Barry McGuire Seeds (Vinyl, Myrrh Records, 1973) **
Genre: Christian 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)
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 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 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.
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.
Where do they all belong? Not one I'll play much.
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