JIM FORD - HARLAN COUNTY
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What happens when a musically minded country boy from rural Kentucky heads to the golden state and makes an album of blue-eyed soul with Dr John, Jim Keltner (John Lennon), and James Burton (Elvis Presley) as his back-up band? Well, if the stars were aligned, singer songwriter Jim Ford would've had a major hit on his hands. As it was, Harlan County, released in 1969 on the minor label Sundown Records, simply fell through the cracks between monster selling titles by the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Despite being allied with some of the biggest names in the business and a deft musical touch - Ford wrote songs for Bobby Womack (Harry Hippie), Aretha Franklin, PJ Proby, the Temptations, and even appeared on Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On Ford never struck gold as a solo artist and eventually left the often cutthroat music business for a quieter life at the turn of the 1980's. Light in the Attic Records are honoured to re-release these ten emotive country-soul songs with Ford's original cover artwork, beautifully re-mastered audio, extensive liner notes by Kurt Wolff (the rough guide to country music), and rare photos, all presented with an adult portion of love. Fans of Charlie Rich, Tony Joe White, Lee Hazlewood, and Bobby Charles, please take note. Harlan County is a revelation to deep music heads and for the previously converted, an opportunity to revisit one of the california studio scene's crowning glories.
1. Harlan County
2. I'm Gonna Make Her Love Me
3. Changin' Colors
4. Dr. Handy's Dandy Candy
5. Love On My Brain
6. Long Road Ahead
7. Under Construction
8. Workin' My Way to L.A.
9. Spoonful
10. To Make My Life Beautiful
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