Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy Angels: The Blissed-Out Birth of Country Rock Vol. 4: 1971

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Overview

The fourth volume of Bear Family's seven-edition country-rock history Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy Angels: The Blissed-Out Birth of Country Rock kicks off with Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen's locomotive rendition of "Hot Rod Lincoln," possibly the hardest-rocking cut yet featured in this series. It's a good indication of how things were changing in 1971, the year chronicled in this double-disc set. What began as a mellow breeze blowing out of Southern California grew grittier as it swept across the country, picking up musicians who were perhaps a little rowdier than the previous generation's. That's another way of saying that there are a lot of bands featured on this installment of Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy Angels: Commander Cody, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Randy Bachman's Brave Belt, Cochise, Cowboy, Head Hands & Feet, Twin Engine, and Poco, every one of them bringing a heavier backbeat. When combined with a slight diminishment of the literate singer/songwriters that dominated Vol. 3 -- the moody Mickey Newbury shows up toward the end of the collection, but both Kris Kristofferson and John Prine seem comfortable showcased alongside the shaggier country-rockers here -- helps give this installment a funkier feel, a suspicion confirmed by the funkier acts included here: Link Wray and Lonnie Mack riding the roots movement, Hoyt Axton roaring through "Never Been to Spain," Sir Douglas Quintet sending out "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights," Freddy Fender, wherever he is, and this comp's great re-discovery, Alex Harvey, a sensational singer/songwriter who wrote "Delta Dawn" and "Tulsa Turnaround" (and has nothing to do with the British rocker who shares his name). This kind of relaxed, down-and-dirty groove is so addictive that it's easy not to realize that Gram Parsons is M.I.A. (the Chris Hillman-led Flying Burrito Brothers are here, though), but that only underscores how by 1971 the movement Gram set into motion grew into its own thing. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/09/2016
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	5397102173646
Rank:	90311

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Hot Rod Lincoln  - Bruce Barlow  -  Commander Cody  -  Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen  - Lance Dickerson  - Billy C. Farlow  - Bill Kirchen  - Charles Ryan  - Andy Stein  -  Steve Davis ("The West Virginia Creeper")  - W.S. Stevenson  - John Tichy
2. Never Been to Spain  - Hoyt Axton  -  Blackberries  - Mike Cannon  - Chris Darrow  - Venetta Fields  - David Jackson  - Clydie King  - Bruce Langhorne  - Sherlie Matthews  - Arnie Moore  - John Ware
3. La De Da  - Bob Feldman  - Billy Hodges  - Bobbie Howard  - Ray Vernon  - Steve Verroca  - Yvonne Verroca  - Doug Wray  - Link Wray
4. White Light  - Gene Clark  - Jesse Ed Davis  - Chris Ethridge  - Bobbye Hall  - Gary Mallaber  - John Selk  - Ben Sidran  - Mike Utley
5. Tulsa Turnaround  - Kenny Buttrey  - Kim Carnes  - Larry Collins  - Dave Ellingson  - Mac Gayden  - John Harris  - Alex Harvey  - Brooks Hunnicutt  - Wayne Moss  - Weldon Myrick  - Michael Sunday
6. The Pilgrim Chapter 33  - Norman Blake  - David Briggs  - Jerry Carrigan  - Rita Collidge  - Bobby Dyson  - Fred Foster  - Donnie Fritts  - Chris Gantry  - Jerry Kennedy  - Kris Kristofferson  - Charlie McCoy  - Farrell Morris  - Norbert Putnam  - Jerry Shook  - Billy Swan
7. Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues  - Johnny Cash  - Marshall Grant  - W.S. Holland  - Bob Wootton
8. Three Angels  - David Briggs  - Kenneth Buttrey  - Lloyd Green  - Lonnie Mack  - Russ Miller  - Don Nix  - Norbert Putnam  - Buddy Spicher
9. Colorado  - Michael Clarke  - Jim Dickson  -  Flying Burrito Brothers  - Chris Hillman  - Bob Hughes  - Sneaky Pete Kleinow  - Bernie Leadon  - Rick Roberts
10. Grand Ennui  - Max Bennett  - James Burton  - Al Casey  - Michael Cohen  - Glen D. Hardin  - John London  - Michael Nesmith  -  Nesmith  - Joe Osborn  - Red Rhodes  - Ronnie Tutt  - John Ware
11. When I Paint My Masterpiece  -  Band  - Rick Danko  - Bob Dylan  - Levon Helm  - Garth Hudson  - Richard Manuel  - Robbie Robertson
12. Henry  - John Dawson  - Spencer Dryden  - Jerry Garcia  - David Nelson  -  New Riders of the Purple Sage  - Dave Torbert
13. Seeds and Stems Again  - Bruce Barlow  - Bob Cohen  -  Commander Cody  -  Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen  - Lance Dickerson  - Billy Farlow  - Billy C. Farlow  - George Frayne  - Bill Kirchen  - Andy Stein  -  Steve Davis ("The West Virginia Creeper")  - John Tichy
14. Angel from Montgomery  - Gene Chrisman  - John Christopher  - Bobby Emmons  - Bishop Heywood  - Leo LeBlanc  - Mike Leach  - Arif Mardin  - John Prine  - Bobby Wood  - Reggie Young
15. Crazy Mama  - Audie Ashworth  - J.J. Cale  - John Cale  - Diane Davidson  - Mac Gayden  - Karl Himmel  - Carl Radle
16. Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes  - Chad Allan  - Randy Bachman  - Robin Bachman  -  Brave Belt  - Ron Halldorson
17. Lost Hearts  -  Cochise  - B.J. Cole  - John Gilbert  - Mick Grabham  - Ricky Wills  - Willie Wilson
18. Please Be with Me  - Duane Allman  - Charles Scott Boyer  - Scott Boyer  - George Clark  -  Cowboy  - Peter Kowalke  - Johnny Sandlin  - Tommy Talton
19. Country Boy  - Tony Colton  - Pete Gavin  -  Heads Hands & Feet  - Chas Hodges  - Albert Lee  - Mike ONeill  - Ray Smith

Disc 2

20. Never Ending Song of Love  - Duane Allman  - Ben Benay  - Bonnie Bramlett  - Delaney Bramlett  - Iva Bramlett  -  Delaney & Bonnie  - Kenny Gradney  - John Hartford  - Jim Keltner  - Sandy Konikoff  - Dave Mason  - Carl Radle  - Leon Russell  - Bobby Whitlock  - Jay York
21. Willin'  - Ry Cooder  - Roy Estrada  - Lowell George  - Richard Hayward  -  Little Feat  - Bill Payne  - Russ Titelman
22. Taxes on the Farmer Feed Us All  - Ry Cooder  - Jim Dickinson  - Chris Ethridge  - Jim Keltner  - Van Dyke Parks  -  Traditional  - Lenny Waronker
23. Asphalt Outlaw Hero  - Barry Beckett  - David Hood  - Lonnie Mack  - Russ Miller  - Don Nix  - Wayne Perkins
24. Good Christian Soldier  - Bobby Bare  - Norman Blake  - David Briggs  - Jerry Carrigan  - Rita Coolidge  - Bobby Dyson  - Fred Foster  - Donnie Fritts  - Chris Gantry  - Jerry Kennedy  - Kris Kristofferson  - Charlie McCoy  - Farrell Morris  - Norbert Putnam  - Billy Joe Shaver  - Jerry Shook  - Billy Swan
25. Paradise  - Steve Goodman  - Arif Mardin  - Dave Prine  - John Prine  - Neal Rosengarden
26. For a Spanish Guitar  - Gene Clark  - Ed Davis  - Jesse Ed Davis  - Chris Ethridge  - Bobbye Hall  - Gary Mallaber  - John Selk  - Ben Sidran  - Mike Utley
27. Glendale Train  - John Dawson  - Spencer Dryden  - Jerry Garcia  - David Nelson  -  New Riders of the Purple Sage  - Dave Torbert
28. Tumbling Tumbleweeds  - Max Bennett  - James Burton  - Al Casey  - Michael Cohen  - Glen D. Hardin  - John London  - Michael Nesmith  -  Nesmith  - Bob Nolan  - Joe Osborn  - Red Rhodes  - Ronnie Tutt  - John Ware
29. Hand to Mouth  - Earl Ball  - Michael Clarke  - Jim Dickson  -  Flying Burrito Brothers  - Bob Gibson  - Chris Hillman  - Bob Hughes  - Sneaky Pete Kleinow  - Bernie Leadon  - Rick Roberts
30. This Train  - Tom Brumley  - Allen Kemp  - Randy Meisner  - Rick Nelson  - Pat Shanahan
31. My Life Gets Better Every Day  - Byron Berline  - Michael Clarke  - Randy Fuller  - Constantine Gusias  - Chris Hillman  - Sneaky Pete Kleinow  - Randy Naylor  - DeWayne Quirico  - Ralph Scala  - Pat Shanahan  - Joey Stec  -  Twin Engine  - Clarence White
32. Delta Dawn  - Joe Allen  - Larry Collins  - Honey Combs  - John Darnall  - Dianne Davidson  - John Harris  - Alex Harvey  - Ken Malone  - Weldon Myrick  - Tracy Nelson  - Michael Sunday  - Bobby Thompson
33. All Because of a Woman  - John Grummere  - Billy Hodges  - Bobbie Howard  - Gene Johnson  - Mordicai Jones  - Ned Levitt  - Norman Sue  - Steve Verroca  - Yvonne Verroca  - Doug Wray  - Link Wray
34. Who Needs That Kind of Friend  - Doug Kershaw  - Buddy Killen  - William D. "Buddy" Killen
35. Bad Weather  - Paul Cotton  - Steve Cropper  - Richie Furay  - George Grantham  -  Poco  - Timothy B. Schmit  - Rusty Young
36. The Future's Not What It Used to Be  - Beegie Adair  - Jimmy Capps  - Jim Isbell  - Dennis Linde  - Charlie McCoy  - Farrell Morris  - Wayne Moss  - Weldon Myrick  - Mickey Newbury  - Buddy Spicher  - Bobby Thompson
37. Fire and Brimstone  - Bob Feldman  - Billy Hodges  - Bobbie Howard  - Ray Vernon  - Steve Verroca  - Doug Wray  - Link Wray
38. Wasted Days, Wasted Nights  - Atwood Allen  - Freddy Fender  - Doyle Jones  - Huey P. Meaux  - Augie Meyers  - Rocky Morales  - John Perez  - Doug Sahm  -  Sir Douglas Quintet  - Jim Stallings
39. Lost in the Ozone  - Bruce Barlow  - Bob Cohen  -  Commander Cody  -  Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen  - Lance Dickerson  - Billy Farlow  - Billy C. Farlow  - Bill Kirchen  - Andy Stein  -  Steve Davis ("The West Virginia Creeper")  - John Tichy

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kris Kristofferson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Gene Clark   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica
Cochise   Primary Artist
Mordicai Jones   Primary Artist
Rick Nelson   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals
New Riders of the Purple Sage   Primary Artist
Alex Harvey   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Michael Nesmith & the First National Band   Primary Artist
Link Wray   Primary Artist,Bass,Dobro,Guitar,Vocals
Twin Engine   Primary Artist
John Prine   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Johnny Cash   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen   Primary Artist
J.J. Cale   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Cowboy   Primary Artist
Doug Kershaw   Primary Artist,Vocals
Brave Belt   Primary Artist
Mickey Newbury   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
The Flying Burrito Brothers   Primary Artist
Delaney & Bonnie   Primary Artist
The Sir Douglas Quintet   Primary Artist
Lonnie Mack   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Vocal Harmony
Hoyt Axton   Primary Artist,Dobro,Guitar,Vocals
Poco   Primary Artist
Little Feat   Primary Artist
The Band   Primary Artist
Ry Cooder   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Slide Guitar
Heads Hands & Feet   Primary Artist
Robin Bachman   Drums,Percussion
Pat Shanahan   Drums
Sandy Konikoff   Percussion
Richard Hayward   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Kenneth Buttrey   Drums
Bobbie Howard   Piano,Mandolin
David Jackson   Piano,Guitar
Iva Bramlett   Vocals
Pete Gavin   Drums,Vocals
John Selk   Guitar (Acoustic)
Billy Swan   Vocals (Background),Bass
Marshall Grant   Bass
Joe Osborn   Bass
Commander Cody   Piano,Vocals
Chris Ethridge   Bass
Barry Beckett   Drums,Keyboards
Jerry Carrigan   Drums
Carl Radle   Bass
Ben Sidran   Piano
Earl Ball   Piano
Chad Allan   Vocals,Keyboards
Doug Wray   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Neal Rosengarden   Bass
Ned Levitt   Vocals,Percussion
Mike Cannon   Drums
John Ware   Drums
Dave Mason   Guitar
Donnie Fritts   Piano,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Willie Wilson   Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
John Christopher   Guitar
Mike Leach   Bass
Ron Halldorson   Guitar (Steel)
Dianne Davidson   Vocals (Background)
Rita Collidge   Vocals (Background)
Peter Kowalke   Vocals (Background)
George Clark   Bass
Ricky Wills   Percussion,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
DeWayne Quirico   Drums
Jim Stallings   Bass
Atwood Allen   Vocal Harmony
Steve Verroca   Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Jay York   Percussion
Chas Hodges   Bass,Vocals
Reggie Young   Guitar
Michael Cohen   Piano
The Blackberries   Vocals
W.S. Holland   Drums
Tom Brumley   Guitar (Steel)
Byron Berline   Fiddle
Rick Roberts   Guitar (Rhythm),Vocals
Norbert Putnam   Bass
Norman Blake   Dobro
Bobbye Hall   Percussion
Randy Meisner   Bass
Max Bennett   Bass
Bob Wootton   Guitar (Electric)
Randy Fuller   Bass
Michael Clarke   Drums
Michael Nesmith   Guitar,Vocals
Mick Grabham   Organ,Piano,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Al Casey   Guitar
David Nelson   Guitar,Vocals
David Briggs   Piano,Keyboards
Bishop Heywood   Percussion
Arnie Moore   Bass
Rocky Morales   Sax (Tenor)
Brooks Hunnicutt   Vocals (Background)
Mike O'Neill   Organ,Piano,Vocals
Dave Prine   Fiddle
John Perez   Drums
Billy Hodges   Organ,Piano,Vocals (Background)
John Grummere   Guitar (Rhythm)
Ken Malone   Drums
Allen Kemp   Guitar
John Gilbert   Vocals
Bob Gibson   Guitar (12 String)
Bobby Emmons   Organ
Bobby Wood   Piano
Billy C. Farlow   Vocals,Harmonica
Charlie McCoy   Vibraphone,Guitar,Harmonica
David Hood   Bass
John Harris   Piano
John Hartford   Fiddle
Delaney Bramlett   Guitar,Vocals
Wayne Perkins   Guitar (Rhythm)
Venetta Fields   Vocals
Honey Combs   Vocals (Background)
Lloyd Green   Guitar (Steel)
Duane Allman   Dobro,Guitar
John Darnall   Guitar (Acoustic)
John Dawson   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Randy Naylor   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Leon Russell   Keyboards
Diane Davidson   Vocals (Background)
Levon Helm   Vocals,Mandolin
Lowell George   Guitar,Vocals
Van Dyke Parks   Piano
Ray Smith   Vocals,Guitar
Jim Dickinson   Harmonium
Roy Estrada   Bass,Vocals (Background)
Richard Manuel   Drums
Richie Furay   Guitar,Vocals
Chris Darrow   Dobro,Guitar,Harmonica
Joe Allen   Bass
John London   Bass
George Grantham   Drums
James Burton   Guitar
Clydie King   Vocals
Clarence White   Guitar
Beegie Adair   Keyboards
Don Nix   Vocals,Sax (Baritone)
Rusty Young   Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Steel)
Mike Utley   Keyboards
Albert Lee   Guitar,Vocals
Tommy Talton   Vocals (Background)
Buddy Spicher   Fiddle
Steve Davis ("The West Virginia Creeper")   Guitar (Steel)
Sherlie Matthews   Vocals
Dave Torbert   Bass,Vocals (Background)
Dave Ellingson   Vocals (Background)
Arif Mardin   Guitar,Vocals
Timothy B. Schmit   Bass,Vocals
Bruce Langhorne   Guitar
Gary Mallaber   Drums
Glen D. Hardin   Piano
Bobby Dyson   Bass
Norman Sue   Bass,Vocals (Background)
Gene Johnson   Vocals
Doug Sahm   Guitar,Vocals
Weldon Myrick   Guitar (Steel)
John Tichy   Guitar (Rhythm)
Karl Himmel   Drums
Bruce Barlow   Bass
Wayne Moss   Bass,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Rita Coolidge   Vocals (Background)
Spencer Dryden   Drums
Tony Colton   Vocals
Tracy Nelson   Vocals (Background)
Paul Cotton   Guitar,Vocals
Andy Stein   Fiddle,Saxophone
Steve Goodman   Guitar,Vocal Harmony
Robbie Robertson   Guitar
Ronnie Tutt   Drums
Jimmy Capps   Guitar
Rick Danko   Bass
Scott Boyer   Guitar,Vocals
Jerry Garcia   Banjo,Guitar (Steel)
Lance Dickerson   Drums
Jerry Kennedy   Guitar
Randy Bachman   Bass,Guitar,Vocals
Jim Keltner   Drums
Farrell Morris   Percussion
Bonnie Bramlett   Vocals
Dennis Linde   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Sneaky Pete Kleinow   Guitar (Steel)
Bernie Leadon   Banjo,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Augie Meyers   Organ,Piano
Bobby Whitlock   Piano,Vocals
B.J. Cole   Cello,Dobro
Bill Kirchen   Guitar
Ben Benay   Harmonica
Bobby Thompson   Banjo,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Jerry Shook   Guitar
Kenny Buttrey   Drums
Kenny Gradney   Bass
Jesse Ed Davis   Guitar
Bill Payne   Piano,Vocals (Background)
Jim Isbell   Drums
Chris Hillman   Bass,Vocals
Kim Carnes   Vocals (Background)
Chris Gantry   Guitar
Garth Hudson   Accordion
Mac Gayden   Slide Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Constantine Gusias   Guitar,Vocals
Gene Chrisman   Drums

Technical Credits

William D. "Buddy" Killen   Composer
Doyle Jones   Producer
Yvonne Verroca   Composer
Este   Photo Restoration
Billy Farlow   Composer
Ed Davis   Producer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
Commander Cody   Producer
Colin Escott   Discography,Liner Notes,Photography,Illustrations,Reissue Producer
Charles Ryan   Composer
Cochise   Producer
Ralph Scala   Producer
Steve Verroca   Producer
Rick Roberts   Composer
Rick Nelson   Composer,Producer
Norbert Putnam   Arranger
New Riders of the Purple Sage   Producer
Michael Nesmith   Composer,Producer
Russ Wapensky   Discography
Alex Harvey   Composer
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
Ray Vernon   Producer
Michael Sunday   Producer
George Frayne   Composer
Barry Feinstein   Cover Photo
Christian Zwarg   Mastering
Robert Brenner   Photography
Bob Hughes   Producer
Bob Nolan   Composer
Russ Miller   Producer
John Cale   Composer
Huey P. Meaux   Producer
Delaney Bramlett   Composer,Producer,Instrumentation
Link Wray   Composer
Johnny Sandlin   Producer
Lenny Waronker   Producer
John Dawson   Composer
John Prine   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer,Producer
Lowell George   Composer
Ray Smith   Composer
Jim Dickinson   Producer
Larry Collins   Composer
Fred Foster   Producer
Don Nix   Composer
Doug Kershaw   Composer
Albert Lee   Composer
Arif Mardin   Producer
Buddy Killen   Producer
W.S. Stevenson   Composer
Charles Scott Boyer   Composer
Doug Sahm   Producer
Steve Cropper   Producer
Joey Stec   Producer
Tony Colton   Composer,Producer
Paul Cotton   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Lonnie Mack   Composer,Producer
Hoyt Axton   Composer,Producer
Randy Bachman   Composer,Producer
Richard Weize   Discography
Bonnie Bramlett   Composer
Dennis Linde   Producer
The Band   Producer
Bob Cohen   Producer
Bob Feldman   Associate Producer
Audie Ashworth   Producer
Bobby Bare   Composer
Bob Dylan   Composer
B.J. Cole   Composer
Billy Joe Shaver   Composer
Jesse Ed Davis   Producer
Jim Dickson   Producer
Chris Hillman   Composer
Ry Cooder   Arranger
Russ Titelman   Producer
Freddy Fender   Composer
Constantine Gusias   Composer
Gene Clark   Composer