I mentioned Chuck Girard’s album Written on the Wind recently as part of my eclectic musical ‘heritage’.
My pal Graeme and I remembered Girard (who always struck me as a lost Beach Boy) and a few of his fellow inspirers like Barry McGuire and Larry Norman at lunch today… so I pulled this track up, moved by nostalgia. Wooooah! Goosebumps.
The Warrior. Play it loud.
MP3 file (6MB)
Wow. Still moves me.
– P
PS It’s right at home, musically, next to The Who’s Tommy.
Even with a hint of audio bleed or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print-through (which I put down to the cassette at the time) the production standards of this track were excellent. – P
HE was originally in Lovesong as you might remember. Their first album was incredible: Little Country Church, Let us be one in You, Little Pilgrim etc.
Yes, I remember Lovesong too.
Hey, we can play this nostalgia game till the cows come home. Try this name: Karen Lafferty.
http://continentalnews.net/2012/06/25/the-legendary-chuck-9878.html
– P