Santa Ana Winds (album)

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Santa Ana Winds
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Studio album by
Steve Goodman
Released1984
StudioAlpha Studios, Burbank, California; WFMT Studio, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Folk rock
Label Red Pajamas [1]
Producer Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman chronology
Affordable Art
(1984)		Santa Ana Winds
(1984)		Unfinished Business
(1987)

Santa Ana Winds is an album by the American musician Steve Goodman. [2] [3] Goodman finished the album a short time before his 1984 death of leukemia, and it was released posthumously on his Red Pajamas label. [4] [5] The album was reissued by Omnivore Recordings in 2019, with bonus tracks. [6]

Contents

Production

Santa Ana Winds was produced by Goodman. [7] [8] Emmylou Harris and Kris Kristofferson contributed to the album. [9] The album cover was shot at El Mirage Lake. [10] "Face on the Cutting Room Floor" had been recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. [11] "You Better Get It While You Can (The Ballad of Carl Martin)" was recorded at Chicago's WFMT studio, with Jethro Burns on mandolin. [10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Robert Christgau B [13]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]

Robert Christgau called the album "a fitting testament to a likable artist who often went soft around the edges." [13] The Chicago Tribune deemed it "a fittingly eclectic monument to one of the funniest, most intelligent and most courageous performers who ever picked up a guitar." [11]

AllMusic wrote that the album "is closer to a country album than anything else Goodman would ever make, and the sad tales of 'The Face on the Cutting Room Floor', 'Fourteen Days', and "'The One That Got Away' are the ones that carry the most weight." [12] Reviewing a reissue, DownBeat praised the "jazz-infused reading" of "The Big Rock Candy Mountain". [15] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide considered it to be Goodman's "best collection, produced just the way his music ought to be." [14]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Face on the Cutting Room Floor"Jeff Hanna, Jimmy Ibbotson, Steve Goodman 
2."Telephone Answering Tape" David Grisman, Steve Goodman 
3."The One That Got Away"Steve Goodman 
4."Queen of the Road"Jeff Hanna, Jimmy Ibbotson, Steve Goodman 
5."Fourteen Days"Steve Goodman 
6."Hot Tub Refugee"Maple Byrne, Steve Goodman 
7."I Just Keep Falling in Love" Bill LaBounty, Steve Goodman 
8."The Big Rock Candy Mountain"Jim Rothermel, Steve Goodman 
9."Santa Ana Winds"Mary Gaffney, Mike Jordan, Steve Goodman 
10."You Better Get It While You Can (The Ballad of Carl Martin)"Steve Goodman 

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  2. ↑ "Steve Goodman Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Steve Goodman, Composer and Folk Singer, Dies at 36". The New York Times. September 22, 1984.
  4. ↑ Sawyers, June Skinner (March 31, 2012). Chicago Portraits: New Edition. Northwestern University Press. ISBN   9780810126497.
  5. ↑ Tucker, Ken (30 Sep 1984). "Any mention of folk music just now raises the memory of Steve Goodman...". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D4.
  6. ↑ Kogan, Rick (16 July 2019). "Let's play 2 (CDs) of Chicago's finest: Fans of the late Steve 'Go Cubs Go' Goodman get new musical treat". Arts + Entertainment. Chicago Tribune. p. 1.
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