Credits:

Larry Groce

Description:

The greatest work by Texas-born SSW Larry Gross, well-known in the Masterpieces Guidebook, is finally available on CD (original release: 1971). In late 1970, Larry Gross released his first album, "The Last of the Roots," with Hollywood-based Daybreak Records, a subsidiary of RCA. In late 1970, he signed a contract with Daybreak Records, an RCA subsidiary based in Hollywood. In the same year, he released his second album, "Wheat Rise Row". The album was a hit, but the singer's voice was not, and the album was not a hit at all. Although the album was not a hit, it is a sensitive masterpiece that has been secretly loved by fans of singer-songwriters. Produced by the Wilder Brothers, an L.A.-based producer team consisting of three brothers who also record with the Lettermen-style soft chorus group Sounds of Sunshine. All but four of the 12 songs on this album are Gross originals.Both covers, Bob Dylan's [5] and Jerry Jeff Walker's [9], are beautifully done with bittersweet sentimentality. The mellow country flavor, featuring clarinet and banjo, has none of the typical roots-rock stink, which is also a big part of its charm. After releasing another Daybreak album, the Wilder Brothers-produced "Crescentville" (1972), the band moved to Warner Brothers in 1976. There, the group had a hit with the novelty song "Junk Food Junkie" (Billboard #9), which catapulted the group into the limelight.

Tracklisting:

1.A WOMAN INDEED
2.SAD BIRD
3.I LOVE
4.WHISTLING AFTERNOON
5.GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
6.THE WHEAT LIES LOW
7.COMPTON
8.LOOK UP FROM YOUR TROUBLES
9.LITTLE BIRD
10.GREY PIGEON
11.GOD AND THE BODY
12.WILDFLOWER EYES