106.9 THE BEAR Featured Artist

She Is a Song

RELEASE
1973
LABEL
Japanese Import
GENRES
Pop/Rock

Album Review

Singer/guitarist Rick Roberts' second of two solo LPs was recorded prior to the formation of Firefall. This release, produced by fellow ex-Burrito Chris Hillman, is more wide-ranging than his earlier solo effort. There are quite a few musicians on loan from Stephen Stills' group Manassas; in addition to Hillman, Latin percussionist Joe Lala, keyboardist Paul Harris, and Al Perkins on pedal steel guitar are present. Roberts' attractive vocals and low-key acoustic guitar are consistent throughout the record. "She Is a Song" is a breezy ballad with fine work by Perkins and Lala (heard on flute). His take of Stills' "Four Days Gone" has more of a country flavor, while "Glad to Be Going" features Rusty Young's magnificent Dobro. Although a few songs turned up on a 1979 anthology LP, this long out of print record will be tough to acquire.
Ken Dryden, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. West Wind
  2. She Is a Song
  3. Lights
  4. Four Days Gone
  5. Company
  6. Sweet Maria
  7. The Captain
  8. She Made Me Lose My Blues
  9. Old Songs
  10. Glad to Be Goin'