Great Speckled Bird (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Great Speckled Bird
Type = Album
Artist = Great Speckled Bird


Released = January, 1970
Recorded = 1969
Genre = Country rock
Length = 43:45
Label = Ampex
Producer = Todd Rundgren
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:trapqjmbojka link]

"Great Speckled Bird" is a Country rock album by Great Speckled Bird, a band formed in 1969 by Canadian musicians Ian and Sylvia Tyson. The other band members at the time included Buddy Cage (pedal steel guitar), Amos Garrett (guitar, background vocals), N.D. Smart (drums), and Ken Kalmusky (bass guitar). The album is notable for being the first album to be produced by Todd Rundgren, although it doesn't seem that Rundgren contributes anything musically to the record.

Track listing

#"Love What You're Doing Child" (Ian Tyson) – 3:39
#"Calgary" (Ian Tyson/Sylvia Tyson) – 3:03
#"Trucker's Cafe" (Ian Tyson) – 3:22
#"Long Long Time to Get Old" (Ian Tyson) – 3:07
#"Flies in the Bottle" (Ian Tyson) – 3:47
#"Bloodshot Beholder" (Ian Tyson) – 2:58
#"Crazy Arms" (Chuck Seals/Ralph Mooney) – 2:54
#"This Dream" (Ian Tyson) – 3:40
#"Smiling Wine" (Sylvia Tyson) – 3:11
#"Rio Grande" (Ian Tyson/Amos Garrett) – 3:51
#"Disappearing Woman" (Sylvia Tyson) – 2:10
#"We Sail" (Sylvia Tyson) – 4:37

Personnel

*Ian Tyson - guitar, vocals
*Sylvia Tyson - vocals
*Buddy Cage - pedal steel guitar
*Amos Garrett - guitar, background vocals
*N.D. Smart - drums
*David Briggs - piano
*Norbert Putnam - bass guitar
*Todd Rundgren - producer

Production

*Producer: Todd Rundgren
*Recording Engineer: Charlie Tallent
*Art Direction: Bob Cato
*Photography: Unknown
*Liner notes: Peter North