Freeway of Love – Aretha Franklin

Freeway of Love was release on 6/5/85 by Arista Records. Written by Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen.

Filmed in all black and white at the Club Tattoo, in Detroit, Michigan and directed by Brian Grant. The video features Clarence Clemmons on Saxophone, (on loan from E Street Band – Bruce Springsteen).

Background singers included: Sylvester (You Make me Feel Mightly Real,) Martha West (It’s Raining Men,) and Jeanie Tracy (The Power, Cha Cha Heels.)

The song was #3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, it was Franklin’s highest chart single in 12 years and won her her 12^th Grammy Award for Best Female R & B Vocal performance.

Michael Walden performs with Jeff Beck, 2011 at the Isle of Wight concert.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – Pink Cadillac 1985

Members of the band: Steven Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Danny Federici, Gary Tallent, Max Weinberg and Soozie Tyrell.