''The Lonesome Picker Rides Again'' is the fourth album by the

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musician John Stewart, a former member of

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, released in 1971. The album contains Stewart's own recording of "

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", a song he wrote for

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. Their version was released as a single and reached the number one in the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four weeks.

Track listing

All compositions by John Stewart.

Side one

# "Just an Old Love Song" – 3:15 # "The Road Shines Bright" – 2:35 # "Touch of the Sun" – 3:06 # "Bolinas" – 3:18 # "Freeway Pleasure" – 3:14 # "Swift Lizard" – 3:22

Side two

# "Wolves in the Kitchen" – 3:25 # "Little Road and a Stone to Roll" – 2:52 # "

" – 3:28 # "Crazy" – 3:27 # "Wild Horse Road" – 2:50 # "All the Brave Horses" – 4:38 Recorded at Western Recorders and Crystal Sound in Hollywood, except for tracks 1:6 and 2:1 which were recorded live at Chuck's Cellar in Los Altos, California, on 29 May 1971 by

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. The location engineer was Ray Thompson. The album was mixed at Independence Recorders in Studio City, California.LP cover notes: ''The Lonesome Picker Rides Again''

Personnel

* John Stewart – vocals, guitar *

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– drums *

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– vocals * Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar * Michael Stewart – vocals *

Jennifer Warnes Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter. She has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet "Up Where We Belong" and in 1987 for ...

- vocals * Buffy Ford – vocals *

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– banjo, electric dobro * Fred Carter Jr. – guitar *

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– harmonica * Buddy Emmons – steel guitar *

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– piano * King Errisson – conga *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...

– bass

Production personnel

* Mike Stewart - producer *

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- productions engineer, mixdown engineer * Richard Sanford Orshoff - productions engineer *

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- orchestration *

- photography * David Clarke - art direction

References

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