Upon its initial release by Fantasy Records in 1973, the album was credited to "The Blue Ridge Rangers" with no mention of Fogerty on the cover. Fogerty chose to do this in order to distance himself from his Creedence legacy.
The LP was later reissued and credited to John Fogerty with a different cover design.
The album is made up entirely of traditional and country covers, and features Fogerty playing all the instruments.
The album peaked at #47 on the charts. Two singles from the album became hits: "Jambalaya" which peaked at #16, and "Hearts of Stone" which peaked at #37.
With wonderfully chosen songs like "Hearts of Stone" and George Jones' classic country weeper "She Thinks I Still Care," John Fogerty's solo debut with The Blue Ridge Rangers has held up well over the last two decades.
It isn't the most supple or technically proficient one-man recording of all time, but it's a wonderfully engaging record; upbeat, unpretentious, and loaded with good songs. Fogerty's rigid, no-frills drumming took a lot of heat for being mechanical, but no one has ever explained how Fogerty's abilities on the trap kit are significantly different from Creedence's Doug Clifford.
In retrospect, this was a tremendously risky record to make; country music in the early '70s was regarded as the domain of right-wing, rock & roll-hating Nashville traditionalists, and it was reasonable to assume that fans (even staunch ones) wouldn't take kindly to this genre switch.
While it wasn't a huge success, it was in no way a disaster, and perhaps more importantly, served as a much-needed rock & roll history lesson.
Side A
A1. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues - 2:30
A2. Somewhere Listening (For My Name) - 2:39
A3. You're The Reason - 3:13
A4. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - 3:13
A5. She Thinks I Still Care - 2:55
A6. California Blues (Blue Yodel #4) - 3:04
Side B
B1. Workin' On A Building - 4:35
B2. Please Help Me, I'm Falling - 2:48
B3. Have Thine Own Way, Lord - 2:59
B4. I Ain't Never - 2:51
B5. Hearts Of Stone - 2:10
B6. Today I Started Loving You Again - 3:17
Companies, etc.
- Art Direction – Tony Lane
- Engineer – Russ Gary, Skip Shimmin
- Photography – Bob Fogerty
- Producer, Arranged By, Vocals [Featuring] – John Fogerty
Notes
Release: 1973
Format: LP
Genre: Country Rock
Label: Fantasy Records
Catalog# F-9415
Prijs: €4,99
Vinyl: G
Cover: Side Damaged
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