Nowhere Road
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"Road to Nowhere" is a song by Talking Heads.Road to Nowhere may also refer to:-Highways:*The access road to the proposed Gravina Island Bridge in Alaska*The Interstate 705 in Tacoma, Washington...

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Nowhere Road is the first solo album
Album
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 by ex-Savoy Brown
Savoy Brown
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 vocalist Chris Youlden
Chris Youlden
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, released in 1973
1973 in music
-January–April:*January 9 – Mick Jagger's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug conviction, putting an abrupt end to The Rolling Stones' plans to perform in Japan during their forthcoming tour.*January 14...

. The album featured a number of well-known session musicians including Chris Spedding
Chris Spedding
Chris Spedding is an English rock and roll and jazz guitarist, best known for his session work. Allmusic states - "Spedding is one of the UK's most versatile session guitarists, and has had a long career on two continents that saw him tackle nearly every style of rock and roll, as well as...

, Ray Fenwick
Ray Fenwick
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, Roy Babbington
Roy Babbington
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 and ex-Fleetwood Mac
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 guitarist Danny Kirwan
Danny Kirwan
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A single was released in March 1973 to accompany the album: "Nowhere Road" / "Standing on the Corner".

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Youlden
  1. "Nowhere Road"
  2. "One October Day"
  3. "Chink of Sanity"
  4. "Crying in the Road"
  5. "Mamma Don't You Talk So Loud"
  6. "Standing on the Corner"
  7. "In the Wood"
  8. "Wake Up Neighbour"
  9. "Street Sounds"
  10. "Time Will Tell"
  11. "Pick Up My Dogs"

Personnel

  • Chris Youlden
    Chris Youlden
    Chris Youlden is an English blues singer; from 1967 until 1970 the singer with the British blues band, Savoy Brown.Since those days he has released several solo albums, as detailed below....

     - vocals
    Singing
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  • Danny Kirwan
    Danny Kirwan
    Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan is a British musician best known for his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972.-Early career:...

     - guitar
    Guitar
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  • Chris Spedding
    Chris Spedding
    Chris Spedding is an English rock and roll and jazz guitarist, best known for his session work. Allmusic states - "Spedding is one of the UK's most versatile session guitarists, and has had a long career on two continents that saw him tackle nearly every style of rock and roll, as well as...

     - guitar
  • Ray Fenwick
    Ray Fenwick
    Ray Fenwick is an English guitarist and session musician, best known for replacing Steve Howe in The Syndicats, and as the lead guitarist of Ian Gillan's post Deep Purple solo project, the Ian Gillan Band.-Biography:...

     - guitar
  • Foggy Lyttle
    Foggy Lyttle
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     - acoustic guitar
  • Andy Silvester
    Andy Silvester
    Andrew Frederick 'Andy' Sylvester is a bassist and multi-instrumentalist. Sylvester has played in various bands during his career, most notably as co-founder of both Chicken Shack and Big Town Playboys as well as a tenure in the British blues band Savoy Brown and Los Angeles based soft rock...

     - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
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  • Roy Babbington
    Roy Babbington
    Roy Babbington is a rock and jazz bassist. He became well known for being a member of the Canterbury scene progressive rock/jazz fusion band Soft Machine.-Biography:...

     - bass guitar
  • Bruce Rowland
    Bruce Rowland (drummer)
    Bruce Rowland is an English rock drummer best known for his memberships of The Grease Band and folk rock band Fairport Convention. He is also a prolific session musician.-Early career:...

     - drums
    Drum kit
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  • Mike MacNaught - piano
    Piano
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  • Pete Wingfield
    Pete Wingfield
    Pete Wingfield is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist.-Career:...

    - piano
  • Sue and Sunny - backing vocals

  • Produced by Barry Murray for Murray/Simmonds Productions Ltd.
  • Engineer - Terry Evennett
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