Song for Juli

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Song for Juli
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1973
Recorded1973
Genre Country rock/Folk rock
Length39:58
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Jesse Colin Young
Jesse Colin Young chronology
Together
(1972)
Song for Juli
(1973)
Light Shine
(1974)
Professional ratings
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Song for Juli is the fourth solo album by singer-songwriter and former Youngblood Jesse Colin Young. The album had a higher chart placing than any of the Youngbloods albums, and stayed on the charts longer than any other album he ever made.

Contents

Several of the songs include allusions to Young's ridgetop home in Inverness, California. The house burned down in the 1995 Mount Vision Fire. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Mornin' Sun" (J.C. Young) – 4:04
  2. "Song for Juli" (J.C. Young, Suzi Young) – 4:59
  3. "Ridgetop" (J.C. Young) – 7:02
  4. "Evenin'" (J.C. Young) – 3:13
  5. "Miss Hesitation" (J.C. Young) – 6:26
  6. "T-Bone Shuffle" (T-Bone Walker) – 5:03
  7. "Lafayette Waltz" (Clifton Chenier) – 1:45
  8. "Jambalaya" (Hank Williams) – 3:18
  9. "Country Home" (J.C. Young) – 4:04

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Residents return to find homes lost, homes saved". October 5, 1995.