The Lonesome Picker Rides Again is the fourth album by folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 musician John Stewart

John Stewart (musician)

John Coburn Stewart was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with The Kingston Trio and as the songwriter of The Monkees' #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and his own #5 hit "Gold", among several hundred original...

, former member of the Kingston Trio, released in 1971. The album contains Stewart's own recording of "Daydream Believer

Daydream Believer

"Daydream Believer" is a song composed by John Stewart shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. The song was originally recorded by The Monkees, with Davy Jones singing lead vocals. The single hit the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four...

", a song he wrote for The Monkees

The Monkees

The Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,...

. Their version was released as a single and hit the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four weeks.

Side one

1. "Just an Old Love Song" – 3:15
2. "The Road Shines Bright" – 2:35
3. "Touch of the Sun" – 3:06
4. "Bolinas" – 3:18
5. "Freeway Pleasure" – 3:14
6. "Swift Lizard" – 3:22

Side two

1. "Wolves in the Kitchen" – 3:25
2. "Little Road and a Stone to Roll" – 2:52
3. "Daydream Believer
   Daydream Believer
   "Daydream Believer" is a song composed by John Stewart shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. The song was originally recorded by The Monkees, with Davy Jones singing lead vocals. The single hit the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four...
   
   " – 3:28
4. "Crazy" – 3:27
5. "Wild Horse Road" – 2:50
6. "All the Brave Horses" – 4:38

Recorded at Western Recorders and Crysal Sound in Hollywood, except for tracks 1:6 and 2:1 which were recorded live at Chuck's Cellar in Los Altos, California, on 29 May 1971 by Wally Heider

Wally Heider

Wally Heider was an American recording engineer and recording studio owner - History :After a distinguished career as an engineer in the 1940s and 1950s, he was instrumental in recording the San Francisco Sound in the late 60s and early 70s...

. Location engineer was Ray Thompson. Album mixed at Independence Recorders, Studio City, California.

Personnel

• John Stewart
  John Stewart (musician)
  John Coburn Stewart was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with The Kingston Trio and as the songwriter of The Monkees' #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and his own #5 hit "Gold", among several hundred original...
  
   – vocals, guitar
• Russ Kunkel
  Russ Kunkel
  Russell Kunkel , also known as Russ Kunkel, is an American drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with a number of well-known artists.Kunkel was born in Pittsburgh, PA...
  
   – drums
• Peter Asher
  Peter Asher
  Peter Asher is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He first came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a record producer.-Early life:He was born at the Central Middlesex Hospital, a child actor and...
  
   – vocals
• Bryan Garofalo – bass
• Michael Stewart
  Michael Stewart (musician)
  Michael “Mike” Stewart was the guitarist for We Five. He was also the brother of John Stewart , a one-time member of The Kingston Trio and later a very successful singer/songwriter, and the father of Jamie Stewart, frontman of popular avant-garde group Xiu Xiu...
  
    – vocals
• Buffy Ford – vocals
• Chris Darrow – banjo, electric dobro
• Fred Carter, Jr.
  Fred Carter, Jr.
  Fred Carter, Jr. was an American guitarist, singer, producer and composer.- Early career :Carter was raised in the delta country in Winnsboro, the seat of Franklin Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Carter grew up with the heavy musical influences of jazz, country & western, hymns, and blues...
  
   – guitar
• Henry Diltz
  Henry Diltz
  Henry Stanford Diltz is a folk musician and photographer, who has been active since the 1960s....
  
   – harmonica
• Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons , is an American guitarist.Emmons has been called "The World's Foremost Steel Guitarist" and his talent is greatly admired by fellow steel guitarists...
  
   – steel guitar
• Glen D. Hardin
  Glen Hardin
  Glen D. Hardin is an American piano player, songwriter and arranger. He has performed and recorded with such notable artists as Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, Ricky Nelson and many others.-Career:...
  
   – piano
• King Errison – conga
• Leland Sklar
  Leland Sklar
  Leland "Lee" Bruce Sklar is an American musician, singer-songwriter and film score composer. A prominent bass guitarist, Sklar has contributed to thousands of albums as a session musician...
  
   – bass

Additional personnel

• Mike Stewart
  Michael Stewart (musician)
  Michael “Mike” Stewart was the guitarist for We Five. He was also the brother of John Stewart , a one-time member of The Kingston Trio and later a very successful singer/songwriter, and the father of Jamie Stewart, frontman of popular avant-garde group Xiu Xiu...
  
   - producer
• Ron Malo - productions engineer, mixdown engineer
• Richard Sanford Orshoff - productions engineer
• Jimmie Haskell - orchestration
• Henry Diltz
  Henry Diltz
  Henry Stanford Diltz is a folk musician and photographer, who has been active since the 1960s....
  
  - photography
• David Clarke - art direction