Second Spring
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Second Spring is the 1969 album by Country rock
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musician Ian Matthews
' band Matthews' Southern Comfort. This was Ian's second album after his departure from Fairport Convention
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Country rock
Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...
/Folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
musician Ian Matthews
Iain Matthews
Iain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, then as the 1960s progressed, as Ian Matthews...
' band Matthews' Southern Comfort. This was Ian's second album after his departure from Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...
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Track listing
- "Ballad of Obray Ramsey" (Ian Matthews) - 2:25
- "Moses in the Sunshine" (Carl Barnwell) - 6:18
- "Jinkson Johnson" (Ian Matthews) - 5:29
- "The Tale of the Trial" (Ian Matthews) - 2:42
- "Blood Red Roses" (Ian Matthews) - 2:27
- "Even As" (Carl Barnwell) - 2:49
- "Darcy Farrow" (Tom CampbellTom CampbellThomas John "Tom" Campbell is the Dean of Chapman University School of Law, a former five-term Republican United States Congressman from California's 12th and 15th districts, a former professor at Stanford Law School, a former dean of the Haas School of Business, and a former professor of business...
, Steve GilletteSteve Gillette And Cindy MangsenSince their marriage in 1989, Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen have been traveling, performing and recording together.Their album Live In Concert, recorded at The Ark in Ann Arbor in 1991, is available from their own company, Compass Rose Music. A second duet album, The Light Of The Day, was named...
) - 3:34 - "Something in the Way She Moves" (James TaylorJames TaylorJames Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
) - 4:48 - "Southern Comfort" (Sylvia TysonSylvia TysonSylvia Tyson, CM , is a musician, performer, singer-songwriter and broadcaster. From 1959 to 1974, she was half of the popular folk duo Ian & Sylvia with Ian Tyson....
) - 7:47
Personnel
- Ian MatthewsIain MatthewsIain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, then as the 1960s progressed, as Ian Matthews...
- guitar, lead vocals, arranger - Carl Barnwell - guitar, harmony vocals
- Mark Griffiths - bass, guitar, harmony vocals
- Gordon Huntley - steel guitar
- Tom PaleyTom PaleyTom Paley is an American guitarist, banjo and fiddle player. He is best known for his work with the New Lost City Ramblers in the 1950s and 1960s.-Biography:Paley was born and raised in New York City, United States...
- banjo - Andy Leigh - bass, harmony vocals
- Martin Jenkins - mandolin
- Ray Duffy - drums
- Roger Churchyard - violin, fiddle
- Byard Ray - fiddle
Production
- Producer: Ian Matthews
- Production Coordinator: Steve Barlby
- Recording Engineer: Ian Matthews
- Art Direction: Paul Whitehead
- Cover Design: Ian Matthews
- Photography: Ray Stevenson