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lademell
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Re: Gene Clark
Sep 21, 2014, 01:35
Gene Clark was worth twenty Gram Parsons(es) in my estimation. A shame that, excepting the recognition via original fan Ivo, his work has only started to get building appreciation in the last 15 years or so...
Sin Agog
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Edited Sep 21, 2014, 01:58
Re: Gene Clark
Sep 21, 2014, 01:51
Is that story of Sly Stone moseying into the recording of No Other [the song] from another room in the studio and saying, "I dig it!" ( or something along those lines) apocryphal?

ETA: Actually, I think I remember reading he might even have contributed to a couple of the songs...
Sin Agog
Sin Agog
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Edited Sep 21, 2014, 02:21
Re: Gene Clark
Sep 21, 2014, 02:16
By the way, as No Other seems to overshadow the rest in terms of how much it's talked about, I should point out that Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers is another fun, jangly, country-tinged Byrds album in all but name (OK, no McGuinn here), and it came out a year before Sweetheart, and The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark is a classic in a similar vein but even more substantial (and it really upped the stakes in terms of production). White Light's got some good songs, but it's a little too much of a straight-ahead Dylan homage for me, and Roadmaster is a bit of a hodge-podge from what I can remember, though not a bad one so far as they go.
laresident
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Re: Gene Clark
Sep 21, 2014, 02:49
His music beautifully compliments a Californian road trip. Even in the eighties, he made a few gems. Sadly some are very badly produced, almost like promos.
Popel Vooje
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Edited Sep 21, 2014, 17:29
Re: Gene Clark
Sep 21, 2014, 12:41
Sin Agog wrote:
By the way, as No Other seems to overshadow the rest in terms of how much it's talked about, I should point out that Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers is another fun, jangly, country-tinged Byrds album in all but name (OK, no McGuinn here), and it came out a year before Sweetheart, and The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark is a classic in a similar vein but even more substantial (and it really upped the stakes in terms of production). White Light's got some good songs, but it's a little too much of a straight-ahead Dylan homage for me, and Roadmaster is a bit of a hodge-podge from what I can remember, though not a bad one so far as they go.


As Jasonaparkes details above, Sid Griffin of the Long Ryders compiled a superb anthology called "Flying High" that cherry-picks nearly all the highlights of his other albums all the different projects he was involved in throughout his life. I have it, but sadly it's long out of print now.
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