''Willard'' is the third studio album by

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artist John Stewart, former member of the

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. It was released in 1970 on

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. The album was recorded at Crystal Sound, Hollywood, California and Woodland Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.

Track listing

All compositions by John Stewart.

Side one

# "Big Joe" – 3:11 # "Julie, Judy, Angel Rain" – 2:58 # "Belly Full of Tennessee" – 2:43 # "Friend of Jesus" – 2:19 # "Clack Clack" – 2:18 # "Hero From the War" – 2:19 # "Back in Pomona" – 2:21

Side two

# "Willard" – 3:29 # "Golden Rollin' Belly" – 3:04 # "All American Girl" – 2:13 # "Oldest Living Son" – 3:12 # "Earth Rider" – 2:46 # "Great White Cathedrals" – 1:57 # "Marshall Wind" – 5:34 Royalties for track 1:5 go to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation.

Personnel

* John Stewart – acoustic guitar (tracks 1:1, 1:7, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5), guitar (tracks 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 2:1, 2:6, 2:7), 12-string guitar (track 1:6), auto harp (track 1:6), boxes (track 1:7) *

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- acoustic guitar (tracks 1:1, 1:5, 2:3, 2:4), background vocals (track 1:1) * Joel Bishop O'Brien - drums (tracks 1:1, 2:7), conga (track 1:7) *

Russ Kunkel Russell Kunkel (born September 27, 1948) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician with many popular artists, including Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Buffett, Harry Chapin, Rita Coolidge, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Da ...

- knees (tracks 1:1, 2:1), drums (tracks 1:2, 1:4, 1:5, 1:7, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:7), boxes (track 1:7) *

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- cow bell (track 1:1) *

Peter Asher Peter Asher, (born 22 June 1944) is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop music vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a manager and r ...

- background vocals (tracks 1:1, 1:4, 1:5, 1:7, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4), tambourine (track 1:4), bass (track 1:5), auto harp (track 2:6) * Bryan Garofalo - bass (tracks 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 2:1, 2:2, 2:3, 2:7), background vocals (tracks 1:1, 1:4, 1:7, 2:2, 2:3) *

Carole King Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at 1650 Broadway and later as a solo artist. Regarded as one ...

- piano (tracks 1:2, 2:7) * Mike Stewart - guitar (track 1:2) *

Doug Kershaw Douglas James Kershaw (born January 24, 1936) is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1948, he began his career as part of the duo Rusty and Doug, along with his brother, Rusty Kershaw. He had an extens ...

- fiddle (track 1:3), background vocals (track 1:3) * Kenneth "Down wind" Buttrey – drums (track 1:3), knees (track 2:5) * Norbert "Home town" Putnam – bass (tracks 1:3, 2:5) * Bobby Thompson - banjo (track 1:3) *

Ralph Schuckett Ralph Schuckett (March 2, 1948 – April 4, 2021) was an American keyboardist, composer and songwriter known as one of the founding members of Todd Rundgren's band Utopia. He composed for film and television, including Pokémon, Sonic X, and A ...

- piano (track 1:4), harmonium (track 1:4) * Buffy Ford - background vocals (track 1:4) * Abigale Haness - background vocals (track 1:4) * Danny Kooch - electric guitar (tracks 1:7, 2:2, 2:7) *

Chris Darrow Christopher Lloyd Darrow (July 30, 1944 – January 15, 2020) was an American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. He was considered to be a pioneer of country rock music in the late-1960s and performed and recorded with numerous groups, ...

- fiddle (tracks 2:1, 2:2) * Fred "The Flash" Carter - acoustic guitar (track 2:5) * "Goodtime" Charlie McCoy – harp (track 2:5) * The People - background vocals (track 2:7)

Additional personnel

- producer * John Andrew Tartaglia - orchestration * James Wyeth - cover drawing *

Henry Diltz Henry Stanford Diltz (born September 6, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American folk musician and photographer who has been active since the 1960s. Career Among the bands Diltz played with was the Modern Folk Quartet. While a member of ...

– insert photos * Richard Sanford Orshoff - engineer * Robert Paull - second engineer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Willard (Album) 1970 albums John Stewart (musician) albums Albums produced by Peter Asher Capitol Records albums