Reckless Abandon (David Bromberg album)
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Producer | Jim Price | |||
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Reckless Abandon is a folk rock album by American musician
vinyl LP in 1977. It was released by Fantasy on CD in 1998, combined with Bromberg's subsequent album, Bandit in a Bathing Suit.[2]
The panel cartoon album cover was drawn by B. Kliban.
Critical reception
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Allmusic |   [3] |
On
Dixieland swarm during the old folk tune "Stealin'"; and then comes a medley of old-timey country tunes played on banjo, mandolin, and guitar. That's just the first three tracks..."[3]
Audio magazine said, "Reckless Abandon demonstrates David's ever-growing confidence and improvement as vocalist and bandleader. Despite [some] flaws, this is still his best-recorded and best-played studio effort."[4]
Track listing
- Side one
- "I Want to Go Home" (David Bromberg) – 3:06
- "Stealin' (Gus Cannon) – 3:50
- Medly – 3:03
- "Sally Goodin" (Traditional, arranged by Bromberg)
- "Old Joe Clark" (Traditional, arranged by Bromberg)
- "Wheel Hoss" (Bill Monroe)
- "Child's Song" (Murray McLauchlan) – 4:42
- "Mrs. Delion's Lament" (Jim Ringer) – 4:28
- Side two
- Medly – 3:16
- "Battle of Bull Run" (source Frank Warner, arranged by Bromberg)
- "Paddy on the Turnpike" (Traditional, arranged by Dick Fegy)
- "Rover's Fancy" (Traditional, arranged by Bromberg)
- "What a Town" (Rick Danko, Bobby Charles) – 3:17
- "Baby Breeze" (Bromberg, Hugh McDonald, Heard) – 3:01
- "Beware, Brother Beware" (Morry Lasco, Dick Adams, Fleecie Moore) – 7:36
- "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (Blind Willie Johnson) – 3:48
Personnel
- David Bromberg Band
- David Bromberg – guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, dobro, mandolin, vocals
- Dick Fegy – guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, banjo, violin
- George Kindler – violin, mandolin
- Curt Linberg – trombone
- John Firmin – tenor saxophone, clarinet, piccolo, pennywhistle
- Hugh McDonald – bass, vocals
- Lance Dickerson – drums, vocals
- Additional musicians
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- Chuck Findley – trumpet
- Darrell Leonard – trumpet
- Trevor Lawrence – tenor saxophone
- Jim Price – trombone, vocals
- Peggy Sandvig – piano
- Steve Forman – percussion
- Daniel Moore – vocals
- Matthew Moore – vocals
- Production
- Produced by Jim Price
- Music arranged by Jim Price and David Bromberg
- Engineering: Joe Tuzen
- Additional engineering: Steve Williams, Carla Frederick, Steve Barncard, Matt Hyde, Phil Kaffel, Skip Taylor
- Mastering: John Golden
- Cover art: B. Kliban
- Art direction: Phil Carroll
References
- ^ Reckless Abandon, Billboard.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "Big Band Albums", DavidBromberg.org. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ Reckless Abandon, Audio, Volume 62, Issues 1–6, page 99. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
