Dowdy Ferry Road | ||||
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Released | March 1977 | |||
Studio | Hazen’s Recording Studio (Hendersonville, TN) | |||
Genre | Pop rock, soft rock | |||
Label | Big Tree | |||
Producer | Kyle Lehning | |||
England Dan & John Ford Coley chronology | ||||
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Singles from Dowdy Ferry Road | ||||
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Dowdy Ferry Road is the fifth studio album by the pop rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley. The album's single "It's Sad to Belong" was a moderate pop hit and a #1 smash on the Adult Contemporary chart. A second hit from the LP, "Gone Too Far," reached #23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Being from the Dallas, Texas area, England Dan and John Ford Coley named "Dowdy Ferry Road" after a street in the southeastern part of town. Dowdy Ferry (Exit #476) connects with Interstate 20 in Texas.
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Cash Box said of the single "Gone Too Far" that "Coley's melody and lyric work perfectly with the slick harmonies and tasteful instrumentation." [2]