
Immediately after Battin joined, they started work on another album, and Airborne was released in 1976. By then country-rock was an established part of American popular music, thanks to commercially successful artists such as The Eagles and Linda Rondstadt, and hints of Eagles flavours can be heard on this album. The original songs mostly came from Guilbeau and Parsons, with a few contributions from Hill, and some covers including Ray Sharpe’s “Linda Lu” and John Prine’s “Quiet Man” (where Battin was given his first lead vocal spot with the group). Keyboards were provided by none other than Stevie Wonder, who was working in the same studio at the time of recording - he also gave the band his own composition “She’s A Sailor”. It also featured one of Guilbeau’s best-known songs, “Big Bayou”, which he had originally recorded whilst with Swampwater (it had also been recorded by both The Dillards and Ronnie Wood, and Rod Stewart released his own version at the same time as Airborne).
Like its predecessor, the album was mostly overlooked and sold badly, which is a great injustice. Nevertheless the band continued to persevere, and toured for many years through a confusion of lineup changes (live albums recorded at this time would surface many years later).
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2 comments:
This is very interesting.
What album is this? What year was it released?
I can not find a reference to it anywhere or any collection with similar tracks. Really would like more info if you have it.
Thanks for posting.
FYI, Was able to download recently
I want 2 here the borritos brothres phucking play Got danm itt 2 hel.
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