Here's another one I pulled from the album stack.
Jesus! I'd forgotten what a fine piece of work this is. On so many levels.
I enjoyed listening to it in the '70s. But I also enjoyed listening to Grand Funk. I guess you have to go back and actually hear it all again to re-validate what's enduring and what's not (unless, of course, you had fully-hatched, impeccable taste in y0ur twenties--and I have pulled out a few albums that I gently put back in the stack without any more strain to my hard drive).
In the first place, that crew that was doing sessions in LA in the mid-70's deserves quite a bit of credit in its own right.
This one's got Jim Keltner, Andy Newkirk and Milt Holland on drums. Ry Cooder on guitar (more on him later--I've just converted 5 of his CDs from '71-'82). Willie Weeks, Russ Titelman and Red Callendar on bass. Bernie Leadon, Glenn Frey and Don Henley on bckg vox. When you go back and look at all the pop music all these guys created, it's quite impressive.
When you look at all of the tunes that endured from this album, it's also equally impressive: Rednecks, Marie, Naked Man, Back on My Feet Again, Guilty, Rollin', Back on My Feet Again...I don't think there's a piker in the lot.
Of course, Lousiana 1927 became the theme song for the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (BTW, I might recommend as a good read, Rising Tide: The Great Misssissippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America by John Barry. Really interesting if you have any interest at all in the Delta. A good library check-out. This album would be good soundtrack to the book if you want to be put in a cultural mood).
If you have this one hanging around in your collection and haven't listened to it in a few years, do yourself a favor and revisit it. The man can turn a phrase to music.
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