Two substances might have been lacking from the third LP by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, memorably titled The Automotive Over The Lake Album. Their new US chart entry of November 8, 1975 didn’t comprise a significant crossover single, as its predecessor It’ll Shine When It Shines had within the wonderful “Jackie Blue.” Nor did it boast the contribution of that document’s eminent co-producer, Glyn Johns.
He would go on to explain the group, in his Sound Man autobiography, as “a great bunch of guys and enormous fun to work with.” However what the brand new document had in spades was the Springfield, Missouri band’s subtle mix of melodic, country-flavoured rock, on a wholly self-composed set to maintain their admiring followers comfortable.
Produced solely this time by David Anderle, who had shared the credit score with Johns on Shine and the Ozarks’ self-titled debut set of late 1973, The Automotive Over The Lake Album featured songs written by various mixtures of no fewer than 4 band members. Guitarists Randle Chowning and John Dillon, harp participant Steve Money and drummer Larry Lee all had credit, with Lee and Money writing “If I Only Knew,” the album’s one chart single, which reached No.65 in a seven-week stint on the Scorching 100 early in 1976.
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Recorded in Nashville, the LP had its southern rock moments, such because the opening “Keep On Churnin’,” but additionally carried a definite West Coast flavour at instances. “Leatherwood” and “Mr. Powell,” for instance, had the shut concord acoustics that the Eagles have been by now turning into the sound of the period.
The Automotive Over The Lake Album entered Billboard’s High LPs and Tape at No.125 and rose to No.57, in a 15-week run that may final effectively into 1976.
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