Monday 15 August 2016

Byrds (1971) I Trust

The lead off single from the oft maligned Byrdmaniax album which suffered a muddy mix with studio overdubbing overwhelming gospel choral vocals and almost burying Clarence White's B Bender Tone. While the quality of the album still holds in some places, White's rendition of Jamaica Say You Will and the maudlin My Destiny.

I Trust is the best and worst of the album with its odd metallic death mask cover actually accurately representing the hollow commercialised product with only an empty shell of their country bluegrass sound. Though admittedly it's this melodic smoothen out single that captures Roger McGuinn's best latter day writing with the grandeur similar to Chestnut Mare.


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