Honest to Goodness
{{Infobox album
| name = Honest to Goodness
| type = studio
| artist = Grinderswitch
| cover = Honest to Goodness.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1974
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Capricorn Sound Studios
| genre = *Southern rock
| length = 37:43
| label = Capricorn Records{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQgEAAAAMBAJ&q=grinderswitch|title=Top Album Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=June 29, 1974|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
| producer = Paul Hornsby{{cite journal |title=Grinderswitch appearing |journal=Lansing State Journal |date=February 7, 1976 |page=42}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Macon Tracks
| next_year = 1975
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Eder |first=Bruce |title=Grinderswitch – Honest to Goodness |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/honest-to-goodness-mw0000119046 |website=AllMusic}}
|rev2 = The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Record Guide |date=1983 |publisher=Random House |page=207}}
}}
Honest to Goodness is the debut album by Southern rock band Grinderswitch, released in 1974.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4TSH_b7IHYC&dq=Honest+to+Goodness+grinderswitch&pg=PA162|title=Falling Stars: Air Crashes that Filled Rock and Roll Heaven|first=Rich|last=Everitt|date=September 6, 2004|publisher=Harbor House|isbn=9781891799044|via=Google Books}} The album contains contributions from Dickey Betts and Jaimoe of The Allman Brothers Band.{{cite web |last=Eder |first=Bruce |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/grinderswitch-mn0000534679 |title=Grinderswitch |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=March 26, 2020}}
Critical reception
Billboard wrote that the band "sound like a less virtuoso Marshall Tucker Band."
Track listing
All songs written by Dru Lombar except where noted:
- "Kiss the Blues Goodbye" - 4:55
- "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (D. Lombar, J.D. Petty, L. Howard, R. Burnett) - 3:54
- "How the West Was Won" (L. Howard) - 5:22
- "Eighty Miles to Memphis" (J.D. Petty) - 3:00
- "Catch a Train" - 4:44
- "Roll On Gambler" - 5:15
- "Homebound" - 6:45
- "Peach County Jamboree" - 3:48
- "You're So Fine" (Live Version) - 3:29 (1994 CD Reissue)
Personnel
Band members
- Dru Lombar - lead and slide guitars, lead vocals
- Larry Howard - electric and acoustic guitars
- Joe Dan Petty - bass, backing vocals
- Rick Burnett - drums, congas, percussion
Additional musicians
- Paul Hornsby - piano and organ
- Richard Betts - Guitar on "Kiss the Blues Goodbye"
- Jaimoe - Congas on "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "How the West Was Won"
Production
- Design, Art Direction - Richard Mantel
- Engineer - O.V. Sparks
- Asst. Engineer - Tony Humphreys
- Mastered by Bob Ludwig
- Photography by Al Clayton
- Producer - Paul Hornsby
- Tape Asst. - Carolyn Harriss, Richard Schoff