Ladies Love Outlaws (Tom Rush album)
Encyclopedia
Ladies Love Outlaws is the 1974 Country rock
album from pioneer Folk rock
musician Tom Rush
. The standout tracks are "Hobo's Mandolin", "Indian Woman from Wichita", "Black Magic Gun" and "One Day I Walk".
Country rock
Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...
album from pioneer Folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
musician Tom Rush
Tom Rush
Tom Rush is an American folk and blues singer, songwriter, musician and recording artist.- Life and career :Rush was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His father was a teacher at St. Paul's School, in Concord, New Hampshire. Tom began performing in 1961 while studying at Harvard University after...
. The standout tracks are "Hobo's Mandolin", "Indian Woman from Wichita", "Black Magic Gun" and "One Day I Walk".
Track listing
- "Ladies Love Outlaws" (Lee ClaytonLee ClaytonLee Clayton is a country musician and composer.-Biography:His style has been described as in between rock and country. Clayton grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and began to play harmonica and guitar at the age of 7...
) - "Hobo's Mandolin" (Michael Peter Smith)
Note: The correct title for this song is "This Here Mandolin" by Michael Peter Smith, who was never paid for its use on this album. Godon Bok also recorded the song, and he called it "This Old Mandolin". Michael's songs are published by Bird Avenue Publishing-ASCAP. - "Indian Woman from Wichita" (Wayne Berry)
- "Maggie" (Tom Rush)
- "Desperados Waiting for a Train" (Guy ClarkGuy ClarkGuy Clark is an American Texas Country artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell....
) - "Claim on Me" (Lee Clayton)
- "Jenny Lynn" (Richard Dean)
- "Black Magic Gun" (Wayne Berry)
- "No Regrets" (Tom Rush)
- "One Day I Walk" (Bruce CockburnBruce CockburnBruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
)
Personnel
- Tom RushTom RushTom Rush is an American folk and blues singer, songwriter, musician and recording artist.- Life and career :Rush was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His father was a teacher at St. Paul's School, in Concord, New Hampshire. Tom began performing in 1961 while studying at Harvard University after...
- acoustic guitar, lead vocals - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - electric guitar
- Elliott RandallElliott RandallElliott Randall is an American guitarist, most known for being a session musician with popular artists. Randall has played the well-known guitar solos from Steely Dan's hit "Reelin' in the Years" and Fame. Legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has reputedly said that Randall's solo on...
- electric guitar - Bob BabbittBob BabbittBob Babbitt is an American bassist, most famous for his work as a member of Motown Records' studio band, the Funk Brothers, from 1966–1972, as well as his tenure as part of MFSB for Philadelphia International Records afterwards. Also in 1968-1970, with Mike Campbell, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith...
- bass - James TaylorJames TaylorJames Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
- background vocals - Carly SimonCarly SimonCarly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...
- background vocals - Rupert HolmesRupert HolmesRupert Holmes is an American-British composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape " and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Hot 100 U.S. pop chart in 1980...
- background vocals - Jerry Friedman - electric guitar
- Leon Pendarvis - keyboards
- Allan SchwartzbergAllan SchwartzbergAllan Schwartzberg is a famous studio musician drummer, most of whose recordings were made in the 1970s. He has played on hits such as Gloria Gaynor's "Never Can Say Goodbye". He has played with KISS, James Brown and Peter Gabriel as well...
- drums - Andrew Smith - drums
- George Devens - percussion
- Wayne Jackson - trumpet
- Jack Hale - trombone
- Ed Logan - tenor saxophone
- Andrew Love - tenor saxophone
- James Mitchell - baritone saxophone
- Carl HallCarl HallCarl Hall was an African-American singer, actor, and musical arranger. A member of Raymond Raspberry's eponymous gospel group "The Raspberry Singers", recording on the US Savoy Records label, he performed in theatre for three decades, beginning with Tambourines to Glory in 1963.Beyond the...
- background vocals - Tasha Thomas - background vocals
Production
- Producer: Mark Spector
- Recording Engineer: unknown
- Liner Notes: unknown
- Cover Art: James Grashow