The Lonesome Picker Rides Again Explained

The Lonesome Picker Rides Again
Type:Album
Artist:John Stewart
Cover:The Lonesome Picker Rides Again.jpg
Released:November 1971
Genre:Folk
Length:39:30
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Michael Stewart
Prev Title:Willard
Prev Year:1970
Next Title:Sunstorm
Next Year:1972

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.[1] 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

  1. "Just an Old Love Song" – 3:15
  2. "The Road Shines Bright" – 2:35
  3. "Touch of the Sun" – 3:06
  4. "Bolinas" – 3:18
  5. "Freeway Pleasure" – 3:14
  6. "Swift Lizard" – 3:22

Side two

  1. "Wolves in the Kitchen" – 3:25
  2. "Little Road and a Stone to Roll" – 2:52
  3. "Daydream Believer" – 3:28
  4. "Crazy" – 3:27
  5. "Wild Horse Road" – 2:50
  6. "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.[2]

Personnel

Production personnel

Notes and References

  1. Benjamin Blake, Jack Rubeck and Allan Shaw, The Kingston Trio on Record, pp. 224-225, 1986,
  2. LP cover notes: The Lonesome Picker Rides Again