Banki
02-24-2009, 03:15 AM
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Roots and Branches was the Dillards' first release after a gap of a couple of
years following their groundbreaking country-rock-bluegrass albums for Elektra,
Wheatstraw Suite and Copperfields. It was also by far their most successful,
and their only LP to reach the album charts, where it peaked at Number 79. It
wasn't nearly as musically satisfying as their late-?60s/early-?70s Elektra work,
however, in part because Herb Pedersen had been replaced by Billy Ray Latham,
but more because they edged toward a far more mainstream rock sound. Not that this
is mainstream rock: it's still pretty countrified, and "Redbone Bound" doesn't
sound too removed from the slightly country-rockified feel of some of their
Elektra stuff, though its fuzz guitar seems like a gratuitous attempt to get
further inside the rock mindset. Some of the other songs, however, are okay but
unremarkable early-?70s, Southern California, laid-back rock, though not as
commercial as their biggest competitors in that category. The attempt to get a
little bar band bluesy on "Get Out on the Road" seems forced, and sometimes the
mood is a little sub-Eagles, though it's important to remember that the kind of
harmonies the Eagles were doing were pioneered by the Dillards themselves in their
Elektra years. "Sunny Day," with its gentle bluegrass accents and lilting, almost
Beach Boys-ish high vocals and harmonies, is about the best attempt to build a
bridge to the rock audience. For all that, though, the best part of the record
is the a cappella Appalachian harmonizing in "Man of Constant Sorrow."
~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
1. Redbone Hound (Dillard)
2. Forget Me Not (Martin)
3. One A.M. (Parish)
4. Last Morning (Silverstein)
5. Get out on the Road (Allison)
6. Big Bayou (Gilbeam)
7. I've Been Hurt (Itri)
8. Billy Jack (Dillard)
9. Sunny Day (Conrad/Whithem)
10. Man of Constant Sorrow (Dillard)
http://rapidshare.com/files/161670951/The_Dillards_-_Roots_and_Branches.rar
Roots and Branches was the Dillards' first release after a gap of a couple of
years following their groundbreaking country-rock-bluegrass albums for Elektra,
Wheatstraw Suite and Copperfields. It was also by far their most successful,
and their only LP to reach the album charts, where it peaked at Number 79. It
wasn't nearly as musically satisfying as their late-?60s/early-?70s Elektra work,
however, in part because Herb Pedersen had been replaced by Billy Ray Latham,
but more because they edged toward a far more mainstream rock sound. Not that this
is mainstream rock: it's still pretty countrified, and "Redbone Bound" doesn't
sound too removed from the slightly country-rockified feel of some of their
Elektra stuff, though its fuzz guitar seems like a gratuitous attempt to get
further inside the rock mindset. Some of the other songs, however, are okay but
unremarkable early-?70s, Southern California, laid-back rock, though not as
commercial as their biggest competitors in that category. The attempt to get a
little bar band bluesy on "Get Out on the Road" seems forced, and sometimes the
mood is a little sub-Eagles, though it's important to remember that the kind of
harmonies the Eagles were doing were pioneered by the Dillards themselves in their
Elektra years. "Sunny Day," with its gentle bluegrass accents and lilting, almost
Beach Boys-ish high vocals and harmonies, is about the best attempt to build a
bridge to the rock audience. For all that, though, the best part of the record
is the a cappella Appalachian harmonizing in "Man of Constant Sorrow."
~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
1. Redbone Hound (Dillard)
2. Forget Me Not (Martin)
3. One A.M. (Parish)
4. Last Morning (Silverstein)
5. Get out on the Road (Allison)
6. Big Bayou (Gilbeam)
7. I've Been Hurt (Itri)
8. Billy Jack (Dillard)
9. Sunny Day (Conrad/Whithem)
10. Man of Constant Sorrow (Dillard)
http://rapidshare.com/files/161670951/The_Dillards_-_Roots_and_Branches.rar