American Matador
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{{Infobox album
| name = American Matador
| type = studio
| artist = Marc Bonilla
| cover = Marc Bonilla - 1993 - American Matador.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1993}}
| recorded = Track Record; Andora; Alpha; Johnny Yuma; Can-Am; Entourage
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Instrumental rock, hard rock
| length = {{Duration|m=55|s=2}}
| label = Reprise
| producer = Marc Bonilla, Michael Scott
| prev_title = EE Ticket
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Celluloid Debris
| next_year = 2019
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}Ruhlmann, William. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/american-matador-mw0000100438 "American Matador - Marc Bonilla]". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
}}
American Matador is the second studio album by guitarist Marc Bonilla, released in 1993 through Reprise Records.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = American Matador
| writer1 = Marc Bonilla
| length1 = 4:35
| title2 = Get Off the Fence
| writer2 = Bonilla
| length2 = 3:26
| title3 = Streetalk
| writer3 = Bonilla
| length3 = 3:17
| title4 = A Whiter Shade of Pale
| writer4 = Keith Reid, Gary Brooker
| length4 = 4:56
| title5 = The Vanishing Road
| writer5 = Bonilla
| length5 = 5:11
| title6 = Mephisto
| writer6 = Kevin Gilbert, Bonilla
| length6 = 3:37
| title7 = Wake the Baby
| writer7 = Bonilla
| length7 = 3:35
| title8 = Under the Gun
| writer8 = Bonilla
| length8 = 4:21
| title9 = Vette Lag
| writer9 = Bonilla
| length9 = 4:23
| title10 = Prélude
| writer10 = Maurice Ravel
| length10 = 3:12
| title11 = In the Blue Corner
| writer11 = Jude Cole, Bonilla
| length11 = 4:52
| title12 = I Am the Walrus
| writer12 = John Lennon, Paul McCartney
| length12 = 4:40
| title13 = A Whiter Shade of Pale (Inst)
| writer13 = Reid, Brooker
| length13 = 4:47
| total_length = 55:02
}}
Personnel
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- Marc Bonilla – keyboards (1-8, 11-13), guitars (1-8, 10-13), mandolin (1), bass (1-8, 11-13), percussion (1), vocals (7), all instruments (9), programming (11)
- James Newton Howard – keyboards (1), acoustic piano (1), orchestration (1)
- Patrick Leonard – acoustic piano (4, 13)
- Mike Keneally – organ (4, 13)
- James DePrato – guitar (8)
- Ronnie Montrose – slide guitar (12)
- Toss Panos – drums (1, 3, 6), percussion (2, 7, 8, 12)
- Troy Luccketta – drums (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (11)
- Glenn Hughes – vocals (4)
Production
- Marc Bonilla – producer, art direction
- Michael Scott – producer, engineer
- Jeff Hendrickson – mixing
- Danny Alonso – second engineer
- Chris Danley – second engineer
- John Jackson – second engineer
- Judy Kirschner – second engineer
- Pete Magdaleno – second engineer
- Terry Reiff – second engineer
- Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California)
- Michael Mason – "minister of vibology"
- Pat Dorn – production coordination
- Linda Cobb – art direction
- Karen Miller – photography
- John Singer Sargent – cover painting
- Doug Buttleman Management, Inc. – management
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References
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