The Steve Young-led Stone Country was a short-lived, one-off studio project responsible for a self-titled lp that debuted in 1968 on RCA Records. Young, best known for the song “Seven Bridges Road” (a minor hit for the Eagles in 1981), enjoyed a lengthy solo career throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s, but it was this six-piece ensemble that gave him his start. Heavily doused in countrified-psychedelia, Stone Country randomly shifts from pop (“’Lizbeth Peach”) to folk (the Kingston Trio-sounding “Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde”) to soul (Joe Tex’s “The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)”) in creating a musically versatile yet highly varied project. There are a couple of great moments, including Young’s “Woman Don’t You Weep,” a galloping, mid-tempo rocker awash in soaring harmonies and carefully placed orchestral fills. The Rev-Ola cd reissue also includes an excellent version of the Bob Dylan and Rick Danko-penned “This Wheel’s On Fire,” one of the disc’s two bonus tracks. Today considered a minor footnote in the birth of country rock, Stone Country may have been a bit too diverse for its own good. The album tanked, Young signed to A&M as a solo artist and the band called it a career.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Stone Country
The Steve Young-led Stone Country was a short-lived, one-off studio project responsible for a self-titled lp that debuted in 1968 on RCA Records. Young, best known for the song “Seven Bridges Road” (a minor hit for the Eagles in 1981), enjoyed a lengthy solo career throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s, but it was this six-piece ensemble that gave him his start. Heavily doused in countrified-psychedelia, Stone Country randomly shifts from pop (“’Lizbeth Peach”) to folk (the Kingston Trio-sounding “Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde”) to soul (Joe Tex’s “The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)”) in creating a musically versatile yet highly varied project. There are a couple of great moments, including Young’s “Woman Don’t You Weep,” a galloping, mid-tempo rocker awash in soaring harmonies and carefully placed orchestral fills. The Rev-Ola cd reissue also includes an excellent version of the Bob Dylan and Rick Danko-penned “This Wheel’s On Fire,” one of the disc’s two bonus tracks. Today considered a minor footnote in the birth of country rock, Stone Country may have been a bit too diverse for its own good. The album tanked, Young signed to A&M as a solo artist and the band called it a career.
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