🎵 AotW AOTW: Hoyt Axton SOUTHBOUND (A&M SP 4510)

[LPJim]

Hoyt Axton
SOUTHBOUND
A&M SP-4510

SIDE ONE

I Love to Sing 2:00/ Southbound 2:27/ Lion in the Winter 3:20/ Blind Fiddler 2:25/ Pride of Man 3:15/ Greensleeves 3:45/ No-No Song 2:30.

SIDE TWO

Nashville 3:35/Speed Trap (Out of State Cars) 2:25/ Roll Your Own 2:08/ Whiskey 2:12/ In a Young Girl's Mind 3:25/ Sometimes It's Easy 1:56.

Music Credits:

Doug Dillard, banjo
Arlo Guthrie, vocal duet with Hoyt
Linda Ronstadt, vocals
Mike Botts & John Guerin, drums
Jerry Scheff, tuba and bass
George Clinton & David Jackson, piano
Roger Johnson, auto harp
Dick Hyde, trombone
Jonny Rotella, clarinet & recorder
Gail Davies, tambourine
Joe Lamano, Emory Gordy & Max Bennett, bass
Jeff Baxter, Dick Rosmini, James Burton, Frank Rekard, Marty Howard - guitars
John Hartford, fiddle
Mark Dawson, harmonica
Gustavo Ramos & Francisco Arellano, mariachi trumpets
Cheech and Chong, attempted temptation
Victor Feldman, marimba

HORNS: Johnny Rotella, Jerome Richardson, Jay Migliori, Dick Hyde, Ollie Mitchell.

SINGERS: Renee Armand, Judy Elliott, Lee Montgomery, Mark Dawson.

STREET SINGERS: Jana Ballan, Guthrie Thomas, James Scott, Dennis Brooks, Ronnie Blakely, Dana Brady, Bob Lind, William Farmer, Sharon Mack, Joan and Alexander Sliwin, Jules Alexander, Carol Payne, Valerie Carter, Wendy Webb, Mark Keller, Linda Chandler, Gail Davies, David Hasselhoff, David Stafford, Tom Jans, Byron Walls, David P. Jackson, Jan Michael Vincent, John T. Axton, Cindy Shubin.



Produced by Hoyt Axton and Henry Lewy (sound engineering)
Assisted by John L. Sisti
Frank DeLuna, mastering engineer
Recorded at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood CA
Special thanks to Jerry Moss and Abe Somer
Photos: Suzzane Ayres
Cover design: Chuck Beeson
Liner design: Rod Dyer
Co-ordination: Jeff Ayeroff

SOUTHBOUND entered the Billboard Top 200 on April 12, 1975 and charted for two weeks, peaking at Number 188, according to Whitburn's "Top Pop Albums."


Reissued on CD as part of THE A&M YEARS, containing four albums, a total of 48 tracks.
JB

 

[Dave]

Good, Country-based-Rock/Pop offering from the late-Hoyt Axton, though aside from a couple of songs I can get on Axton's Road Songs compilation, I seem to favor, both the LP's which preceded and followed this effort, Life Machine and Fearless, respectively...

"No-No Song" was remade by Ringo Starr and unfortunately without, Cheech and Chong's "attempted temptation", which without that effect, is not as much fun...

Though some deep tracks like the "Homemade Joint Lover/Pot Smoker's" anthem "Roll Your Own", the "drinking song"/bar room binge of "Whiskey" and the undercover law man's ode to catch speeders unaware's cruising through town, "Speed Trap (Out of State Cars)" show a very humorous and satiracle side, that made this album worth its weight in gold...



Dave