Longbranch Pennywhistle (album)
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| type = Studio album
| artist = Longbranch Pennywhistle
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| released = 1970
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| studio = TTG Studios, Los Angeles, California
| genre = Country rock, Folk rock
| length = 30:18
| label = Amos Records
| producer = Tom Thacker
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Longbranch Pennywhistle is an early-in-genre country rock album by Longbranch Pennywhistle, a duo featuring the then-little-known Glenn Frey and John David Souther.{{cite web |url=http://www.troubadour.com/history/ |title=History (1970)|publisher=Troubadour |location=West Hollywood, USA |accessdate=2011-02-22}} It also contains strains of folk rock.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/longbranch-pennywhistle-mw0000846437|title=Longbranch/Pennywhistle - Longbranch/Pennywhistle - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=27 January 2019}} It was released in 1970; the duo split up shortly afterwards.
AllMusic's review of the album called it low-key and less commercial than the Eagles would be.
One of the album's songs, "Kite Woman", would resurface on Souther's 1972 debut solo album, John David Souther.
Track listing
;Side one
- "Jubilee Anne" (Souther)
- "Run, Boy, Run" (Frey)
- "Rebecca" (Frey)
- "Lucky Love" (Souther)
- "Kite Woman" (Souther)
- "Bring Back Funky Women" (Souther, Frey)
;Side Two
- "Star-Spangled Bus" (Souther)
- "Mister, Mister" (Souther)
- "Don't Talk Now" (James Taylor)
- "Never Have Enough" (Souther)
Personnel
- John David Souther - guitar, vocals, arrangements
- Glenn Frey - guitar, vocals, arrangements
- James Burton - guitar
- Ry Cooder - guitar
- Buddy Emmons - steel guitar
- Joe Osborn - bass
- Doug Kershaw - fiddle
- Larry Knechtel - piano
- Jim Gordon - drums
;Technical
- Tom "Take-damn It" Thacker - producer
- James Bowen - supervisor
- Chuck Britz, Michael Lietz - engineer
References
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External links
- [http://www.glennfreyonline.com/longbranch/index.htm Glenn Frey Online]
- [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/longbranch-pennywhistle-mn0001470731 All Music's bio on the band]
- [http://isthmus.com/music/vinyl-cave/vinyl-cave-longbranch-pennywhistle/ Isthmus coverage of the album]
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