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The rockabilly-cum-countrypolitan pianist and singer Charlie Rich enjoyed his greatest successes in the early- to mid-'70s, with a string of singles produced by Nashville mastermind Billy Sherrill, who was also responsible for George Jones's dominance of the country charts during that same period. By 1980 however, the hits had mostly dried up and Rich began a restless search for a sympathetic label and renewed career mojo. It wasn't to be, but along the way he made some very fine albums, 1980's Elektra release ONCE A DRIFTER notably among them. DRIFTER is very much in the easy listening country pop mode of Kenny Rogers and Glenn Campbell except that the string arrangements are musical and flowing, the singing gentle and wistful, even frail sounding in spots. Even in a somewhat diminished capacity, Charlie Rich is one of the greatest white soul singers the music ever produced, subtle and nuanced where Elvis could be bathetic. Interesting highlights include a cover of Randy Newman's "Marie" and a decidely unmacho take on "Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues."
Photographer: Jim Shea.
Unknown Contributor Role: Charlie Rich.
Arranger: Bergen White.
Personnel: John Leslie Hug, James Burton, Mark Casstevens, Paul Worley, Rafe VanHoy, Fred Tackett (guitar); Weldon Myrick, Sonny Garrish, Jay Dee Maness (steel guitar); Charlie McCoy (harmonica); David Briggs , Bobby Ogden, John Hobbs (keyboards); Michael Botts, Eddie Bayers (drums); Diane Tidwell, Sheri Kramer, Thomas Brannon, Alan Moore, Herb Pedersen, Linda Dillard, Denny Brooks (background vocals).
Recording information: Audio Media, Nashville, TN.
Charlie Rich Once A Drifter Songs | 1. | Once a Drifter | |
| 2. | Man Just Don't Know What a Woman Goes Through, A | |
| 3. | Angelina | |
| 4. | I Love My Lady | |
| 5. | Wonderful Tonight | |
| 6. | When It's Gone (It's Just Gone) | |
| 7. | Marie | |
| 8. | Dream on Me | |
| 9. | Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues | $0.99 | |
| 10. | Are We Dreamin' the Same Dream? | |
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Once A Drifter Music Review Purchase Once A Drifter CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Johnny Otis 1945-1947 CD (2002)
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Growing up among Afro-Americans in Berkeley, CA, Greek-American Johnny Otis (born John Veliotes) always identified strongly with people of color. Before he had attained the age of 20 he was gigging with black jazz bands throughout the Southwest, and eventually organized an ensemble deliberately patterned after Count Basie's orchestra. This highly charged album of historical musical artifacts documents the very beginning of Johnny Otis' recording career. With one apparently unobtainable exception, the Classics Blues & Rhythm ...
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| | Jan & Dean Surf City/Dead Man's Curve CD (2004) (Import) United Kingdom
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This two-fer from Beat Goes On features a pair of out-of-print Jan & Dean Liberty LP's: Surf City and Dead Man's Curve/The New Girl in School originally released in 1963 and 1964, respectively. Included among the 24 songs are the hits "Surf City," "Honolulu Lulu," "Dead Man's Curve" ...
| | J J Jackson But It's Alright CD (1967)
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Soul belter J.J. Jackson is best known for his 1967 smash, "But It's Alright," but he has some fine singles and a couple of excellent albums as well, and 1967's But It's ...
| | Alexis Korner Kornerstoned: Anthology 1958-1983 CD (2006) (Import) United Kingdom
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| | B B King Mr. Blues/Confessin' The Blues CD (2005) (Import) Remastered; United Kingdom
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This CD contains B.B. King's first ABC-Paramount studio efforts -- Mr. Blues (1962) and Confessin' the Blues (1965), respectively. While there are inevitable similarities between the projects, offering them back-to-back allows listeners an acute sense of King's rapid maturation and development during what was by all accounts the nexus of the guitarist/vocalist's career. The dozen-song Mr. Blues was a haphazard start for King with the contents taken from three different recording sessions in a 13-month period (March 1, 1962 through April 11, 1963). Based on the results, the artist was being presented as a blues shouter, supported by an antiquated big band and/or orchestra. Arguably the best of the lot comes from the ...
| | Terry Gibbs Dream Band CD (1959)
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| | Litter Emerge CD (1969)
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The Litter's Emerge combines the sound of the Amboy Dukes with Blue Cheer while vocalist Mark Gallagher at times does his best to imitate Jack Bruce adding Cream to the band's list of textures. Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Little Red Book" gets torn apart in the translation and is lots of fun. Lead guitarist Ray Melina takes the band to the world of British rock with his "Breakfast at Gardenson's," the light feeling here a total about-face, a transition that complements the huge sound on most of the record. Opening track "Journeys" is that Brit rock flair and West Coast vocal sound meeting the Amboy Dukes. This has all been heard and done before, but the Litter emulate so well that their concoction is actually quite inviting. "Silly People" is the rock band toying with jazz and blues, light years away from the garage, but working on a level that eluded the Blues Magoos and Lovecraft when those ensembles strayed too far from their origins. The Jack Bruce inspiration comes in loud and clear here, not only in the voice but in what the band is doing. The tunes are mostly in the two- to three-and-a-half-minute range with only the Iron Butterfly-ish "Future of the Past" clocking in at 12-minutes-plus ending side two and an over-five-minute rendition ...
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