O'Keefe is an album by singer-songwriter Danny O'Keefe

Danny O'Keefe

Danny O'Keefe is a U.S. based singer-songwriter, born in Spokane, Washington, in 1943. O'Keefe's musical career has spanned four decades from his early days playing in the Minnesota coffee houses to his present station in the Seattle area...

, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music

1972 in music

-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...

). It peaked at #87 on the Billboard Top LPs

Billboard 200

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 chart. The lead-off single was "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (a re-recording of a song O'Keefe had first recorded for his self-titled debut album one year earlier), which reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 chart and was covered

Cover version

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 by numerous artists. "The Road" was covered by Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....

 on his album Running on Empty

Running on Empty (album)

Running on Empty is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. Released in 1977, the album reached #3 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in 1978 and stayed on the charts for 65 weeks...

. O'Keefe was reissued in 2006 on the Wounded Bird

Wounded Bird Records

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 label.

Reception

Thom Jurek states in his Allmusic review: "O'Keefe is utterly solid, so completely diverse and tight; it's a forgotten masterpiece."

Track listing

All songs by Danny O'Keefe unless otherwise noted.

1. "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
   Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
   "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" is a song written and performed by Danny O'Keefe.It first appeared on O'Keefe's self-titled debut album in 1971...
   
   " – 3:00
2. "Shooting Star" – 2:39
3. "The Question (Obviously)" – 3:39
4. "Honky Tonkin'" (Hank Williams) – 2:49
5. "The Road" – 3:49
6. "Grease It" – 3:16
7. "An American Dream" – 5:14
8. "Louie the Hook vs. the Preacher" – 3:37
9. "The Valentine Pieces" – 3:17
10. "I'm Sober Now" – 2:45
11. "Roseland Taxi Dancer" – 2:47
12. "I Know You Really Love Me" – 0:59

Personnel

• Danny O'Keefe – vocals, guitar
• Hayword Bishop – drums, percussion
• David Brigati
  David Brigati
  David Brigati is an American singer.-Hi-Fives:David got his musical start as the lead singer of a doo-wop group known as the Hi-Fives. In 1958, the group recorded a number of songs on the Decca label. One of those recordings was entitled "Dorothy" and became a regional hit in the New York...
  
   – background vocals
• Eddie Brigati
  Eddie Brigati
  Eddie Brigati is an American singer and songwriter.Most memorably, Brigati shared vocals, and played tambourine, in the pop group The Young Rascals from 1965 to 1970...
  
   – background vocals
• Gene Chrisman – drums
• Johnny Christopher – guitar
• Bobby Emmons – organ
• Shane Keister
  Shane Keister
  Shane Keister is an American musician. He is known for his work as a studio musician, writer, arranger and producer. He plays synthesizer, piano, Hammond B3, Synclavier, Fairlight, Fender Rhodes, and others.-History:...
  
   – piano
• Bobby Wood – piano, electric piano
• Reggie Young
  Reggie Young
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  – guitar
• Leo LeBlanc – steel guitar
• Mike Leech – bass
• Irwin "Marky" Markowitz – trumpet
• Howard McNatt – violin
• Phil Olivella – clarinet

Production notes:

• Ahmet Ertegün – producer, mixing
• Stan Kesler – engineer
• Gene Paul – engineer
• George Hunter – design