Woodsmoke and Oranges is the debut album from 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...

/country rock

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...

 musician Paul Siebel

Paul Siebel

Paul Siebel is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born on September 19, 1937 in Buffalo, NY. He is best known for other artist's cover versions of his songs, most notably "Louise"...

. The album contains his tune "Louise" which was recorded by Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...

, 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...

, Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...

, Eric Andersen

Eric Andersen

Eric Andersen is an American singer-songwriter.-Biography:In the early 1960s, Eric Andersen was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York...

, Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker

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, Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies...

, and others.

Reception

Music critic Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. wrote in his Allmusic  ""Siebel and company crafted an incredible record that still sounds vibrant 30 years after the fact. Although he'd never outdo his work on Woodsmoke and Oranges, few artists ever craft an album this good."

Reissues

• Woodsmoke and Oranges was reissued on CD with Jack-Knife Gypsy by WEA International on October 12, 2004.
• Woodsmoke and Oranges was reissued on CD in 1995 by Philo.

Track listing

All songs by Paul Siebel.

1. "She Made Me Lose My Blues" – 2:36
2. "Miss Cherry Lane" – 2:52
3. "Nashville Again" – 3:13
4. "Ballad of Honest Sam") – 4:20
5. "Then Came the Children" - 4:10
6. "Louise" – 3:40
7. "Bride 1945" – 3:32
8. "My Town" – 3:12
9. "Any Day Woman" – 3:02
10. "Long Afternoons" – 4:21

Personnel

• Paul Siebel - acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, vocals
• David Bromberg
  David Bromberg
  David Bromberg is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Bromberg has an eclectic style, playing bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock and roll equally well. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics, and the ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the...
  
   - dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Weldon Myrick - pedal steel guitar
• Richard Greene - violin
• Gary White - bass
• Jeff Gutcheon - organ, piano
• Don Brooks - harmonica
• James Madison - drums

Production

• Producer: Peter K. Siegel
• Recording Engineer: Dave Sanders, Shelly Yakus
  Shelly Yakus
  Shelly Yakus is considered as one of the best engineers and mixers in the music industry. Formerly chief engineer and vice president of A&M Records, Yakus' engineering work has help sell in excess of one hundred million records, equaling over one billion dollars in sales...
  
  
• Art Direction: William S. Harvey
• Photography: Robert Campbell