The Knight’s of the Lord’s Table

Description

The self-titled and sole album by the American folk-rock band The Knight’s of the Lord’s Table (Kevin Johnson and Joseph Ravitts) was released on Holy Kiss Records in 1976. The album was recorded by Travis Turk at Ironside Studios, Nashville, TN, and was produced by Randy Matthews and his father, Monty Matthews, the latter of Foggy River Boys and The Jordanaires fame. Featuring the Grammy Award winner Randy Goodrum, arranging and playing keyboards, Michael Johnson on lead guitar and bass, as well as drummer Bobby Daniels (who also performed on Kenny Rodgers’ album The Gambler).

Definitely the coolest LP on Randy Matthews’ custom label. The Knights are Kevin Johnson and Joseph Ravitts, and roughly half their LP picks up on medieval themes, using such instruments as harpsichord, recorders and autoharp. Tracks like «The Fable Of Young Roderick» and «Jesus Lover Of Men» are worthy of a Kemper Crabb or Arkangel LP. Other classics include the opening rock anthem «The Lord’s Table» (with fuzz guitar and deep chanting), the whimsical «Bold Musketeer» in march time, and the album’s closer «The Open-Ended Dream». The other half of the album doesn’t have quite the same level of creativity, but still shows the boys proficiently skipping around from rock to country rock to novelty tracks like «More Than A Monkey». Mike Johnson provides some hefty electric guitar leads, while Randy Matthews contributes vocal parts here and there. Sharp cover painting of the twosome in knightly attire. Very original. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “The Lord’s Table” – 4:00
A2. “Out Of The Rain” – 3:27
A3. “I Can Do No Wrong” – 2:56
A4. “Are You Living” – 6:08
A5. “The Fable Of Young Roderick” – 5:57
A6. “Runoff Groove” – 0:01

Side Two
B1. “More Than A Monkey” – 2:23
B2. “Bold Musketeer” – 3:21
B3. “Jesus Lover Of Men” – 3:49
B4. “Rejoice In His Word” – 2:54
B5. “The Kingdom Of Noise” – 3:49
B6. “The Open Ended Dream” – 3:47

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