Don't Look Down (Ozark Mountain Daredevils album)

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Don't Look Down
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1977
Label A&M
Producer David Kershenbaum
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils chronology
Men from Earth
(1976)
Don't Look Down
(1977)
It's Alive
(1978)

Don't Look Down is the fifth album by American country rock band The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. The band lost another founding member, Buddy Brayfield, gained a new producer David Kershenbaum, and added three new players, including singer/guitarist and longtime pal Steve Canaday, who as owner of the New Bijou had been instrumental in the group's formation. Despite containing "Following The Way That I Feel", one of the strongest pop tunes in their catalogue, Don't Look Down did not meet sales expectations, and presaged the Ozark Mountain Daredevils' move from A&M Records to Columbia Records.

Contents

The album is mentioned in the book Barrel Fever , by David Sedaris, in "Don's Story".

The bonus tracks that appear on the CD rerelease were recorded while Randle Chowning and Buddy Brayfield were still a part of the group.

Track listing

Song lengths and credits taken from CD liner notes.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."River To The Sun"Steve Cash, John Dillon3:25
2."Crazy Lovin'"Cash, Dillon3:46
3."Giving It All To The Wind"Larry Lee4:14
4."The Fox"Cash2:46
5."Backroads"Steve Canaday3:36
6."Snowbound"Cash, Dillon3:31
7."Following The Way That I Feel"Lee3:37
8."Love Makes The Lover"Dillon, Cash3:22
9."True Believer"Lee, Cash4:15
10."Moon On The Rise"Lee, Cash3:05
11."Stinghead"Michael Granda2:11
12."Sweetwood*"Dillon, Kevin Wray, Cathy Wray4:30
13."Plainity*"Granda2:33
14."Valencia Road*"Cash2:53


*Bonus tracks found only on the New Era Productions CD release.

Charts

Chart (1977–1978)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [1] 87
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)132

Personnel


Geoff Richardson - Viola on "Giving It All To The Wind." Geoffrey Richardson appears courtesy of Arista Records.

Production

Other Credits

References

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 227. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.