Shotgun Angel

Infobox Album | Name = Shotgun Angel
Type = Album
Artist = Daniel Amos


Released = 1977
Recorded = Martinsound Studios (Alhambra, California)
Genre = Country / Rock
Length =
Label = Maranatha! Music
Producer = Daniel Amos Jonathan David Brown
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qyj9ke9tjq7z]
Last album = "Daniel Amos" (1976)
This album = "Shotgun Angel" (1977)
Next album = "Horrendous Disc" (1978-1981)

"Shotgun Angel" is the title of a 1977 album released by Daniel Amos. The album itself is named after a song written by Bill Sprouse Jr.. For additional information on the song itself, see "Shotgun Angel (song)".

The album is named after the song of the same name, which is also found on the album. The song was written years earlier by Bill Sprouse Jr. for his band The Road Home. After Sprouse's untimely death at age 26, Mike Shoup dug up an old 4 track tape and asked Dom Franco of the Maranatha! group Bethlehem to add pedal steel guitar to the song. The rest is history, for when the guys from Daniel Amos heard it they enlisted Franco to play the pedal steel and Mike and Ed to add the CB radio voices on the recording. Not only did it become a popular song at the time for D.A., it would also become the title of their second album.

Although DA's previous release was largely country, this album marked the start of a return to the band's pre-label roots, rock and roll, which took some of their country fans by surprise. Shotgun Angel was half country and half rock-opera. The 'Side 2' of the LP featured lush orchestrations and a string of rock songs linked together in a way that was reminiscent of The Beatles "Sgt. Peppers" album. The band even made a number of concert performances at this time with a full orchestra backing them.

In 1986, the entire "side two" of the album was remixed and rereleased on a collection called "The Revelation". The song "Soon!" was also added.

Track listing

ide one

# "Days And Nights" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
# "Black Gold Fever" (Taylor)
# "Praise Song" (Taylor)
# "Father's Arms" (Taylor)
# "Meal" (Taylor)
# "Shotgun Angel" (Bill Sprouse, Jr)

ide two

# "Finale: Bereshith Overture" (Stipech/Taylor/Cook)
# "Lady Goodbye" (Taylor/Chamberlain/Cook)
# "The Whistler" (Taylor/Chamberlain/Cook)
# "He's Gonna Do A Number On You" (Cook)
# "Better" (Taylor/Chamberlain/Cook)
# "Sail Me Away" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
# "Posse In The Sky" (Taylor)

Personnel

* Terry Scott Taylor: rhythm guitars, vocals
* Jerry Chamberlain: lead guitar, vocals
* Mark Cook: keyboards, vocals
* Marty Dieckmeyer: bass, backing vocals
* Ed McTaggart: Drums, backing vocals

Production notes

* Engineered By: Jonathan David Brown.
* Strings Arranged and Conducted by Jim Stipech.
* Pedal Steel by Dom Franco
* Recorded At: MartinSound Studios, Alhambra, California.
* Mixed by Jonathan David Brown (alias "Your Local Hokie Okie") at Producers' Workshop, Hollyweird, California.
* Mastered by Ken Perry at Capitol Records, Hollywood, California.
* Cover Concept by Daniel Amos.
* Art Direction, Design and Layout by Neal Buchanan.
* Inside Photographs by Scott Lockwood.