Here’s Hoping

Description

Here’s Hoping is an album by the American soft-rock duo Mike & Von Rogers, independently released on Covenant Records in 1983. The album was recorded and mixed at Twelve Oaks Studios in Atlanta, Georgia; with Randy Bugg and Sonny Lallerstedt of the Pat Terry Group fame producing.

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Here’s Hopin”
A2. “You Really Gotta Hand It To Him”
A3. “You Can’t Hide It”
A4. “You First Loved Me”
A5. “Long Way Away”

Side Two
B1. “Blazing Trails”
B2. “Alive And Well”
B3. “I’ve Heard It All Before”
B4. “Jesus Is My Ministry”
B5. “He Comes With Clouds”

Note: “Here’s Hoping”, b/w “You Really Gotta Hand It To Him”, was released as a 7-inch single by Covenant Records in 1983.

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CREDITS. Produced by Randy Bugg and Sonny Lallerstedt. Recorded and mixed at Twelve Oaks Studios in Atlanta, GA. Mastered by Glen Meadows at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN. Album cover produced by Sonlight Productions, Inc., Atlanta, GA. Illustration by Jon Fisher.

Musicians: Mike Rogers (Vocals, Acoustic, Electric Guitar, Rhythm, Lead and Slide Guitar), Von Rogers (Vocals), Sonny Lallerstedt (Electric Guitar, Rhythm, Lead and Slide Guitar, Percussion, Vocals), Randy Bugg (Bass), Dennis Holt (Drums). Stan Coates (Acoustic and Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Percussion, Vocals), Tony Carere (Saxophone). Tracks B2 and B3 recorded at Glaser Studios in Nashville, TN featuring Dann Huff (Lead Guitar on track B3), John Rosasco (Acoustic and Electric Piano, Organ, Synthesizer), Larry Paxton (Bass), and Joe English (Drums).