Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Cosmic Corn Cob & His Amazing Ozark Mountain Daredevils (Part II)

1980 Ozark Mountain Daredevils
1987 Heart Of The Country










1997 Archive Alive
1997 13








2003 Lost Cabin Sessions


By 1979 the group had moved over to CBS and put out Ozark Mountain Daredevils in May 1980. This album did not feature Chappell or Canaday, and Walle only appeared on two songs, since producer Boylan insisted on bringing in session players for a more typical California country rock laid back sound that was popular at the time. But the country rock sound's popularity seemed to be on the wane at the dawn of the 80's as groups like the Ozarks saw their sales begin to slip away. CBS dropped the group after only one record.
In 1985, the band followed their erstwhile singer/drummer, Larry Lee, to Nashville to record a new album produced by Wendy Waldman. Lee briefly rejoined for this project, but Chowning quit again during the recording and once the album was finished, there was, surprisingly, no interest at all from any of the labels in Nashville. A small French company, Dixie Frog Records, eventually picked up the record and it was released in France as Heart of the Country in 1987. Many of the same songs were released in England in 1989 as Modern History on the Conifer label.
New Era Productions, a company formed by an old Springfield buddy of the group's, Benny Smith, agreed to fund another album of brand new material, 13. This was produced, mostly in Nashville, by Larry Lee, who played and sang on it as well. 13 was released in June 1997.
Also that year came Archive Alive, a live album. This CD features a selection of recordings taken from around 1973 at the Cowtown Ballroom in Kansas City and the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis. This CD only includes songs written and played up until March 1973. Although it does feature songs which would appear on future album releases.
2003 saw the release of the remastered Lost Cabin Sessions with long lost recordings that were made during their early days together. Sometime during that period, they assembled a little eight-track studio in Springfield, and recorded 28 songs over a thirteen-hour day. The recordings on this CD represent that period, before the band even had a name. These are the recordings that impressed A&M enough to sign them to a long-term contract.

Don Felder - Airborne

In 1974, Felder was invited to join the Eagles. A Year later his friend Joe Walsh came also to the Eagles as replacement for Bernie Leadon, together they added a harder edge to the Eagles musical sound. The band started moving away from their earlier country based rock style. On the band's fourth album,One of these Nights, Felder sang lead vocal on the song Visions which he co-wrote with Don Henley, and was the only Eagles song that Felder ever sang lead vocal on.
In 1983, he released a rock and roll album titled Airborne which to date remains his only solo LP. He contributed the songs Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) and All of You to the 1981 film Heavy Metal. In 1994, the Eagles regrouped for a concert aired on MTV, which resulted in the album Hell Freezes Over. Felder continued as a member of the Eagles through their 1999–2000 New Year's concerts. In 2001, Don was wrongful fired from the Eagles.
The Felder cuts from Heavy Metal Film are also included.

John David Souther

 











J.D. Souther first cut Longbranch Pennywhistle, together with Glen Frey(see: Eagles Fame for this album). After recording the eponymous John David Souther album in 1972, Souther formed the SHF Band with Chris Hillman and Richie Furay(see: Poco or Byrds Fame for these 2 albums).
Souther is probably best known for his well-crafted songwriting abilities, especially in the field of country rock. He co-wrote some of the biggest hits for the Eagles. How Long, which appears on the Eagles Long Road Out Of Eden was written by Souther and originally recorded on his first solo album in 1972. He also produced Linda Ronstadt's Don't Cry Now, and wrote songs for several of Ronstadt's multi-platinum albums, including Faithless Love from Heart Like A Wheel and White Rhythm and Blues included in her Living in the USA album. He also recorded several notable duets with Ronstadt, including Hasten Down the Wind, Prisoner in Disguise, and Sometimes You Can't Win. He wrote Run Like a Thief, which appeared on Home Plate by Bonnie Raitt. His biggest hit as a solo artist was his 1979 Orbison-influenced song You're Only Lonely. A collaboration with James Taylor called Her Town Too reached number 11 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. On October 14, 2008, Souther released If The World Was You, his first new release in 25 years.

Redwing = Poco in 5th gear

The Seeker recently found a long lost gem: The New Breed, a band with Timmy B. Schmidt, later of Poco and Eagles fame. The New Breed changed their name later to Glad and – when Timmy had left the band to join Poco. Redwing was of great fame in their hometown Sacramento and... in The Netherlands, where they toured after the release of every new album. These gigs are still in my mind as the best things I saw live on stage, together with the concert Poco did in it's original line-up in a double package with Fairport Convention.
Musically think of a mix of Poco and The Outlaws. Great singing, competing guitars and swinging like hell. They released 5 albums: Redwing (1971), What This Country Needs (1972), Take Me Home (1973), Dead Or Alive (1974) and Beyond the Sun and Stars (1975). Timmy returned shortly and can be heard on the 2nd album. Sadly enough these gems never were rereleased on cd, Fantasy did not even think of a great compilation album. Fortunately I was able to lay my hands on the first three LP's so I'll post them here, including scans of the original artwork, ripped from vinyl to AIFF and then to Flac lossless or 320 mp3, whatever you like.

If you'd like to know the complete Redwing story, there's a site dedicated to this band:

http://www.desktop21.com/redwing/

Edit: This article was first published on July 27, 2008 by bearwil.

Love - Forever Changes (Remaster)

Forever Changes is the third album released by Love in 1967. Originally, the album was to be produced by Bruce Botnick and Neil Young, but Young bowed out due to his commitments to Buffalo Springfield. However, Young did stick with the album project long enough to arrange the track The Daily Planet. The sessions began in June 1967, with the group replaced by Los Angeles session players Billy Strange (guitar), Don Randi (piano), Hal Blaine (drums) and Carol Kaye (bass). The two tracks recorded during these sessions, Andmoreagain and The Daily Planet, were later given sparing overdubs by the actual members of Love, who felt the tracks otherwise sufficed. Botnick recalls that the use of session musicians sparked the band, and they realized they had blown it, got their act together and recorded the rest of the album. A September recording session finished the album, sweetening the mixes with horns and strings, as well as some additional piano from Don Randi, who played all the keyboard parts on the album as the band now had no keyboard player.

The album was re-released by Rhino in 2001, featuring alternate mixes, outtakes and the group's 1968 single, Your Mind and We Belong Together.

Line-up: Arthur Lee Johnny Echols Bryan MacLean Ken Forssi Michael Stuart

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Cosmic Corn Cob & His Amazing Ozark Mountain Daredevils (Part I)

1973 Ozark Mountain Daredevils(Remaster)
1974 It'll Shine When It Shines(Remaster)










1975 The Car Over The Lake Album(Remaster)
1976 Men From Earth(Remaster)










1977 Don't Look Down(Remaster)
1978 It's Alive(Remaster)

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils are a country rock band formed in 1972 in Springfield, Missouri. They are most widely known for their singles If You Wanna Get To Heaven and Jackie Blue.
The first record, Ozark Mountain Daredevils (also referred to as The Quilt Album), was released in December 1973 and spawned the Top 30 hit If You Wanna Get to Heaven in the summer of '74. The album introduced the band's unique mixture of country & rock to the world and is still the favorite of many of the group's fans.
For the second album, It'll Shine When in Shines (Fall 1974), Glyn Johns and David Anderle came to Missouri to record, utilizing a mobile recording truck set up outside of the band's rehearsal home. During the sessions, Johns overheard Larry Lee sitting at a piano playing and singing a song about a mysterious friend of his who sometimes dealt drugs on the side. Johns loved the melody and thought it could be a smash hit if the lyrics were altered to be about a girl and the drug references downplayed. Lee and Cash did as Johns asked and the song, Jackie Blue, became the Daredevil's signature song and a huge hit in early 1975.
The Ozark's third release, The Car Over the Lake Album (Fall 1975), produced by Anderle alone, featured their old compatriot, Bill Jones, joining them to play and arrange their songs. Another face from the past, Steve Canaday, also came back into the group's life at this same time as road manager and opening act before joining the band in 1976. The album sold fairly well but produced no hits. One reason why the band's fortunes began to falter might have been their reluctance to relocate to Southern California after being asked to do so by A&M co-head Jerry Moss. Personnel shifts within the group also began to change the chemistry. Randle Chowning left in May 1976, after a falling out with the others, to form his own Randle Chowning Band. Norwegian musician Rune Walle then joined to replace him.
That same year the Daredevils headed to the Caribou Ranch, Colorado to record their fourth album which they'd originally titled Nuclear Fishin ' but then changed to Men From Earth after A&M objected. The Nuclear Fishin ' title was later used up in Canada for a greatest hits pack. Anderle was once again in the producer's chair and Jerry Mills joined the band on mandolin and also served as the group's advance publicist.
In the fall of '76, Buddy Brayfield departed to study medicine and Ruell Chappell from the popular Springfield group Spillwater Junction came in. But the band's next several releases, Men From Earth (Fall 1976), Don't Look Down (Fall 1977) and It's Alive (September 1978) sold in lesser quantities than their previous records had. Jerry Mills and his mandolin were dropped from the group after It's Alive since the band were performing less acoustic numbers in their show by this time.

Billy Swan - The bird that has flown of course

Billy Swan's role was, originally, largely invisible. He learned drums, piano, and guitar and also began writing songs. Lover Please, was recorded by Mirt Mirly & the Rhythm Stoppers. Swan's first big break was in 1962 when Clyde McPhatter recorded Lover Please, that quickly became a Top Ten Hit. Allowing Swan to write hit country songs for numerous artists, including Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings, and Mel Tillis. Swan's first album included the popular song I Can Help, a rockabilly number that topped both the Billboard top 100 and country charts in 1974. Swan recorded the song in two takes with an electric organ that Chris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge had bought for him as a wedding present. In 1986 he continued as part of a band called Black Tie, along with Randy Meisner, Jimmy Griffin, David Kemper, David Miner and David Mansfield which recorded the album When the Night Falls. Swan continued to tour with Kristofferson, and has recorded two albums with Randy Meisner. Swan recorded a new album at the original Sun Records studios, Like Elvis Used to Do, in 2000.

Rednex - Sex & Violins

Rednex is the brainchild of Swedish producers who decided to try mixing country music with eurodance. The name Rednex was chosen as a misspelling of the word rednecks. They reworked the traditional folk song Cotton-Eyed Joe into a dance song and released it in 1994, to huge worldwide success. This started the Country House music fad which lasted for a few years afterward. The album Sex & Violins followed the hit song, and Rednex went on to score other hits in Europe from that album Old Pop in an Oak and Wish You Were Here. If you never heard of this album then get it, because it's really funny.
Oh my god, this is the title of the sixth track;-)))