…fondly remembered, JD Souther
13. Oktober 2024
He was a country maverick, and his famous 1979 song hit me hard and out of nowhere in a bavarian café in October 82 with full punch. Listen HERE. When Iistened there, it smashed me, ripped me into pieces and kindly rebuilt me, so that it could at least, too. „When I first started to write songs I was hanging out with Glenn and Jackson [Browne] and Don [Henley],” he told in 2006. “It was an acoustic guitar environment. We all made each other better musicians and songwriters.”
3 Kommentare
Olaf Westfeld
Great Song!
Lajla
Immer wieder gerne höre ich diesen Song. Ist das der Souther von Souther Hillman Band?
Michael Engelbrecht
Yes, mam!
The band was formed in 1973 at the suggestion of David Geffen, then head of Asylum Records. Hillman brought three other former members of Manassas to the group: keyboardist/flutist Paul Harris, percussionist Joe Lala, both of whom had also worked with Barnstorm; and pedal steel guitarist Al Perkins, who had also played with the Flying Burrito Brothers. The septet was rounded out by Jim Gordon, a noted session drummer and former member of Derek and the Dominos and Traffic.
The band had a substantial hit in 1974 with its self-titled first album, which was certified gold, and the single „Fallin‘ in Love“ (US #27). However, during the recording of that album, and influenced by Perkins, Furay converted to evangelical Christianity.[1] Tensions among the members increased, and Gordon, who may have been experiencing the onset of schizophrenia, left the band and was replaced by Ron Grinel. In the midst of this chaos, SHF’s 1975 album Trouble in Paradise was not critically well received. Soon after, the group disbanded and its namesake members continued on their solo careers.