Garden Party (album)
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Garden Party is Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band's hit Country rock
album from 1972.
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 1972.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Rick Nelson; except where indicated- "Let It Bring You Along" (Stephen A. LoveStephen A. LoveStephen A. Love is a professional musician, singer, songwriter, producer, real estate broker, and CEO of the Vallartamex S.C. construction firm. He is also the owner of Blue Jeans Music BMI and lives in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.Stephen A...
) – 4:12 - "Garden Party" – 3:45
- "So Long Mama" – 3:25
- "I Wanna Be With You" (Randy MeisnerRandy MeisnerRandy Herman Meisner is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of Poco and the Eagles...
, Allen Kemp) – 2:15 - "Are You Really Real?" – 3:25
- "I'm Talking About You" (Chuck BerryChuck BerryCharles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
) – 3:55 - "Night Time Lady" – 3:50
- "Flower Opens Gently By" – 3:08
- "Don't Let Your Goodbye Stand" (Richard Stekol) – 3:17
- "Palace Guard" – 5:10
Personnel
- Rick Nelson – guitar, lead vocals
- Allen Kemp – lead guitar, background vocals
- Tom BrumleyTom BrumleyTom Brumley was an American steel guitarist who played with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in the 1960s, contributing to the group's "Bakersfield sound", and later spent a decade with Rick Nelson.-Biography:...
– steel guitar - Stephen A. LoveStephen A. LoveStephen A. Love is a professional musician, singer, songwriter, producer, real estate broker, and CEO of the Vallartamex S.C. construction firm. He is also the owner of Blue Jeans Music BMI and lives in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.Stephen A...
– bass, background vocals - Patrick Shanahan – drums
- Don Nelson – wood flute
Production
- Producer: Rick Nelson
- Recording Engineer: Michael "Nemo" Shields
- Photography: Martin S. Martin
- Artistic Design: Kristen Nelson