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Category Archives: Country Rock
PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE – Pure Prairie League – (MCA) – 1972
This is a record you often see in op shops or, rather, one you think appears all the time in op shops. The drawn character on the front sleeve was on many Pure Prairie League sleeves so it would be … Continue reading
BREWER & SHIPLEY – ST11261
This album was Brewer and Shipley’s sixth and their second last (the last was in 1975) before retiring from recording for twenty years. Their first album, “Down in L.A” had been released on A&M records in 1968. The next four … Continue reading
DENNIS LINDE – Trapped in the Suburbs – (Elektra) – 1974
Search this blog and you will see I like (love?) Dennis Linde. Check out my other comments for biographical details on the man. Linde will forever be associated as a country songwriter (because of the number of country acts who … Continue reading
THE BEAU BRUMMELS – The Beau Brummels – (MCA) – 1975
I've had this sitting around for a while. I like the Beau Brummels, having picked up their debut album in the 80s sometime. Since then I have managed to get hold of all the others albums (and commented on a … Continue reading
CYMARRON – Rings – (Entrance) – 1971
There is very little out there on this band. The best bio is (in total): “A soft rock act which placed one single in the US Top 20 in 1971, ‘Rings’, Cymarron comprised Rick Yancey (1948), Sherrill Parks (b. 1948, … Continue reading
CROSBY & NASH – Graham Nash / David Crosby – (Atlantic) – 1972
This style of music has aged well and is perfectly relevant to today. It combines singer-songwriter ruminations, melodic catchiness, rural and country flavours, observation and social (albeit mild) criticism. Everything that an alt-country troubadour or indie kid going acoustic aspires … Continue reading
DELANEY AND BONNIE – Motel Shot – (Atlantic) – 1971
This album is an unplugged, jam like sing-a-long which became an influential album in Delaney and Bonnie’s career. It is sometimes credited as the first “unplugged” album, and it may be the first entire unplugged album. I shall explain … … Continue reading
THE ROWANS – The Rowans – (Asylum) – 1975
This is the first Rowans album by the Rowan Brothers or the second Rowan Brothers album. Okay, that was intentionally confusing. There are three Rowan brothers involved in music, Peter, Chris, and Lorin. They grew up in the Boston area … Continue reading
JOHNNY RIVERS – Road – (Atlantic) – 1974
Johnny’s last good charting album was "Realization" from 1968 (#5US Pop) though “L.A. Reggae” from 1972 had reached #78 US Pop (probably as a result of a hit single from the album, "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" which … Continue reading
DANNY O’KEEFE – Danny O’Keefe – (Cotillion Records) – 1970
Check out other posts on this blog for detail on, the great, Danny O’Keefe. This is Danny O’Keefe’s first solo album, or, at least first proper solo album. In the mid-60s O’Keefe tread the solo folk rock path created by … Continue reading
