''At Crooked Lake'' is a 1972 album released by the group

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. The album marked the departure of guitarist and former

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member George Whitsell, as well as organ player John Blanton. In their place for this album were Rick and Michael Curtis. ''

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'' said that the album "often successfully recaptures the early-middle

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sound." ''

'' reviewed the single "Rock and Roll Band" and said that "always known for quality material and performance, group could be ready to break."

Track listing

;Side 1 #"Rock and Roll Band" (Sydney Jordon) - 3:11 #"Love Is Gone" (Rick Curtis, Mike Curtis) - 3:16 #"We Ride" (Rick Curtis) - 3:13 #"Outside Lookin' In" (Greg Leroy) - 2:06 #"Don't Keep Me Burning" (Rick Curtis) - 4:17 ;Side 2 #

"Vehicle" (Rick Curtis) - 3:41 #"Your Song" (Greg Leroy) - 2:43 #"Lady Soul" (Mike Curtis) - 3:11 #"Don't Look Back" (Rick Curtis) - 3:29 #"85 El Paso's" (Greg Leroy) - 4:54

Personnel

Billy Talbot William Hammond Talbot (born October 23, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of Crazy Horse. Music career Born in New York City, Talbot started his musical career singing on street corners at the age o ...

- bass, backing vocals *

Ralph Molina Ralph Molina (born June 22, 1943) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for Neil Young's backing band Crazy Horse. Born in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth o ...

- drums, backing vocals * Greg Leroy - guitars, bottleneck guitar, lead and backing vocals * Michael Curtis - organ, guitars, mandolin, piano, lead and backing vocals * Rick Curtis - banjo, guitars, lead and backing vocals

Additional personnel

"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow Peter E. "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow (August 20, 1934 – January 6, 2007) was an American country-rock musician. He is best known as a member of the band The Flying Burrito Brothers and as a session musician playing pedal steel guitar for such arti ...

- pedal steel * Patti Moan - vocals *

Bobby Notkoff Bobby Notkoff (31 December 1940 - 5 October 2018) was a violinist who played with The Rockets in the 1960s and Family Lotus in the 1970s. Notkoff was also part of one of the first supergroups Electric Flag, with Mike Bloomfield and Buddy Miles ...

- violin * Ronald Stone - producer * David Brown - engineer *

Johnny Pacheco Juan Pablo Knipping Pacheco (25 March 1935 – 15 February 2021), known as Johnny Pacheco, was a Dominican musician, arranger, composer, bandleader, and record producer who in the 1970s became one of the leading exponents of salsa as well in t ...

- conductor

References

1972 albums Crazy Horse (band) albums Epic Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub