Matthews' Southern Comfort (album)
Encyclopedia
Matthews' Southern Comfort is the debut solo album by country rock
/folk rock
musician Ian Matthews
' band Matthews' Southern Comfort. This was Matthews' first album after leaving Fairport Convention
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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...
/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 Ian Matthews
Iain Matthews
Iain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, then as the 1960s progressed, as Ian Matthews...
' band Matthews' Southern Comfort. This was Matthews' first album after leaving Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...
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Track listing
- "Colorado Springs Eternal" (Steve Barlby) - 2:25
- "A Commercial Proposition" (Richard Thompson) - 6:18
- "The Castle Far" (Steve Barlby) - 5:29
- "Please Be My Friend" (Ian Matthews) - 2:42
- "What We Say" (Ian Matthews) - 2:27
- "Dream Song" (Ian Matthews) - 2:13
- "Fly Pigeon Fly" (Steve Barlby/Hamwood) - 2:49
- "The Watch" (Ian Matthews/Steve Barlby/Comford) - 3:34
- "Sweet Bread" (Steve Barlby) - 4:48
- "Thoughts for a Friend" (Ian Matthews) - 7:47
- "I've Lost You" (Steve Barlby) - 7:47
- "Once Upon a Lifetime" (Ian Matthews/Steve Barlby) - 7:47
Personnel
- Ian MatthewsIain MatthewsIain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, then as the 1960s progressed, as Ian Matthews...
- guitar, lead vocals - Richard Thompson - guitar, accordion
- Gordon Huntley - steel guitar
- Simon NicolSimon NicolSimon John Breckenridge Nicol is a guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founder member of British folk rock, or electric folk group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the band...
- guitar - Pete Willsher - guitar
- Ashley HutchingsAshley HutchingsAshley Stephen Hutchings is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band...
- bass - Gerry ConwayGerry Conway (musician)Gerald Conway is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and currently a member of Fairport Convention as well as his side projects...
- drums - Marc Ellington - percussion
- Dolly CollinsDolly CollinsDorothy Ann Collins, known as Dolly Collins , was an English folk musician, arranger and composer. She was the older sister of Shirley Collins....
- keyboards - Roger Coulam - keyboards
- Poli Palmer - flute
Production
- Producer: Ian Matthews
- Production Coordinator: Steve Barlby
- Recording Engineer: Ian Matthews
- Cover Design: unknown
- Photography: unknown