I've Got Everything
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| I've Got Everything | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Studio | Henry's House of Noise | |||
| Genre | Heartland rock, roots rock, pop | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Producer | Henry Lee Summer | |||
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I've Got Everything is an album by the American musician Henry Lee Summer, released in 1989.[1][2] The first single was "Hey Baby".[3] Summer supported the album by opening for Eddie Money and then the Doobie Brothers on North American tours.[4][5] The album peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard 200.[6] It sold more than 400,000 copies in its first six months of release.[7]
Produced by Summer, the album was recorded over four and half months at his Broad Ripple Village, Indianapolis, home, which was dubbed Henry's House of Noise; he preferred that the songs be recorded in one take, and would break to play basketball with his band if a song was proving difficult to record.[8][9][7] The album title refers to Summer's attempts to convince his label that he could record a commercial success at his house.[8] He decided to leave in the many recording and musical mistakes.[10] Graham Maby played bass on the album; many of the other musicians, including Lisa Germano, were pulled from John Cougar Mellencamp's regular band.[11] Summer wrote most of the songs while touring in support of his previous album, and was influenced primarily by Otis Redding and Elvis Presley.[12][13] "Don't Leave Me" includes a musical quote from the Beatles' "A Day in the Life".[14] "Treat Her Like a Lady" is a cover of the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose song, which Summer's label asked him to record.[10] "Louie Louie Louie" is a song meant to accompany a dance Summer invented for "uncoordinated" people.[15] "My Louisa" had been a Summer live staple for four years.[16]
