Friend of Mine

Description

Friend of Mine is the sophomore album by the American singer and songwriter Ed Drake, independently released on Holy Kiss Records in 1977, manufactured and distributed by Hartsong Corporation, California. The album was recorded and mixed by Travis Turk at Ironside Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee; with Randy and Monty Matthews producing for Holy Kiss Productions. All songs written by Ed Drake. Featuring the Grammy Award winner Randy Goodrum on keyboards as well as Mike Johnson on bass and electric guitar.

A more fully arranged work that includes Mike Johnson on bass and electric guitar, along with the Matthews boys (Randy and Monty) on background vocals. «As I Walk These Roads», «Come On Back» and the title cut all have a goodhearted mid-tempo rural stroll ala Bob Seager. Also a decent Matthews/Johnson-type rocker in «Walk The Talk». Easy light jazz moods with sax on «What Do You Do» and «Tick Tock». A number of ballads fill out the LP. On the collectible Holy Kiss label. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “What Do You Do” – 3:25
A2. “Friend of Mine” – 3:28
A3. “So Many Ways” – 2:23
A4. “Others” – 3:40
A5. “As I walk These Roads” – 3:32

Side Two
B1. “Walk the Walk” – 3:14
B2. “Tick Tock” – 3:08
B3. “Wonderful Words” – 3:23
B4. “Come on Back” – 3:54
B5. “Some Cloud” – 3:24

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CREDITS. Produced by Randy and Monty Matthews (Holy Kiss Productions). Special Vocal Arrangements by Randy and Monty Matthews. Recorded and Mixed at Ironside Studios, Nashville, TN. Engineered by Travis Turk. Mastered at Masterfonics, Inc., Nashville, TN. Art Direction and Design by Steve Smith. Photography by Zapp. Hand Lettering by Allen Doth. Advisor: Hans Altena. All songs written by Ed Drake.

Musicians: Ed Drake (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano), Randy Goodrum (Synthesizer, Polyphonic Moog, Mini Moog, Orchestron), Ron Oates (Piano), Don Sanders (Saxophone), Eddy Biddy (Acoustic Guitar, Bass), Mike Johnson (Bass, Electric Guitar), Bobby Daniels (Drums, Percussion). Backing Vocals: Monty Matthews, Randy Matthews.