Album
Bein' Free
1970 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Bein' Free is a Country album by Jerry Jeff Walker, originally released in 1970. On Gatefold: 10 pressings tracked.
About
The 1970 album <i>Bein’ Free</i> was transitional for Jerry Jeff Walker. He'd just left the confines of the Greenwich Village folk scene but hadn't yet settled in the Austin milieu that would become his permanent home. The house band at Criteria Sound Studios in Miami was The Dixie Flyers, a tight-knit unit led by Memphis pianist Jim Dickinson. The Flyers gave Walker the tight yet soulful sound that expanded his playing and ushered him toward his Texas years. The album contains the last of Walker’s poignant pure folk songs, including “Stoney,” “Some Go Home,” and “But for the Time.” But he really started to morph with the chugging gospel rhythms of “Nobody’s” and “A Secret.” Sammy Creason’s thickset drumming was the perfect accompaniment for Walker, who was attracted to the feel of a rock ‘n’ roll jug band. <i>Bein’ Free</i> has superb oddities like “Please Let Me Be,” but it's most notable for “I’m Gonna Tell on You,” “Where Is the D.A.R. When You Really Need Him,” and “Vince Triple-O Martin”: early examples of the scruffy, wayward country music that would soon become Walker’s signature.
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Tracklist
- 1I'm Gonna Tell On You3:38
- 2Stoney5:59
- 3Where Is the D.A.R. When You Really Need Him2:15
- 4A Secret4:30
- 5Nobody's3:59
- 6Some Go Home5:57
- 7But for the Time4:36
- 8Vince Triple-O Martin2:19
- 9Harmonica Talk1:06
- 10Please Let Me Be2:48
- 11More Often Than Not4:02
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- raw
- laid-back
- outlaw
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Charlie FreemanELECTRIC GUITAR, OTHER ELECTRIC GUITAR, PERCUSSION ELECTRIC GUITAR, PERFORMER
- Don BrooksHARMONICA
- Jerry Jeff WalkerVOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Jim DickinsonPIANO, DOBRO, MUSICAL BOW PIANO, DOBRO, OTHER PIANO, DOBRO, PERFORMER
- Michael UtleyORGAN, ELECTRIC PIANO, PIANO , ORGAN ORGAN, ORGAN , ELECTRIC PIANO, PIANO ORGAN, PERFORMER , ELECTRIC PIANO, PIANO
- Sammy CreasonDRUMS
- Tommy McClureELECTRIC BASS
- Vince MartinVOCALS
- Yone MartinVOCALS
- Albhy GalutenELECTRIC PIANO
- Ewing Street TimesVOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 10 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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