Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Peace (Barry McGuire) (LP 3189)

Barry McGuire  Seeds (Vinyl, Myrrh Records, 1973) **  

GenreChristian rock/ pop 

Places I remember: Little Red Bookshop - $5 bin

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Railroad Man (YouTube)

Gear costume: Shauna's Song (YouTube) 

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5

Active compensatory factors: I bought this one ignorant of the fact that Barry became a born-again Christian in 1971. Now, I have no problem with Christian songs - The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo and Jorma Kaukonen's Quah are superb records that I listen to often.

I do have a problem with the over-egged evangelism of Christian rock bands. Unfortunately, Seeds is of the latter persuasion, and the music tends towards bombast at times. At others there is some fine country rock, and Barry's vocals are terrific. Railroad Man is understated and effective. 

Where do they all belong? Not one I'll play much.

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