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Jim Ford
Harlan County
LITA 068
- First ever vinyl reissue of this country-funk classic
- Album recorded at the legendary Wally Heider Los Angeles studios by Rik Pekkonen (Neil Young, T. Rex, Ariel Pink) and features heavy session players Dr. John, Jim Keltner, and James Burton
- Lovingly re-mastered from the original master tapes
Description
Here’s how it went down: Jim Ford, a musically minded country boy from rural Kentucky heads to the Golden State with dreams of making it. Making the scene in Los Angeles, he befriends and writes songs for such artists as Bobby Womack (“Harry Hippie”), Aretha Franklin, P.J. Proby, The Temptations, and even appears on Sly & the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On. He eventually hooks up with legendary session players Dr. John, Jim Keltner (John Lennon), and James Burton (Elvis Presley) and books into the equally legendary Wally Heider Recording Studios to cut an album of blue-eyed country-funk and soul. The year is 1969.
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