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lundi 30 ao没t 2021

馃幐 Cottonwood - Camaraderie (1971)

 


Cottonwood, the 1971 ABC Dunhill band, was a classic product of the times and cultural metamorphosis unfolding throughout the West Coast in the late ’60s. Los Angeles was a hotbed of diverse musical activity, and Hollywood bulged with record companies big and small looking to sign bands which happened to enjoy a discernible difference or unique sound, qualities that those companies could exploit for potentially explosive profits.

The strictly psychedelic sound which had dominated the West Coast scene for several years was starting to give way to new influences, and fusions of various sorts began to appear in the local clubs and on the radio stations which played a broader range of music. Doug Weston’s Troubadour Club on Santa Monica Boulevard was arguably the epicenter of the transformation, a sort of petri-dish of mutating musical influences, starting it would seem with the formation of the Byrds, rising out of strictly folk influences to become the nascent electric folk/country paragon.

The blues influence was ever present, but a decidedly southern flavor began appear in ostensible Cajun borrowings from musicians like Mac Rebbenac, aka Dr. John. Faux cajun bands like Creedence Clearwater dominated airwaves. Country influences had also appeared, making it acceptable to use traditional country instruments like a lap steel or dobro, in a rock band. The Byrds, Linda Ronstadt, Buffalo Springfield, Poco, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Crosby Stills, Nash, and Young, as a start, opened the doors for many musicians to try their hands at incorporating country styles and instruments. 


Dans l'effervescence des ann茅es 60, Cottonwood, ce label ABC Dunhill de 1971, se dressait tel un colosse, incarnant 脿 lui seul le tourbillon culturel qui agitait la c么te ouest. 脌 Los Angeles, foyer br没lant de cr茅ativit茅, la sc猫ne musicale bourdonnait d'activit茅, tandis que Hollywood 茅tait le terrain de jeu de labels avides, 脿 la recherche de p茅pites musicales pr锚tes 脿 exploser et 脿 rapporter gros.

Le son psych茅d茅lique, roi incontest茅 de la sc猫ne ouest, se faisait lentement avaler par de nouvelles influences. Dans les clubs locaux et sur les ondes radio, une diversit茅 sonore 茅mergeait, offrant un panorama musical plus riche que jamais. Le Troubadour Club, repaire de Doug Weston sur Santa Monica Boulevard, devenait le laboratoire de cette transformation, o霉 les genres se m茅langeaient et se r茅inventaient, des racines folk des Byrds aux premi猫res 茅tincelles du rock 茅lectrifi茅.

Le blues, ind茅niablement pr茅sent, laissait peu 脿 peu place 脿 une essence sudiste, puisant ostensiblement dans le r茅pertoire cajun de musiciens tels que Mac Rebbenac, alias Dr. John. Des groupes aux sonorit茅s cajuns, 脿 l'instar de Creedence Clearwater, dominaient les ondes. Les influences country, quant 脿 elles, gagnaient en puissance, ouvrant la voie 脿 l'int茅gration d'instruments traditionnels comme le lap steel ou le dobro dans le rock. Les Byrds, Linda Ronstadt, Buffalo Springfield, Poco, le Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Crosby Stills, Nash et Young semaient ainsi les graines d'une nouvelle 猫re musicale, incitant une g茅n茅ration de musiciens 脿 explorer et 脿 fusionner divers styles et instruments country dans leur musique.


Tracklist :

1. Cottonwood - 03:02
2. Thank You Mr.Man - 02:28
3. Passin' Through (Gary Rowles) - 02:32
4. In My Life - 03:31
5. Red - 03:21
6. 50 LBS Of Smile - 03:02
7. Now Is The Time (Gary Rowles) - 02:39
8. Holdin' On - 03:00
9. Pacoy - 02:06
10.Mother Earth (I Love You) (Gary Rowles) - 02:25

Line-up :
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Gary Rowles - Guitar, Vocals
Doug Phillips - Vocals
David Vaccaro
Rick Allan - Bass

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馃憠 Cottonwood – Camaraderie (1971)



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