This is the solo album of the Oak Ridge Boy formerly known as Bill Golden! I figured I'd post this album since it was not already here (in its entirety, anyway.) This is from the CD, which is long out of print and getting harder to find.
If you're expecting some light country pop along the lines of the Oaks, you're in for a surprise. Golden wanted to delve more into rock and this album reflects that. One of the producers is Booker T. Jones and there is an all-star cast on-hand of names familiar to country and rock fans. Golden's soon-to-be ex-bandmates put in guest appearances on \"Music For My Soul\" and \"You Turn The Light On\". Golden's soon-to-be ex-wife, Luetta, can be heard on \"Music For My Soul\" as well. Interestingly, Golden chose to record his own version of \"Come On In (You Did The Best That You Could Do)\", which the guys had just recorded but with Duane Allen on lead.
According to a press release, the \"complete project took approx. 2 years\" but says that recording ran from 6/15/85 - 1/27/86.
American Vagabond was released in June '86 and peaked at #53 the first week of August, and was off the chart by the end of the month. As we all know, Golden was out of the Oaks by the following March.
\"You Can't Take It With You\" and \"Love Is The Only Way Out\" were issued as singles and hit #72 and #53, respectively, on the country charts. William Lee performed some of the album's tracks at Farm Aid that year, with Joe Walsh guesting on guitar.
MCAD-5749, 1986.
Tracks:
00:00 Still In The Game (Steve Winwood, Will Jennings)
04:24 Come On In (You Did The Best You Could Do) (George Green, Rick Giles)
08:41 You Can't Take It With You (Rick Giles, Steve Bogard)
12:50 Love Is The Only Way Out (Gene Nelson, Larry Boone, Paul Nelson)
17:45 Music For My Soul (Dave Thompson, Michael Foster)
21:20 American Vagabond (Bob Corbin)
25:16 Heroes (Jennifer Kimball, Tom Kimmel)
29:53 Somebody Gotta Pay (Bob Corbin, R. Eli Ball)
33:23 You Turn The Light On (Lewis Anderson, Steven Geyer)
37:02 Let There Be Love (Dave Gibson, Walter Carter)
Credits:
Acoustic Guitar – Fred Carter, Jr., Larry Crane
Backing Vocals – Barbara McCoy, Duane Allen, Jimmy Davis, Joe Bonsall, Richard Sterban, Rose Williams
Backing Vocals, Music Director [Assistant Choir Director] – Deborah Hall*
Backing Vocals, Recorded By, Engineer, Mixed By – Don Smith
Bass – David Cochrane, Sam Shupp, Willie Weeks
Choir – Olivet Baptist Church
Design – Camille Brown
Dobro, Pedal Steel Guitar – Paul Franklin
Drums – Jim Keltner, Steve Mergen
Drums, Percussion – Chad Cromwell
Electric Guitar – Eddy Shaver
Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Vince Gill
Fiddle – Kenneth Lovelace*
Harmonica – Randy Byrd
Harmony Vocals – Luetta Golden, Rosanne Cash
Harmony Vocals, Backing Vocals – Rick Giles
Keyboards – Barry Beckett
Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Mixed By – Jack Holder
