''Honest to Goodness'' is the debut album by

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band

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, released in 1974. The album contains contributions from

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and

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that the band "sound like a less virtuoso Marshall Tucker Band."

Track listing

All songs written by Dru Lombar except where noted: #"Kiss the Blues Goodbye" - 4:55 #"Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (D. Lombar, J.D. Petty, L. Howard, R. Burnett) - 3:54 #"How the West Was Won" (L. Howard) - 5:22 #"Eighty Miles to Memphis" (J.D. Petty) - 3:00 #"Catch a Train" - 4:44 #"Roll On Gambler" - 5:15 #"Homebound" - 6:45 #"Peach County Jamboree" - 3:48 #"You're So Fine" (Live Version) - 3:29 (1994 CD Reissue)

Personnel

Band members *Dru Lombar - lead and slide guitars, lead vocals *Larry Howard - electric and acoustic guitars *Joe Dan Petty - bass, backing vocals *Rick Burnett - drums, congas, percussion Additional musicians *

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- piano and organ * Richard Betts - Guitar on "Kiss the Blues Goodbye" *

- Congas on "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "How the West Was Won" Production *Design, Art Direction - Richard Mantel *Engineer - O.V. Sparks *Asst. Engineer - Tony Humphreys *Mastered by Bob Ludwig *Photography by Al Clayton *Producer -

*Tape Asst. - Carolyn Harriss, Richard Schoff

References

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