Willard (album)

Willard
Studio album by John Stewart
Released	July 1970
Genre	Folk
Length	40:24
Label	Capitol
Producer	Peter Asher
John Stewart chronology
California Bloodlines (1969) Willard (1970) The Lonesome Picker Rides Again (1971)

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Willard is the third studio album by folk artist John Stewart, former member of The Kingston Trio. It was released in 1970 on Capitol Records. The album was recorded at Crystal Sound, Hollywood, California and Woodland Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.

Track listing

All compositions by John Stewart.

Side one

1. "Big Joe" – 3:11
2. "Julie, Judy, Angel Rain" – 2:58
3. "Belly Full of Tennessee" – 2:43
4. "Friend of Jesus" – 2:19
5. "Clack Clack" – 2:18
6. "Hero From the War" – 2:19
7. "Back in Pomona" – 2:21

Side two

1. "Willard" – 3:29
2. "Golden Rollin' Belly" – 3:04
3. "All American Girl" – 2:13
4. "Oldest Living Son" – 3:12
5. "Earth Rider" – 2:46
6. "Great White Cathedrals" – 1:57
7. "Marshall Wind" – 5:34

Royalties for track 1:5 go to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation.

Personnel

• John Stewart – acoustic guitar (tracks 1:1, 1:7, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5), guitar (tracks 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 2:1, 2:6, 2:7), 12-string guitar (track 1:6), auto harp (track 1:6), boxes (track 1:7)
• James Taylor - acoustic guitar (tracks 1:1, 1:5, 2:3, 2:4), background vocals (track 1:1)
• Joel Bishop O'Brien - drums (tracks 1:1, 2:7), conga (track 1:7)
• Russ Kunkel - knees (tracks 1:1, 2:1), drums (tracks 1:2, 1:4, 1:5, 1:7, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:7), boxes (track 1:7)
• Bill Mumy - cow bell (track 1:1)
• Peter Asher - background vocals (tracks 1:1, 1:4, 1:5, 1:7, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4), tambourine (track 1:4), bass (track 1:5), auto harp (track 2:6)
• Bryan Garofalo - bass (tracks 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 2:1, 2:2, 2:3, 2:7), background vocals (tracks 1:1, 1:4, 1:7, 2:2, 2:3)
• Carole King - piano (tracks 1:2, 2:7)
• Mike Stewart - guitar (track 1:2)
• Doug Kershaw - fiddle (track 1:3), background vocals (track 1:3)
• Kenneth "Down wind" Buttrey – drums (track 1:3), knees (track 2:5)
• Norbert "Home town" Putnam – bass (tracks 1:3, 2:5)
• Bobby Thompson - banjo (track 1:3)
• Ralph Schuckett - piano (track 1:4), harmonium (track 1:4)
• Buffy Ford - background vocals (track 1:4)
• Abigale Haness - background vocals (track 1:4)
• Danny Kooch - electric guitar (tracks 1:7, 2:2, 2:7)
• Chris Darrow - fiddle (tracks 2:1, 2:2)
• Fred "The Flash" Carter - acoustic guitar (track 2:5)
• "Goodtime" Charlie McCoy – harp (track 2:5)
• The People - background vocals (track 2:7)

Additional personnel

• Peter Asher - producer
• John Andrew Tartaglia - orchestration
• James Wyeth - cover drawing
• Henry Diltz – insert photos
• Richard Sanford Orshoff - engineer
• Robert Paull - second engineer

References

This page was last edited on 2 February 2024, at 19:24