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Jim Ford - Harlan County (CD)

Harlan County
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Album Details: Harlan County

Release Date:01/01/1969
Label:Edsel Records Uk
UPC:740155151928

Track List: Harlan County

  1. Harlan County
  2. I'm Gonna Make Her Love Me
  3. Changin' Colors
  4. Dr. Handy's Dandy Candy
  5. Love On My Brain
  1. Long Road Ahead
  2. Under Construction
  3. Working My Way To LA
  4. Spoonful
  5. To Make My Life Beautiful

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  • All Music Guide

    At his best, Jim Ford was a clever songwriter, capable of reworking rock roll, RB, and country clichés into fresh, funny roots rock. At his worst, Ford was cutesy and unfocused, pulling good songs into awkward detours. Harlan County, the only album he ever completed, captures Ford at both extremes. The laid-back, rootsy sound of Harlan County -- equal parts country-rock, soul, and pop -- provided a touchstone for British pub rock, especially for Brinsley Schwarz, which covered Ford's "JuJu Man" and "Niki Hoeke Speedway" (Brinsley's chief songwriter, Nick Lowe, later recorded "36 Inches High"). Those songs aren't on 1969's Harlan County; they're from an aborted 1971 record that was to feature the Brinsleys as Ford's backing band. Instead, Harlan County is filled with unassuming, midtempo rockers and ballads, which are either songs about love or driving. Ford has a pleasant, unremarkable white soul voice that, when combined with the mannered production, tends to undersell the songs, whi...ch would have benefited from grittier, committed performances. Then again, these songs aren't as good as "JuJu Man" and "Niki Hoeke," which deservedly became pub rock staples. Many of these songs are well-written, particularly the off-kilter title track and "I'm Gonna Make Her Love Me," but they lack the sharp humor and hooks of the previously mentioned songs. They are of interest as a curiosity, especially for pub rock fanatics, but Harlan County illustrates why Jim Ford never became a cult artist in his own right. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Biography

Jim Ford

Originally from New Orleans, Jim Ford lost interest in his academic pursuits and, in 1966, drifted out to California. He was passing through L.A., on his way to the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco, when he met two session musicians, Pat and Lolly Vegas. The Native American rockers -- who later formed the commercially successful Redbone -- had worked on the Shin... Read more