STEVE GOODMAN
''SANTA ANA WINDS''
1984
37:02
1 /Face on the Cutting Room Floor
Steve Goodman / Jeff Hanna / Jimmy Ibbotson/3:37
2 /Telephone Answering Tape
Steve Goodman / David Grisman/3:06
3 /The One That Got Away
Steve Goodman/3:36
4 /Queen of the Road
Steve Goodman / Jeff Hanna / Jimmy Ibbotson/3:31
5 /Fourteen Days
Steve Goodman/4:22
6 /Hot Tub Refugee
Maple Byrne / Steve Goodman/3:13
7 /I Just Keep Falling in Love
Steve Goodman / Bill LaBounty/3:00
8 /The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Traditional/3:49
9 /Santa Ana Winds
Mary Gaffney / Steve Goodman / Mike Jordan/4:19
10 /You Better Get It While You Can (The Ballad of Carl Martin)
Steve Goodman/4:29
The Amazing Eclectos /Group
Rick N. Backer /Guitar (Electric)
Byron Berline /Fiddle
Linda Dillard /Vocals
Chuck Fiore /Bass
Steve Fishell /Dobro, Guitar (Steel), Pedal Steel
Steve Goodman /Arranger, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Vocals
Emmylou Harris /Vocals
Kris Kristofferson /Vocals
George Marinelli /Guitar (Electric)
Herb Pedersen /Vocals
Jim Rothermel /Arranger, Harmonica, Recorder, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Kevin Wells /Drums
Red Young /DX-7, Piano
REVIEW
by William Ruhlmann
Issued just after his death from leukemia in the fall of 1984, Steve Goodman's Santa Ana Winds was the third release from his Red Pajamas record label following Artistic Hair and Affordable Art. It differed from those LPs in being a more polished, stylistically consistent work, rather like the albums Goodman had made for Asylum Records during the second half of the 1970s. Artistic Hair was a collection of live tracks, and Affordable Art mixed live and studio work, the arrangements ranging from full-band ensembles to solo performances. But Santa Ana Winds featured a band (dubbed "the Amazing Eclectos") throughout, and it was the closest thing to a country record Goodman ever made. Two songs, "Face on the Cutting Room Floor" and the rock & roll-styled "The One That Got Away" (repeated from the Asylum album High and Outside) were co-written by Goodman with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band members Jeff Hanna and Jimmy Ibbotson, while the country tearjerker "Fourteen Days," written solely by Goodman, featured Emmylou Harris. (Kris Kristofferson and Herb Pedersen also turned up as background vocalists.) "Hot Tub Refugee" had a bluesy style, but otherwise the tracks were in country-pop mode, and while Goodman could not resist leaning toward novelty material, his sense of humor was kept more in check than usual. The result was one of his safer albums, but not one of his better ones, a valedictory that emphasized his craftsmanlike qualities over his appealing eccentricity.
BIOGRAPHY
by William Ruhlmann
Growing up in what he called "a Midwestern middle-class Jewish family," Steve Goodman began playing the guitar as a teenager. He was influenced by the folk revival of the early '60s and by country performers such as Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams. After attending college in the mid-'60s, he turned to playing in Chicago clubs by night and writing commercial jingles by day. In 1971, he opened for Kris Kristofferson and was seen by Paul Anka, who financed demo recordings that led to a contract with Buddah Records and the release of Steve Goodman, which featured his train song "The City of New Orleans," a Top 40 hit for Arlo Guthrie in 1972 and now a folk standard. Goodman made a second album for Buddah, Somebody Else's Troubles (1973), then broke with the label, which went on to issue an outtakes record, The Essential Steve Goodman (1975). Goodman moved to the singer/songwriter-oriented West Coast label Asylum for his first charting album Jessie's Jig & Other Favorites in 1975, the same year that outlaw country singer David Allen Coe made the Top Ten of the country charts with a cover of his "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" from the Steve Goodman album. Goodman's subsequent Asylum albums were Words We Can Dance To (April 1976) (featuring "Banana Republics," popularized by Jimmy Buffett), Say It in Private (October 1977), High and Outside (February 1979), and Hot Spot (1980). None became a major commercial success, but Goodman established himself on the national club and festival circuits, frequently appearing with mandolin player Jethro Burns, formerly of the country duo Homer & Jethro. Goodman turned record producer for his friend and fellow Chicagoan John Prine on Prine's 1978 album Bruised Orange. In 1983, Goodman followed Prine in establishing his own independent label, Red Pajamas, which released the live Artistic Hair and Affordable Art (1984). Goodman died of leukemia after battling the disease for many years. Red Pajamas released Santa Ana Winds (1984) posthumously, as well as a double-disc LP drawn from a concert in his memory, A Tribute to Steve Goodman, which featured John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, and others. After a second posthumous release, Unfinished Business, Red Pajamas licensed the Asylum material and put out two Best of the Asylum Years compilations.
''SANTA ANA WINDS''
1984
37:02
1 /Face on the Cutting Room Floor
Steve Goodman / Jeff Hanna / Jimmy Ibbotson/3:37
2 /Telephone Answering Tape
Steve Goodman / David Grisman/3:06
3 /The One That Got Away
Steve Goodman/3:36
4 /Queen of the Road
Steve Goodman / Jeff Hanna / Jimmy Ibbotson/3:31
5 /Fourteen Days
Steve Goodman/4:22
6 /Hot Tub Refugee
Maple Byrne / Steve Goodman/3:13
7 /I Just Keep Falling in Love
Steve Goodman / Bill LaBounty/3:00
8 /The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Traditional/3:49
9 /Santa Ana Winds
Mary Gaffney / Steve Goodman / Mike Jordan/4:19
10 /You Better Get It While You Can (The Ballad of Carl Martin)
Steve Goodman/4:29
The Amazing Eclectos /Group
Rick N. Backer /Guitar (Electric)
Byron Berline /Fiddle
Linda Dillard /Vocals
Chuck Fiore /Bass
Steve Fishell /Dobro, Guitar (Steel), Pedal Steel
Steve Goodman /Arranger, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Vocals
Emmylou Harris /Vocals
Kris Kristofferson /Vocals
George Marinelli /Guitar (Electric)
Herb Pedersen /Vocals
Jim Rothermel /Arranger, Harmonica, Recorder, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Kevin Wells /Drums
Red Young /DX-7, Piano
REVIEW
by William Ruhlmann
Issued just after his death from leukemia in the fall of 1984, Steve Goodman's Santa Ana Winds was the third release from his Red Pajamas record label following Artistic Hair and Affordable Art. It differed from those LPs in being a more polished, stylistically consistent work, rather like the albums Goodman had made for Asylum Records during the second half of the 1970s. Artistic Hair was a collection of live tracks, and Affordable Art mixed live and studio work, the arrangements ranging from full-band ensembles to solo performances. But Santa Ana Winds featured a band (dubbed "the Amazing Eclectos") throughout, and it was the closest thing to a country record Goodman ever made. Two songs, "Face on the Cutting Room Floor" and the rock & roll-styled "The One That Got Away" (repeated from the Asylum album High and Outside) were co-written by Goodman with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band members Jeff Hanna and Jimmy Ibbotson, while the country tearjerker "Fourteen Days," written solely by Goodman, featured Emmylou Harris. (Kris Kristofferson and Herb Pedersen also turned up as background vocalists.) "Hot Tub Refugee" had a bluesy style, but otherwise the tracks were in country-pop mode, and while Goodman could not resist leaning toward novelty material, his sense of humor was kept more in check than usual. The result was one of his safer albums, but not one of his better ones, a valedictory that emphasized his craftsmanlike qualities over his appealing eccentricity.
BIOGRAPHY
by William Ruhlmann
Growing up in what he called "a Midwestern middle-class Jewish family," Steve Goodman began playing the guitar as a teenager. He was influenced by the folk revival of the early '60s and by country performers such as Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams. After attending college in the mid-'60s, he turned to playing in Chicago clubs by night and writing commercial jingles by day. In 1971, he opened for Kris Kristofferson and was seen by Paul Anka, who financed demo recordings that led to a contract with Buddah Records and the release of Steve Goodman, which featured his train song "The City of New Orleans," a Top 40 hit for Arlo Guthrie in 1972 and now a folk standard. Goodman made a second album for Buddah, Somebody Else's Troubles (1973), then broke with the label, which went on to issue an outtakes record, The Essential Steve Goodman (1975). Goodman moved to the singer/songwriter-oriented West Coast label Asylum for his first charting album Jessie's Jig & Other Favorites in 1975, the same year that outlaw country singer David Allen Coe made the Top Ten of the country charts with a cover of his "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" from the Steve Goodman album. Goodman's subsequent Asylum albums were Words We Can Dance To (April 1976) (featuring "Banana Republics," popularized by Jimmy Buffett), Say It in Private (October 1977), High and Outside (February 1979), and Hot Spot (1980). None became a major commercial success, but Goodman established himself on the national club and festival circuits, frequently appearing with mandolin player Jethro Burns, formerly of the country duo Homer & Jethro. Goodman turned record producer for his friend and fellow Chicagoan John Prine on Prine's 1978 album Bruised Orange. In 1983, Goodman followed Prine in establishing his own independent label, Red Pajamas, which released the live Artistic Hair and Affordable Art (1984). Goodman died of leukemia after battling the disease for many years. Red Pajamas released Santa Ana Winds (1984) posthumously, as well as a double-disc LP drawn from a concert in his memory, A Tribute to Steve Goodman, which featured John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, and others. After a second posthumous release, Unfinished Business, Red Pajamas licensed the Asylum material and put out two Best of the Asylum Years compilations.
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