The Return of the Formerly Brothers
| The Return of the Formerly Brothers | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Roots music | |||
| Length | 43:12 | |||
| Label | Stony Plain | |||
| Producer | Holger Petersen | |||
| Doug Sahm, Amos Garrett and Gene Taylor chronology | ||||
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The Return of the Formerly Brothers is an album by Doug Sahm, Amos Garrett and Gene Taylor, released in 1987 on Stony Plain Records.[1]
The album was recorded after the three musicians played a collaborative set together at the Edmonton Folk Festival in 1986.[1] The album's title was a self-mocking reference to the fact that all three of the musicians were frequently billed by the media as "formerly of" various notable bands.[1] Although the album was credited to the musicians as individuals, some later sources have reified "The Formerly Brothers" into the actual band name of the project.[2] The album was supported by a tour, which also included supporting musicians Bohdan Hluszko on drums and Kit Johnson on bass guitar.[1]
The album won the Juno Award for Best Roots & Traditional Album at the Juno Awards of 1989.[3] In the same year, it was released in the United States on Rykodisc.
The trio released a second album together, Live in Japan, in 1991.[2]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Smack Dab in the Middle" | Chuck Calhoun | 3:44 |
| 2. | "Big Mamou" | Link Davis | 2:51 |
| 3. | "Teardrops on Your Letter" | Henry Glover | 4:02 |
| 4. | "Drunk" | Jimmy Liggins | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Don't Tell Me" | Amos Garrett, Gene Taylor | 3:14 |
| 6. | "Coming Back Home" | Gene Taylor | 1:59 |
| 7. | "Sure Is a Good Thing" | Gene Taylor | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Amarillo Highway" | Terry Allen | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Banks of the Old Pontchartrain" | Ramona Vincent, Hank Williams | 3:19 |
| 10. | "Just Like a Woman" | Bob Dylan | 5:15 |
| 11. | "Gene's Boogie" | Gene Taylor | 3:02 |
| 12. | "Queen of the Okanagan" | Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm | 3:57 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Roots traditionalists play it safe". Toronto Star, August 14, 1987.
- ^ a b "Clarity, order out of the chaos". The Province, August 28, 1991.
- ^ "Blue Rodeo ropes two Junos: And k.d. lang makes it four big ones for the country folks". Toronto Star, March 13, 1989.