Cate Bros. (album)

Cate Bros. is the third studio album by the Fayetteville musicians the Cate Brothers, released in 1975 by Asylum Records.^[1] It spawned the hit "Union Man",^[2] which peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of February 7, 1976. and is the highest-charting single they released.^[3]

Bruce Eder of AllMusic notes that "the record does equal ["Time for Us"] and then some, alternately bursting out with some amazingly funky white soul and haunting balladry in equal measures", believing that "There's not a weak point on the record", highlighting "Can't Change My Heart", "Always Waiting" and "When Love Comes", three songs that the brothers wrote for Huey P. Meaux, closing by saying that "The rest of the record isn't far behind, and the harmonies on "Easy Way Out" are almost worth the price of admission; and the augmentation by Terry Cagle plus [Brooks] Hunnicutt, [Maxine] Willard, and [Julia] Tillman puts the latter track and "Lady Luck" over the top in the vocal department."^[4]

According to the liner notes:^[5]

• Ernie Cate – lead vocal, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizers
• Earl Cate – guitar, lead guitar (1), harmony vocals
• Scott Edwards – bass (1–2, 5–7, 9)
• King Errison – bongos (1, 6)
• Mike Baird – drums (1, 4–5, 7, 10)
• Brooks Hunnicutt – backing vocals (1, 6)
• Julia Tillman – backing vocals (1, 6)
• Maxine Willard – backing vocals (1, 6)
• Eddie Green – drums (2, 6, 9)
• Steve Cropper – guitar (2), producer
• Gary Coleman – percussion (2), vibraphone (3, 8), bells (8)
• David Foster – clavinet (3), piano (3)
• Klaus Voormann – bass (3–4)
• Levon Helm – drums (3)
• Terry Cagle – harmony vocals (3)
• Nigel Olsson – drums (8)
• Leland Sklar – bass (8)
• William "Smithy" Smith – organ (5, 8, 10)