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Category Archives: Country Rock
JOHN HARTFORD – Iron Mountain Depot – (RCA) – 1970
Country, bluegrass and especially newgrass lovers love John Hartford, and there is much to love. Generally, though, despite his fame being built on (covers of his songs on) his RCA albums from 1967 – 1970, the country music enthusiasts prefer … Continue reading
BREWER AND SHIPLEY – Shake Off The Demon – (Kama Sutra) – 1971
Google "hippie" and "Brewer & Shipley" and you will find a lot of references to this act as a "hippie duo". When I was young and when I first got this record (at the great University of Queensland Student Union … Continue reading
DR HOOK – Sometimes You Win … – (Capitol) – 1979
"Sometimes you win …." is a dangerous album title if you half smart critics (myself included) skulking on the sidelines because "Sometimes you lose" is bound to follow. But Dr Hook did in fact "win" with this album as it … Continue reading
ROGER McGUINN – Peace on You – (Columbia) – 1974
More McGuinn! Can you ever have enough McGuinn? Perhaps, but I have not reached that point yet and I doubt I will as he is consistently interesting even when his (solo) albums don’t achieve greatness. In relation his Thunderbyrd (1977) … Continue reading
PAUL SIEBEL – Woodsmoke and Oranges – (Elektra) – 1970
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m a sucker for anything on the Elektra label. I’ll give just about everything on that label a go and will always buy up when I find them in op shops. … Continue reading
ROWAN BROTHERS – Rowan Brothers – (Columbia) – 1972
I had no knowledge of who the Rowan Brothers were before I bought this. The sleeve looked vaguely “country” so I assumed they were hopefuls hitching their horse to the country rock wagon. Pardner, forgive me for that twee imagery. … Continue reading
POCO – Cantamos – (Epic) – 1974
I have a few Poco albums sitting in the pile behind me and I have listened to a few in the past but I have never really been taken with them. They were always a bit too slick. Like … Continue reading
JOHN STEWART – Fire in The Wind – (RSO) – 1977
Stewart had a strange career. Perhaps, but I don’t know, for a time he was known as one of the vocalists for the (successful) folk band The Kingston Trio. Nowadays, that isn’t that widely known. Normally people may recall him … Continue reading
JESSE COLIN YOUNG – Love on the Wing – (Warner Brothers) – 1977
Very early in my blogging I commented on another Jesse Colin Young album. You can search that it you wish though here I will flesh out a few of the points I raised there. Wikipedia: “Jesse Colin Young is an … Continue reading
JIM POST – Colorado Exile – (Fantasy) – 1974
I know at least one friend, actually only one, who would salivate over the sleeve of this record. A man, a backpack, and a mountain. I’m sure, on the sleeve alone, he would have plonked down $1, as I did, for … Continue reading
