Personnel: Eros Ramazzotti (guitar, background vocals); Chris Maxwell (vocals, baritone guitar, organ, bass guitar); Phil Hernandez (vocals, bass guitar, drums, percussion); Mike Landau (guitar, guitars, electric guitar, nylon-string guitar); Paolo Gianolio (guitar, guitars, bass guitar, drums, keyboard programming); John Shanks (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar); Michael Thompson , Rusty Anderson (guitar); Claudio Guidetti (guitars, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, piano, electric piano, keyboards, drums); Giorgio Cocilovo, Jorge Valdez Chicoy, Giorgio Secco, Dan Warner, Massimo Varini, Phil Palmer, Tim Pierce (guitars); Fabrizio Leo, Luke Potashnick, Bicio (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Jesse String, Paul Stanbotough, Lyle Workman (electric guitar); Patrick Leonard (lap steel guitar, keyboards, drum programming); Melvin Duffy (pedal steel guitar); Ramone Stagnaro (Spanish guitar); Sebastian Petiiet (mandolin); Sean Keane (fiddle); Neil Martin (cello); Paddy Moloney (flute, gaita, tin whistle); Matt Molloy (flute); Juan Jose Restrepo (accordion); Rudy Trevisi (saxophone); Alfredo Thompson (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Juan Manuel Jimenez (trumpet); Carlos Alvarez Guerra (trombone); Jamie Muhoberac, Celso Valli (piano, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards); Maurizio Bassi (piano, keyboards, programming); Harold Lopez, Mark Harris (piano); Charles Judge (electric piano, keyboards, drum machine, programming); Ron Taylor, Davide Rossi (Hammond b-3 organ); Guy Chambers (keyboards, bass guitar); Chester Thompson, Pat Fitzpatrick, Arden 'Keyz' Altino (keyboards); James Blennerhassett (double bass, bass guitar); Frank Rubio, Dino D'Autorio, Matteo Bassi, John Giblin, Lee Sklar, Nathan East, Paul Bushnell, Sal Cuevas, Tony Franklin, Tony Levin , Paolo Costa, Bryan Beller (bass guitar); Keith Prior, Emiliano Bassi, Jeremy Colson, Abe Laboriel Jr., Lee Levin, Vinnie Colaiuta, Charlie Morgan, Lele Melotti, Steve Ferrone (drums); Lloyd Birne (drum set, percussion); Luca Bignardi (drum machine, programming, sound effects); Kevin Connell (bodhran, tambour); Amadito Valdez (timbales); Laercio Da Costa, Julio Guena, Karl Perazzo, Lenny Castro, Luis Conte (percussion); Jeff Rotschild (programming); Michele Canova (keyboard programming, drum programming); Gaetano Leandro (keyboard programming); Doug Yowell (drum programming); A. Baroni, B. Staunton, L. Jurman, S. Pozzoli, P. Ingram, G. Pozzoli, E. Cortesi, A. Pepe, J. Gilstrap, M. Penniman, M. Ferrara, M. Bassi, N. Hackett, G. Chambers, A. Brown, L. Davis, C. Guidetti (background vocals); Serse Mai, Barbarito Torres, Triona Marshall.
Additional personnel: Jon Spencer (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Carlos Santana (guitars); Gian Piero Reverberi (piano); Rhythm Del Mundo, Amaia, Ricky Martin, Take 6, The Chieftains, London Session Orchestra.
The fact that Eros Ramazzotti was born in Italy doesn't keep him from being one of the world's biggest Latin pop stars. The album E2 (2007) is a culmination of Ramazzotti's achievements, summing up 19 of his greatest hits (alternating between original versions and updated remakes), and a bonus disc of remixes and duets. E2 includes the full range of Ramazzotti's music--ranging across rock, pop, balladry, songs in both Spanish and Italian, and duets with Carlos Santana, Tina Turner, and Ricky Martin.
