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album by

Longbranch Pennywhistle Longbranch Pennywhistle was a country rock/folk music group featuring Glenn Frey and John David Souther. They originally performed as "John David & Glenn," but when they added bass player David Jackson, they were encouraged to come up with a new ...

, a duo featuring the then-little-known

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and

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. It also contains strains of

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. It was released in 1970; the duo split up shortly afterwards.

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's review of the album called it low-key and less commercial than the Eagles would be. One of the album's songs, "Kite Woman", would resurface on Souther's 1972 debut solo album, ''

''.

Track listing

;Side one #"Jubilee Anne" (Souther) #"Run, Boy, Run" (Frey) #"Rebecca" (Frey) #"Lucky Love" (Souther) #"Kite Woman" (Souther) #"Bring Back Funky Women" (Souther, Frey) ;Side Two #"Star-Spangled Bus" (Souther) #"Mister, Mister" (Souther) #"Don't Talk Now" (

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) #"Never Have Enough" (Souther)

Personnel

*John David Souther - guitar, vocals, arrangements *Glenn Frey - guitar, vocals, arrangements *

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- guitar *

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- guitar *

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- steel guitar *

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- fiddle *

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- piano * Jim Gordon - drums ;Technical *Tom "Take-damn It" Thacker - producer * James Bowen - supervisor *Chuck Britz, Michael Lietz - engineer

References

External links

Glenn Frey Online

All Music's bio on the bandIsthmus coverage of the album
1969 debut albums Longbranch Pennywhistle albums {{1960s-album-stub