Description
I Still Have Dreams is a solo album by the American singer and songwriter Richie Furay of Buffalo Springfield and Poco fame, released on Asylum Records in 1979, a Warner Communications Company, manufactured by Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records. The album was produced and recorded by Val Garay.
Featuring Richie Furay on lead vocals and acoustic guitar backed by a session band featuring Craig Doerge on keyboards, Dan Dugmore and Waddy Wachtel on electric guitars, and a rhythm section consisting of Leland Sklar on bass and Russ Kunkel on drums and percussion. All songs written or co-written by Richie Furay except “Lonely Too Long” written by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, as well as “I Was A Fool”, “I Still Have Dreams”, and “Oh Mary” written by Billy Batstone.
RICHIE FURAY – Asylum 46599 – 000H CHILD (prod. by Garay) (writers: Furay-Diggs) (Song Mountain, ASCAP/Instant Joy, BMI) (3:25)
After all his unforgettable work with Poco, Furay finally broke into the top 50 with the «I Still Have Dreams» title cut from his latest LP. This second release from that album has a contemporary dance beat pushing Furay’s heavenly vocals. Waddy Wachtel continues to amaze with his thick, rich guitar solos and the back-up chorus features two former Poco mates. [Record World (Single Picks), February 2, 1980]
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LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “Oooh Child” – 3:25
A2. “Lonely Too Long” – 3:28
A3. “Island Love” – 3:33
A4. “Come On” – 3:07
A5. “I Was A Fool” – 4:12
Side Two
B1. “I Still Have Dreams” – 3:25
B2. “Satisfied” – 3:55
B3. “Headin’ South” – 3:46
B4. “Oh Mary” – 2:57
B5. “What’s The Matter, Please?” – 3:32
Note: Simultaneously released on 8-track tape, cassette, and 12-inch vinyl LP by Asylum Records. Re-issued on CD by Wounded Bird Records in 2003.
Richie Furay – I’ve Got a Reason + Dance a Little Light + I Still Have Dreams, 2017 CD re-issue
Here’s a lovely re-issue that I have been waiting on for over twenty years!
Around 1980 I was a member of the Word Record Club. It was a Christian record club and I was drawn to the Richie Furay record I’ve Got A Reason. I was a Neil Young fan by then but not very aware Buffalo Springfield or Furay’s place rock history.
I got fascinated by Furay, a rock star who became a Church pastor. It took a few years but I eventually started investigating Furay’s career. I got my hands on the two Souther Hillman Furay Band records that he did with songwriter JD Souther and one of the founders of the Byrds, Chris Hillman. Then there was Poco, the band Furay formed after Buffalo Springfield. Then there was Buffalo Springfield itself!
Over the last twenty years Furay has come out of his Church pulpit to make a few records. There have been a few that have been very upfront in their Christian content. Then there are The Heartbeat Of Love and 2015’s Hand In Hand, Best of all 2007’s live record Alive blended his entire career in one stunning concert.
Of everything Richie Furay has done however, there is a trilogy of records that he recorded for David Geffen’s Asylum label in the late 70s – I’ve Got A Reason, Dance A Little Light and I Still Have Dreams – that I think are the best three records he was ever involved in.
Furay promised David Geffen that he would not preach in his music. He doesn’t. Yet, at least on the first two of these records there is a underlay of faith. The songs are strong and the arrangements creative. The songs are as good as Furay ever wrote.
Being Richie Furay these records are littered with big names, Al Perkins, Waddy Wachtel and two Eagles, who were formerly Poco, Randy Meisner and Timothy B Schmit. David Cassidy even does backing vocals!
Over the years I picked up the vinyl versions and was always astounded that an artist of Furay’s status had not had these records re-issued. Finally… I was a happy boy on Christmas Day when Santa delivered the Remastered two CD set that has all three of the Asylum records on. [Steve Stockman, Soul Surmise, 29/01/2018]
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