COUNTRY FUNK
''ZUMA''
MAY 10 2011
44:48
1. A Place to Call Home/1:58
2. JJ Boyd/3:04
3. Smart Ass/6:21
4. Got to be Gone/2:35
5. Susan Sky/2:29
6. Why Won't We Listen to Our Heart?/3:07
7. Music, Friends, and Love/2:50
8. Cool Country Breeze/3:14
9. People at the Top/5:56
10. The Dolphins/3:39
11. Linda Longtime/5:00
12. Goodbye, I'm Letting Go/4:34
All songs written by Hal Paris and Adam Taylor, except for "Goodbye, I'm Letting Go" written and performed by Joe Pfeifer.
"Cool Country Breeze" and "Why Won't We Listen To Our Heart" were written by Hal and recorded a few years later in Colorado, to complete this offering.
Adam Taylor/Lead Guitar
Hal Paris/Rhythm Guitar and Piano
Jimmy Lanham/Bass Guitar and Steel Guitar
C.J. Allen/Drums
Hal Paris/Rhythm and Acoustic Guitar On 6, 8
Mark Andes/Bass Guitar On 6, 8
Jock Bartley/Lead Guitar On 6, 8
Michael Clarke/Drums On 6, 8
Judy Rudin/Harmonica On 6, 8
Thre Wonderful women from Denver, Colorado/Backing Vocals On 6, 8
With CJ Allen as our 3rd drummer. Country Funk was re-born ... again, with Hal, Adam, Jimmy and C.J. Fife and Verne had moved on. Verne, our second drummer, left just before we were to record this album. So I called C.J., an excellent drummer I played with throughout College who was luckily available and ready to play. He was a great and immediate fit for our band. It was a mighty fine reunion for C.J. and me. We rented a house on Zuma Beach, California, near Malibu. We body surfed the waves all day with great gusto, and practiced the tunes for "Zuma" in our sound proof garage late into the night. It was truly a blast! We felt so lucky! When all was ready, we recorded at the Record Plant in L.A. It was great fun, and good hard work. We all co created much of the time. The result of our efforts is presented here, for the first time, for your listening pleasure. This cd was never released until now ... 40 years later! Amazing! For now it will be available only on this website. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording it. Country Funk lives! Rock on ...
by Hal Paris
BIOGRAPHY
by Mark Deming
Though Country Funk's short lifetime came during the first flowering of country-rock, the band's music reflected psychedelia, hard rock, and blue-eyed R&B as much as rootsy Nashville sounds. While often cited as part of the Boston rock scene of the late '60s, Country Funk first came together in Los Angeles, CA, where songwriters and longtime friends Adam Taylor (who played lead guitar) and Hal Paris (rhythm guitar and piano) met up with the rhythm section of Jeff Lockwood (bass) and Joe Pfeifer (drums) and formed a band in 1968. Early gigs proved volatile, and after a residency at the famous Sunset Strip nightclub Gazzari's, Lockwood and Pfeifer left the group, while Paris and Taylor opted to start something new. Pfeifer was recruited to join Paris and Taylor's new outfit after they met bassist Jim Lanham, who could also play pedal steel guitar, but shortly before the new act could play its first gig, Pfeifer got cold feet and new drummer Verne Johnson came on board. After a few dates In L.A., the band headed to Vermont to play a string of shows at ski lodges. Country Funk then hit the road for Boston, where they became regulars on the city's club scene and opened for the Velvet Underground at the Boston Tea Party, though for a spell Johnson headed back to California and Pfeifer was persuaded to replace him. In 1969, the group landed a record deal with Polydor, and with Johnson back behind the drums, Country Funk headed to the Record Plant in Hollywood, where they cut their self-titled debut album. (True to the group's shifting lineup, Pfeifer played drums on four of the album's 12 songs.) Despite a strong reception, the album's sales were poor, and it proved to be the group's only record. Verne Johnson later played with the Illinois Speed Press.
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''ZUMA''
MAY 10 2011
44:48
1. A Place to Call Home/1:58
2. JJ Boyd/3:04
3. Smart Ass/6:21
4. Got to be Gone/2:35
5. Susan Sky/2:29
6. Why Won't We Listen to Our Heart?/3:07
7. Music, Friends, and Love/2:50
8. Cool Country Breeze/3:14
9. People at the Top/5:56
10. The Dolphins/3:39
11. Linda Longtime/5:00
12. Goodbye, I'm Letting Go/4:34
All songs written by Hal Paris and Adam Taylor, except for "Goodbye, I'm Letting Go" written and performed by Joe Pfeifer.
"Cool Country Breeze" and "Why Won't We Listen To Our Heart" were written by Hal and recorded a few years later in Colorado, to complete this offering.
Adam Taylor/Lead Guitar
Hal Paris/Rhythm Guitar and Piano
Jimmy Lanham/Bass Guitar and Steel Guitar
C.J. Allen/Drums
Hal Paris/Rhythm and Acoustic Guitar On 6, 8
Mark Andes/Bass Guitar On 6, 8
Jock Bartley/Lead Guitar On 6, 8
Michael Clarke/Drums On 6, 8
Judy Rudin/Harmonica On 6, 8
Thre Wonderful women from Denver, Colorado/Backing Vocals On 6, 8
With CJ Allen as our 3rd drummer. Country Funk was re-born ... again, with Hal, Adam, Jimmy and C.J. Fife and Verne had moved on. Verne, our second drummer, left just before we were to record this album. So I called C.J., an excellent drummer I played with throughout College who was luckily available and ready to play. He was a great and immediate fit for our band. It was a mighty fine reunion for C.J. and me. We rented a house on Zuma Beach, California, near Malibu. We body surfed the waves all day with great gusto, and practiced the tunes for "Zuma" in our sound proof garage late into the night. It was truly a blast! We felt so lucky! When all was ready, we recorded at the Record Plant in L.A. It was great fun, and good hard work. We all co created much of the time. The result of our efforts is presented here, for the first time, for your listening pleasure. This cd was never released until now ... 40 years later! Amazing! For now it will be available only on this website. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording it. Country Funk lives! Rock on ...
by Hal Paris
BIOGRAPHY
by Mark Deming
Though Country Funk's short lifetime came during the first flowering of country-rock, the band's music reflected psychedelia, hard rock, and blue-eyed R&B as much as rootsy Nashville sounds. While often cited as part of the Boston rock scene of the late '60s, Country Funk first came together in Los Angeles, CA, where songwriters and longtime friends Adam Taylor (who played lead guitar) and Hal Paris (rhythm guitar and piano) met up with the rhythm section of Jeff Lockwood (bass) and Joe Pfeifer (drums) and formed a band in 1968. Early gigs proved volatile, and after a residency at the famous Sunset Strip nightclub Gazzari's, Lockwood and Pfeifer left the group, while Paris and Taylor opted to start something new. Pfeifer was recruited to join Paris and Taylor's new outfit after they met bassist Jim Lanham, who could also play pedal steel guitar, but shortly before the new act could play its first gig, Pfeifer got cold feet and new drummer Verne Johnson came on board. After a few dates In L.A., the band headed to Vermont to play a string of shows at ski lodges. Country Funk then hit the road for Boston, where they became regulars on the city's club scene and opened for the Velvet Underground at the Boston Tea Party, though for a spell Johnson headed back to California and Pfeifer was persuaded to replace him. In 1969, the group landed a record deal with Polydor, and with Johnson back behind the drums, Country Funk headed to the Record Plant in Hollywood, where they cut their self-titled debut album. (True to the group's shifting lineup, Pfeifer played drums on four of the album's 12 songs.) Despite a strong reception, the album's sales were poor, and it proved to be the group's only record. Verne Johnson later played with the Illinois Speed Press.
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