass
Michael Holleman - drums

Mark Oakland - trumpet
Michael Gaskins - alto & tenor sax
Greg Patterson - 2nd tenor saxophone
Al Davis - trombone

guitar, bass, synth and vocal tracks recorded by Heath
Last Nerve (Rehn/Verna Davis)

Michael Holleman - lead vocal, drums, tambourine
Karl Rehn - piano, guitar, keyboard bass, 2nd trumpet, synth percussion, vocal
Mark Oakland - trumpet
Michael Gaskins - alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
World's Greatest Ex (Allyn)

Heath Allyn - lead vocal, guitar
Karl Rehn - keyboards, keyboard bass, 2nd trumpet, cowbell, vocal
Michael Holleman - drums, tambourine, vocal
Mark Oakland - trumpet
Michael Gaskins - alto, tenor and baritone saxophone

guitar and vocal tracks recorded by Heath
How Am I Supposed (Rehn/Penny Riggs)

Karl Rehn - lead vocal, guitar, keyboards, 2nd trumpet
Brian Lippman - bass
Michael Holleman - drums
Mark Oakland - trumpet
Michael Gaskins - alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
Insomnia (Allyn)

Heath Allyn - lead vocal, guitar
Karl Rehn - keyboards
Michael Holleman - drums
Brian Lippman - bass
Mark Oakland - trumpet
Michael Gaskins - alto, tenor saxophone
Al Davis - trombone

guitar and vocal tracks recorded by Heath
Better Listen to it (Rehn/Phelps/Holleman/Lippman/Al Davis)

Al Davis - lead vocal, trombone
Greg Patterson - vocal, 2nd tenor saxophone
Karl Rehn - keyboards, vocal, 2nd trumpet
Michael Holleman - drums, vocal
Greg Phelps - guitar
Brian Lippman - bass
Heath Allyn - vocal
Mark Oakland - trumpet
Michael Gaskins - alto and tenor saxophones

basic track recorded fall 2012 at Frame By Frame studio, recorded/mixed by Greg Phelps
Like an Echo Reprise (Rehn/David Nather)

Michael Holleman - drums
Brian Lippman - bass
Heath Allyn - guitar
Karl Rehn - keyboards

Mark Oakland - trumpet
Michael Gaskins - alto saxophone
Richard Kent - tenor saxophone
Al Davis - trombone

guitar track recorded by Heath
Beginnings (Lamm)

Greg Patterson - lead vocal
Michael Holleman - drums, vocal, percussion
Brian Lippman - bass
Heath Allyn - guitar
Karl Rehn - keyboards, vocal, percussion

Mark Oakland - trumpet
Michael Gaskins - alto saxophone
Richard Kent - tenor saxophone
Al Davis - trombone, vocal

recorded, mixed, and mastered at Manorwood Studios, Bryan, TX, January-June 2013
unless otherwise noted