Reunion is the sixth studio album by the American psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish, released in 1977.[2][3] It constituted a reunion of the members of the 1967 band.[4] It was produced by Sam Charters for Fantasy Records and recorded between January and April 1977. The music is not as psychedelic, and several tracks are country rock.[citation needed]
Reunion | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 1977 | |||
Recorded | January–April 1977 | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock, country rock | |||
Label | Fantasy[1] | |||
Producer | Sam Charters | |||
Country Joe and the Fish chronology | ||||
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Track listing
editSide 1
- "Come to the Reunion" (Gary Hirsh) – 3:03
- "Time Flies By" (Joe McDonald) - 4:09
- "Stateline, Nevada" (Barry Melton) - 2:03
- "Love Is a Mystery" (Barry Melton) - 2:04
- "Dirty Claus Rag" (Joe McDonald, B. Melton, Sam Charters, Phil Marsh) - 2:04
- "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" (Joe McDonald) - 3:25
Side 2
- "Thunderbird" (Joe McDonald) - 3:42
- "Gibson's Song" (instrumental) (David Bennett Cohen) - 3:37
- "No One Can Teach You How to Live" (Barry Melton) - 3:16
- "Insufficient Funds" (Bruce Barthol, Phil Marsh) - 2:36
- "Dreams" (David Bennett Cohen, Richardson) - 2:55
Total time: 35:32
Personnel
edit- Country Joe and The Fish
- Country Joe McDonald — vocals, acoustic guitar; trombone (track 3), harmonica (track 10)
- Barry Melton — vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, Dobro; synthesizer (track 9)
- David Bennett Cohen — keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars
- Bruce Barthol — bass; vocals (track 10)
- Gary "Chicken" Hirsh — drums, percussion; sandblocks (track 5)
- Additional personnel
- John Otis — congas
- Jim Price — horns
- Bobby Keys — horns
- Trevor Lawrence — horns
- Steve Madaio — horns
- Sam Charters — jug (track 5)
References
edit- ^ Leon, David De (December 12, 1994). Leaders from the 1960s: A Biographical Sourcebook of American Activism. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313274145 – via Google Books.
- ^ Brown, Toni; Abraham, Lee (September 1, 2009). Relix: The Book: The Grateful Dead Experience. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781617134159 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bartkowiak, Mathew J.; Kiuchi, Yuya (June 10, 2015). The Music of Counterculture Cinema: A Critical Study of 1960s and 1970s Soundtracks. McFarland. ISBN 9780786475421 – via Google Books.
- ^ Rense, Rip (April 8, 2004). "Fixin' to Be Reborn". LA Weekly.