It'll Shine When It Shines is the second album by the 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...

 band, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Ozark Mountain Daredevils

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils are a Southern rock/country rock band formed in 1972 in Springfield, Missouri, USA. They are most widely known for their singles "If You Wanna Get To Heaven" in 1974 and "Jackie Blue" in 1975....

. Their debut album was successful enough to give the band the clout to record its sophomore effort. "It'll Shine When It Shines", on the musicians' home turf. For the session, they cut their tracks in the pre-Civil War

Civil war

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 house that served as their rehearsal space, with Johns and Anderle working from a mobile recording truck parked outside. The homey makesift setup yielded a loose, organic vibe that invigorated material like Cash's tongue-in-cheek swamp-rocker "E.E. Lawson".
This album contains their biggest single, "Jackie Blue

Jackie Blue (song)

"Jackie Blue" is a single by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils off their 1974 album It'll Shine When It Shines. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. The song was sung by group drummer Larry Lee....

", which reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 in 1975. The song brought in by Lee late in the session, was recorded at the insistence of Glyn Johns, who cajoled lee into altering his original lyric about a drug-dealing friend into a fond ode to a free-spirited female loner.

Track listing

1. "You Made It Right" (John Dillon, Elizabeth Anderson) – 3:46
2. "Look Away" (Randle Chowning) – 3:36
3. "Jackie Blue
   Jackie Blue (song)
   "Jackie Blue" is a single by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils off their 1974 album It'll Shine When It Shines. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. The song was sung by group drummer Larry Lee....
   
   " (Steve Cash, Larry Lee) – 4:11
4. "Kansas You Fooler" (Larry Lee) – 2:39
5. "It Couldn't Be Better" (John Dillon, Elizabeth Anderson) – 4:23
6. "E.E. Lawson" (Steve Cash) – 3:32
7. "Walkin' Down the Road" (John Dillon) – 3:28
8. "What's Happened Along My Life" (Larry Lee) – 3:32
9. "It Probably Always Will" (Michael Granda) – 3:15
10. "Lowlands" (John Dillon) – 3:45
11. "Tidal Wave" (Steve Cash, John Dillon) – 4:12
12. "It'll Shine When It Shines" (Steve Cash, John Dillon) – 3:38

Personnel

• Steve Cash
  Steve Cash
  Steve Cash is a singer-songwriter and author, most notable as a founding and continuing member of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.-History:...
  
   - harmonica, percussion, vocals
• John Dillon
  John Dillon
  John Dillon was an Irish land reform agitator from Dublin, an Irish Home Rule activist, a nationalist politician, a Member of Parliament for over 35 years, and the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party....
  
   - guitar, dulcimer, harp, keyboards, vocals
• Larry Lee - guitar, keyboards, drums, vocals
• Randle Chowning - guitar, dobro, mandolin, harmonica, vocals
• Michael Granda - bass, guitar, vocals
• Buddy Brayfield - keyboards, vocals
• Glyn Johns
  Glyn Johns
  Glyn Johns is a musician, recording engineer and record producer.-Career:He has worked with such artists as Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Easybeats, The Band, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Clash, The Steve Miller Band, Small Faces, Spooky Tooth, The Ozark...
  
   - guitar
• Nick DeCaro - accordion
• Jody Troutman - background vocals

Production

• Producer: Glyn Johns/David Anderle
• Recording Engineer: Glyn Johns
• Art Direction: Roland Young
• Photography: Harry Mittman
• Liner notes: Ken Seeholzer