Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash

Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash
Studio album by Michael Nesmith
Released	September 1973 [1]
Recorded	March 12–16, 1973
Studio	RCA's Music Center of the World (Hollywood)
Genre	Country rock
Length	31:26
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith chronology
And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' (1972) Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash (1973) The Prison: A Book with a Soundtrack (1974)

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Allmusic	[2]

Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash is American singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith's sixth album of his post-Monkees career. Released in September 1973, it was his final album for RCA Records and did not chart.

"Some of Shelly's Blues" was written by Nesmith as a potential Monkees release during his 1968 Nashville sessions. That version remained unissued until the 1990s. "Some of Shelly's Blues" was also recorded previously by the Stone Poneys and by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their 1970 album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy .

The song "Winonah" marks the first time Nesmith co-wrote a song with collaborating songwriters since the Monkees song "The Kind of Girl I Could Love" (featured on the album More of the Monkees ).

On the cover of the album, in small print, are the words "buy this record". On the CD, the words have been altered to "buy this compact disc".

Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash was Nesmith's final album for RCA Records. The album, was later re-released on the Pacific Arts label and subsequently on CD by multiple labels. It was reissued coupled with And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' by RCA/BMG in 2000. ^[3]

Track listing

1. "Continuing" (Michael Nesmith) – 3:55
2. "Some of Shelly's Blues" (Michael Nesmith) – 3:21
3. "Release" (Michael Nesmith) – 3:49
4. "Winonah" (Michael Nesmith, Linda Hargrove, James Miner) – 3:56
5. "Born to Love You" (Cindy Walker) – 3:55
6. "The Back Porch and a Fruit Jar Full of Iced Tea" – 8:19
   1. a. "The F.F.V" (Traditional; arranged by Michael Nesmith)
   2. b. "Uncle Pen" (Bill Monroe)
7. "Prairie Lullaby (Billy Hill)" – 4:12

Personnel

• Michael Nesmith – vocals, acoustic rhythm 12-string guitar
• Jay Lacy – electric guitar
• Dr. Robert K. Warford – electric guitar, banjo
• David Barry – piano
• Red Rhodes – pedal steel, dobro
• Billy Graham – bass, fiddle
• Danny Lane – drums and percussion

References

1. Nesmith, Michael (2000) [1973]. And the Hits Just Keep On Comin' & Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash (booklet). Camden Deluxe. p. 10.
2. Allmusic review
3. And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' and Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash reissue review on Allmusic.