DESCRIPTION:
From '' Chinese Checkers ''
Label: Wildebeest Records ‎-- WBST008
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2001

Tracklist
01. The Slackmates - Green Onions
Bass -- Jack Cornell
Drums -- Whitt Helton
Guitar -- Jeff Anderson, Rod Abernathy
Organ, Harpsichord, Arranged By -- Dave Adams
Recorded By -- The Slackmates
02.The Tiki Tones - Chinese Checkers
Bass -- Rex Woodbriar
Drums, Percussion -- Atlas Rockmont
Guitar -- Nash Agnew
Organ, Synthesizer [Moog] -- Cisco Oronoco
Recorded By -- Steeve Jacobs
03. Los Banditos - Soul Limbo
Bass -- Django B.B. Silbermann
Drum Machine [Beatbox] -- Doctore Pablo Fleischwald
Guitar -- Francesco "Elektrik Mann" Gold
Keyboards -- C. Rodriguez Flamingo
Turntables, Mixed By [Mixer] -- Superjoe Paco Louis
04 The Sandblasters - Hang 'Em High
Bass -- Drew Shuller
Drums -- Spencer Clarke
Guitar -- Mark Stultz
Recorded By -- Tim Dittmar
Written-By -- Dominic Frontiere
05. Del Noah & The Mt. Ararat Finks - Hip Hug-Her
Bass -- Eric Wilson
Drums [Traps] -- Mudd Plumbing
Guitar [Fuzz] -- Brent Walker
Organ -- Blair Walker
Producer -- Del Noah, Kenny Ybarra
Saxophone -- Vince Meghrouni
06. McLemore Ave. - Melting Pot
Bass -- Chris Johnson
Drums -- Andrew Gerfers
Guitar -- Landis Armstrong
Organ [Hammond B-3] -- Patrick Benfield
Recorded By, Mixed By -- Jim Inman
07. I Cosmonauti - High Ride
Bass -- Massimo Petrozzi
Drums -- Alessandro Petrozzi
Guitar -- Andrea Lauri, Stefano Giustiniani
08. The Omega Men - Soul Dressing
Bass -- Ed Abolins
Drums -- Eric Ebeling
Guitar -- Jonathan Sipes, Mark Ebeling
Mastered By -- Peter Humphreys
Mixed By -- Art Bourasseau
Organ -- Susan Mackey
Recorded By, Mixed By -- Dave Wilkerson
09. Sir Finks - Can't Be Still
Bass -- Jason Gentry
Drums -- Stephen May
Guitar [Fuzz] -- Mike Guerrero
Recorded By, Mixed By -- Jim Inman
Rhythm Guitar, Organ -- Joe Emery
10. The Cocktail Preachers - Rinky Dink
Bass -- Jack Chant
Drums -- Kerry Orze
Guitar -- Steve Panchisin
Keyboards [Keys] -- Jeffrey Roache
Written-By -- David Clowney
11. The Waistcoats - Kinda Easy Like
Bass -- Evert-Jan Kloosterboer
Drums, Percussion -- Jack Outhuis
Guitar -- Jan Herman Veldkamp
Organ -- Gerard Burger
Recorded By -- Liam Watson
12. The Bradipos IV - Born Under A Bad Sign
Bass -- Ghigo Bradipo
Drums -- Enriquez Bradipo
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar -- Max Bradipo
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Organ -- Franz Bradipo
Written-By -- Al Bell, Booker T. Jones
13. Pollo Del Mar - Time Is Tight
Arranged By -- Pollo Del Mar
Bass -- Jefferson Turner
Drums -- Chris Thomas
Guitar -- Jono Jones
Guitar, Melodica -- Ferenc Dobronyi
Recorded By, Mixed By -- Gary Mankin

Design, Layout -- Emily Barlow
Mastered By -- Jerry Tubb
Mastered By [Assistant] -- Jim Inman
Other [Model] -- Pei-San Brown
Photography By -- Mark Stultz
Photography By [Chinese Checkerboard] -- Doug Kaiser
Written-By -- Al Jackson Jr. (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9, 11, 13), Booker T. Jones (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9, 13), Donald "Duck" Dunn (tracks: 3, 5 to 7, 13), Lewis Steinberg (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9, 11), Steve Cropper (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 9, 11, 13)

"Chinese Checkers" couldn't have happened without the help of Julie Borelli, Pei-San Brown, Jim Inman, Jerry Tubb, Mark Stultz, Robert Ruggeri, Frank Plassmeyer, Art Bourasseau, Ferenc Dobronyi, and, of course, the bands.

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"Hang 'Em High" is a musical theme composed by Dominic Frontiere for the soundtrack of the 1968 film of the same name.
Though it was first covered by Hugo Montenegro, whose orchestra recorded a full album of music from the film, the tune became a hit in an R&B instrumental version by Booker T. & the M.G.'s that charted #9 Pop and #35 R&B.

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Hang 'Em High is a 1968 American Western film directed by Ted Post and produced and co-written by Leonard Freeman.
It stars Clint Eastwood as Jed Cooper, an innocent man who survives a lynching, Inger Stevens as a widow who helps him, Ed Begley as the leader of the gang that lynched him, and Pat Hingle as the judge who hires Jed as a US Marshal.

Hang 'Em High was the first production of The Malpaso Company, Eastwood's production company.

Hingle portrays a fictional judge who mirrors the true life Judge Isaac Parker, who was labeled "The Hanging Judge" due to the large number of men he had executed during his service as District Judge.

The film also depicts the dangers of serving as a US Marshal or deputy during that period, as many marshals were killed while serving under Parker.
The fictional Fort Grant, base for operations for that District Judge seat, is also a mirror of the factual Fort Smith, Arkansas, where Judge Parker's court was located.