Tribute to the American Duck
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Tribute to the American Duck is the seventh album by bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

 group The Dillards
The Dillards
The Dillards are an American bluegrass band from Salem, Missouri, consisting of Douglas Flint "Doug" Dillard The Dillards are an American bluegrass band from Salem, Missouri, consisting of Douglas Flint "Doug" Dillard The Dillards are an American bluegrass band from Salem, Missouri, consisting of...

. Released only a year after Roots and Branches
Roots and Branches
Roots and Branches is the sixth album by bluegrass group The Dillards, and their only for Anthem Records. The group is listed for this album only as "Dillards" with no "The," unless you look at the LP itself, where you will find "The Dillards." It was their most successful album, their only LP to...

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Tribute features the same lineup and a similar sound. Billy Ray Latham
Billy Ray Latham
Billy Ray Latham is an American banjo player. He is best known as a member of the Kentucky Colonels . He then joined The Dillards in 1974, and left c.1978.-References:...

's electric guitar
Electric guitar
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 features on "Caney Creek," and 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...

 influences are evident in the song writing and cover choice. The album features a re-recorded version of "Dooley" from the Dillards' debut, Back Porch Bluegrass
Back Porch Bluegrass
Back Porch Bluegrass is the debut album by bluegrass quartet The Dillards. Dooley and Deulin' Banjo were both released as singles.- Track listing :# "Old Joseph" – 1:25...

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Mitch Jayne again assumes a more subdued role in Tribute, ceding his role as bassist to two electric bass
Electric Bass
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 players. He does, however, contribute more to the songwriting of the album than to Roots and Branches, and he makes his debut as a lead vocalist in the final song, "What's Time to a Hog?" Rodney Dillard's wife Linda Dillard begins contributing to the Dillards in this album, singing backup vocals and co-writing "Carry Me Off" with Rodney and Mitch.

Track listing

  1. "Music is Music" (Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne)
  2. "Caney Creek" (I. Alexander)
  3. "Dooley" (Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne)
  4. "Love has Gone Away" (Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne)
  5. "You've Gotta Be Strong" (Jenny La Milrand)
  6. "Carry Me Off" (Linda Dillard, Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne)
  7. "Smile for Me" (Gary Itri)
  8. "Hot Rod Banjo" (B. Clifford, J. H. Burnett, P. Potash)
  9. "Daddy was a Mover" (Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne)
  10. "What's Time to a Hog?" (Dean Webb, Mitch Jayne)

Personnel

  • Rodney Dillard: lead vocal, guitar, dobro
  • Billy Ray Latham (spelled "Lathum" throughout the original liner notes): guitar, banjo, dobro
  • Dean Webb: mandolin
  • Mitch Jayne: lead vocal on "What's Time to a Hog?"
  • John Hartford
    John Hartford
    John Cowan Hartford was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore...

    : fiddle
  • Paul York, John Raines, Don Gallese: drums and percussion
  • Linda Dillard: backup vocal
  • Colin Cameron, Gary Itri: bass
  • Irv Dugan: guitar, road manager
  • Andrew Belling: keyboard
  • Buck Graves: dobro


Produced by Rodney Dillard
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