The Lonesome Picker Rides Again is the fourth album by the folk musician John Stewart, a former member of The Kingston Trio, released in 1971.Benjamin Blake, Jack Rubeck and Allan Shaw, The Kingston Trio on Record, pp. 224-225, 1986, The album contains Stewart's own recording of "Daydream Believer", a song he wrote for The Monkees. Their version was released as a single and reached the number one in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four weeks.
Track listing All compositions by John Stewart.
Side one "Just an Old Love Song" – 3:15 "The Road Shines Bright" – 2:35 "Touch of the Sun" – 3:06 "Bolinas" – 3:18 "Freeway Pleasure" – 3:14 "Swift Lizard" – 3:22
Side two "Wolves in the Kitchen" – 3:25 "Little Road and a Stone to Roll" – 2:52 "Daydream Believer" – 3:28 "Crazy" – 3:27 "Wild Horse Road" – 2:50 "All the Brave Horses" – 4:38
Recorded at Western Recorders and Crystal 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. The location engineer was Ray Thompson. The album was mixed at Independence Recorders in Studio City, California.LP cover notes: The Lonesome Picker Rides Again
Personnel John Stewart – vocals, guitar Russ Kunkel – drums Peter Asher – vocals Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar Michael Stewart – vocals Jennifer Warnes - vocals Buffy Ford – vocals Chris Darrow – banjo, electric dobro Fred Carter Jr. – guitar Henry Diltz – harmonica Buddy Emmons – steel guitar Glen Hardin – piano King Errisson – conga Leland Sklar – bass
Production personnel Mike Stewart - producer Ron Malo - productions engineer, mixdown engineer Richard Sanford Orshoff - productions engineer Jimmie Haskell - orchestration Henry Diltz - photography David Clarke - art direction
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