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With eight albums selling over two million records and worldwide hits like "Jackie Blue" and "If You Want To Get To Heaven" the Ozark Mountain
Daredevils have come a long way from the Missouri bars and porches where their music was born. It all began for the Daredevils in 1971 when a collection of singer songwriters from the Springfield area put together a band as an outlet for their songwriting. They Played their first gig near the end of 1971 and, in the spring of the following year, went into the studio to make a demo tape. The tape came to the attention of David Anderle at A&M Records, who liked what he heard and passed the tape on to A&M president, Jerry Moss. This resulted in the band signing to A&M with Anderle and Glyn Johns producing, thus the Daredevils were off to London to Make their first album at the famed Olympic Studios. This first album contained the smash hit "If You Wanna Get To Heaven" written by Cash and Dillon, and produced a gold album. The pop"Jackie Blue", written by Cash and Larry Lee, came from the second album"It'll Shine When It Shines", and was a top-five worldwide record.
The band has made subsequent albums, and continues to build their audience through records and touring across the U.S. and Canada, performing for their large cult following. The band was described by Rolling Stone Magazine as "A mixture of Country, Appalchia, the south, and Rock & Roll".
The "Daredevils" name has much to do with the long hair and beards sported by the band in the 1970s, a rejection of the more conservative style of their native South during that decade.
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (The Quilt Album)
Year Recorded: 1973
Label: A&M Records
Producers: David Anderle and Glyn Johns
The Band:
* Buddy Brayfield - keyboards, oboe
* Steve Cash - harp, persission. vocals
* Randle Chowning - lead guitar, vocals
* John Dillon - guitar, fiddle, mandolin, mouthbow,vocals
* Michael "Supe" Granda - bass, vocals
* Larry Lee - drums, percussion, accoustic guitar, vocals
The Songs:
1.Country Girl
2. Spaceship Orion
3. If You Wanna Get To Heaven
4. Chicken Train
5. Colorado Song
6. Standing On The Rock
7. Road To Glory
8. Black Sky
9. Within Without
10. Beauty In The River
It'll Shines When It Shines
Year Recorded: 1974
Label: A&M Records
Producers: Glyn Johns and David Anderle
The Band:
* Buddy Brayfield - piano, electric piano ,organ, oboe
* Steve Cash - harp, vocals
* Randle Chowning - guitars, mandolin, harp
* John Dillon - guitars, mandolin, harp, vocals
* Michael Granda - bass
* Larry Lee - drums, accoustic guitar, synthesizer, vocals
The Songs:
1.You Made It Right
2. Look Away
3. Jackie Blue
4. Kansas You Fooler
5. It Couldn't Be Better
6. E. E. Lawson
7. Walkin' Down The Road
8. What's Happened Along In My Life
9. It Probably Always Will
10. Lowlands
11. Tidal Wave
12. It'll Shine When It Shines
The Car Over The Lake Album
Year Recorded: 1975
Label: A&M Records
Producer: David Anderle
The Band:
* Buddy Brayfield - piano, electric piano ,organ, oboe
* Steve Cash - harp, vocals
* Randle Chowning - guitars, mandolin, harp
* John Dillon - guitars, mandolin, harp, vocals
* Mike Granda - bass
* Larry Lee - drums, accoustic guitar, synthesizer, vocals
The Songs:
1.Keep On Churnin'
2. If I Only Knew
3. Leatherwood
4. Cobblestone Mountain
5. Mr. Powell
6. Gypsy Forest
7. Thin Ice
8. From Time To Time
9. Southern Cross
10. Out On The Sea
11. Whippoorwill
12. Establish Yourself *
13. Time Warp *
14. Journey To The Center Of Your Heart *
* These three songs were included with the album on a 33.3 rpm red acetate record, referred to as"The Little Red Record".
Men From Earth
Year Recorded: 1976
Label: A&M Records
Producer: David Anderle
The Band:
* Buddy Brayfield - piano, electric piano ,organ, oboe
* Steve Cash - harp, vocals
* Rune Walle - guitars, mandolin, sitar
* John Dillon - guitars, mandolin, harp, vocals
* Mike Granda - bass
* Larry Lee - drums, accoustic guitar, synthesizer, vocals
The Songs:
1. Fly Away Home
2. You Know Like I Know
3. Breakaway (From Those Chains)
4. The Red Plum
5. Mountain Range
6. Watermill
7. Noah
8. It's How You Think
9. Arroyo
10. Homemade Wine
The following tracks were originally on the second "Little Red Record", which was issued in limited quantities with the original vinyl LP. However, they
are included with the CD version:
1. A Dollar's Worth Of Regular
2. Roscoe's Rule
Also included on the CD version is "Better Days". This was the B-Side cut of the original "Jackie Blue" 45 RPM record, previously unreleased on any
album or CD.
Don't Look Down
Year Recorded: 1977
Label: A&M Records
Producer: David Kershenbaum
The Band:
* Steve Cash - harp, percussion, vocals
* John Dillon - guitars, fiddle, piano, vocals
* Michael "Supe" Granda - bass, accoustic guitar, vocals
* Larry Lee - drums, accoustic guitar, synthesizer, vocals
* Steve Canaday - guitars, drums, vocals
* Rune Walle - guitars, sitar, banjo, vocals
* Jerry Mills - mandolin
* Ruell Chappell - keyboards, vocals
* Randle Chowning - guitars, mandolin, vocals (Tracks 12, 13 &14)
* Buddy Brayfield - keyboards, vocals (Tracks 12,13 &14)
The Songs:
1. River To The Sun
2. Crazy Lovin'
3. Giving It All To The Wind
4. The Fox
5. Backroads
6. Snowbound
7. Following The Way That I Feel
8. Love Makes The Lover
9. True Believer
10. Moon On The Rise
11. Stinghead
12. Sweetwood *
13. Plainity *
14. Valencia Road *
* Bonus tracks found ONLY on the New Era Productions release of this CD.
It's Alive!
Year Recorded: 1978
Label: A&M Records
Producers: The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
The Band:
* Steve Cash - harmonica, vocals
* John Dillon - guitars, fiddle, piano, mouthbow, vocals
* Mike Granda (Supe du Jour) - bass, guitar, vocals
* Larry Lee - drums, piano, guitars, vocals
* Steve Canaday - guitars, drums, bass
* Rune Walle - guitars, banjo
* Jerry Mills - mandolin
* Ruell Chappell - keyboards
The Songs:
1. Walkin' Down The Road
2. Black Sky
3. You Know Like I Know
4. River To The Sun
5. Satisfied Mind
6. Fly Away Home
7. Horse Trader
8. Followin' The Way That I Feel
9. Chicken Train
10. Ooh Boys (It's Hot)
11. Homemade Wine
12. Commercial Success
13. Jackie Blue
14. Noah
15. If You Wanna Get To Heaven
16. It's All Over Now
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