“She’s The One”
Written by Karl Wallinger
JAKE THISTLE: Lead Vocal
JONN SAVANNAH: Keyboards, Cello
RANDY KLAWON: Guitar
SCOTTY SIMPSON: bass
TOMMY ALLEN: Drums, Background Vocals
Producer: Tom Emmi
Associate Producer: Tommy Allen
Mixing Engineer: Tommy Allen
Video Editors: Dexter Gresh, Leo Switucha
Some artists wear their influences on their sleeve. But the musician Karl Wallinger, who recorded as World Party, wore his influences proudly and prominently across his chest. Woven into his soulful, psychedelic songs are outright quotations from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and The Who along with subtle tributes to Motown, Memphis Soul, Brian Wilson and many others. But somehow Wallinger synthesized those familiar threads into something honest, original and powerfully human. Born in Wales, Wallinger first came to prominence as a member of The Waterboys. He battled illnesses in the last decade of his life and died too soon in 2024 at just 66 years of age. Karl Wallinger: a mortal man. An immortal artist.
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