Michael Fonfara

**Michael Fonfara** () er ein kanadisk tangentspelar som er mest kjend for å ha vore medlem av banda The Electric Flag og Rhinoceros i 1960-åra. I 1970-åra spelte han mykje med Lou Reed og frå 1990 og fram til i dag har han vore medlem av Downchild Blues Band.

## Diskografi
### Jon and Lee & The Checkmates

*1967 «Bring It Down Front/Pork Chops» (Spartan; singel)

### Electric Flag

*1968 *[[A Long Time Comin']]* (Columbia)
*1995 *Old Glory: Best of the Electric Flag, An American Music Band* (Sony)

### Rhinoceros

*1968 *Rhinoceros* (Elektra)
*1969 *Satin Chickens* (Elektra)
*1970 *Better Times Are Coming* (Elektra)

### Blackstone

*1972 *On The Line* (1972)

### Lou Reed

*1974 *[[Sally Can't Dance]]* (RCA)
*1976 *[[Rock and Roll Heart]]* (Arista)
*1977 *[[Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed]]* (RCA)
*1978 *[[Street Hassle]]* (Arista)
*1978 **' (Arista; expanded CD reissue 2002 by [[BMG|BMG Heritage]])
*1979 ''[[The Bells]]'' (Arista)  Fonfara is also executive produsent of the album.
*1980 ''[[Growing Up in Public]]'' (Arista).  Fonfara also co-produced the album, with Lou Reed.
*1980 ''[[Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980]]'' (Arista)
*2005 ''[[Coney Island Baby]]'' (30th Anniversary Edition of 1975 [[RCA Records|RCA]] release.)  

=== Tycoon ===

*1979 ''Tycoon'' (Arista)
*1981 ''Turn Out the Lights'' (Arista)

=== The Lincolns ===

*1983 ''Take One'' ([[Attic Records|Attic]])

=== Downchild ===

*1994 ''Good Times Guaranteed'' (Downchild Music)
*1997 ''Lucky 13'' (Downchild Music)
*2004 ''Come On In'' (Downchild Music)
*2007 ''Live At The Palais Royale'' (Downchild Music)

=== Andre artistar ===

*1968 [[David Ackles]], ''[[David Ackles (album)|David Ackles]]'', also known as ''Road to Cairo'' (Elektra)
*1972 [[Everly Brothers]], ''[[Stories We Could Tell]]'' (RCA; expanded CD reissue 2002 by [[BMG|BMG International]] as ''[[Stories We Could Tell:The RCA Years]]''.)
*1974 [[Iain Matthews|Ian Matthews]], ''[[Some Days You Eat The Bear]]'' (Elektra)
*1975 [[Rory Block]], ''Rory Block'' ([[United Artists Records|United Artists]])
*1981 [[Foreigner]], ''[[Foreigner 4]]'' ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]])
*1982 Foreigner, ''[[Records av Foreigner|Records]]'' (Atlantic)
*1984 [[Amos Garrett]], ''Amosbehavin** (Stony Plain)
*1994 Michael Bloomfield, *Don't Say That I Ain't Your Man: Essential Blues 1964-1969* (Columbia/Legacy)
*1999 Grievous Angels, *22 Trailer Park*  Fonfara produserte òg albumet.
*2000 Snooky Pryor and Mel Brown, *Double Shot* (Electro-Fi)
*2002 Northern Blues Gospel Allstars, *Saved* (Northern Blues)
*2002 Cameo Blues Band, *All Play and No Work* (Make It Real)
*2003 Brian Gauci, *Gitar Romp*  (Dynasound)
*2004 Sam Myers, *Coming From The Old School* (Electro-Fi)
*2004 Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, *Bluesin' It* (Electro-Fi)
*2004 Marie Aurigema, *Take Me*
*2004 Angela Scappatura, "A Little Bit of Sugar" (Fonfara produserte og spelte piano på albumet)
*2005 Brian Blain, *Overqualified For The Blues* (Northern Blues)
*2007 Steve Grisbrook, *Blue Sneakers* (Independent)
*2007 Jack De Keyser, *Blues Thing* (Blue Star)

## Kjelder

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## Bakgrunnsstoff
*Michael Fonfara-side