Tom Rush (1970 album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Tom Rush
Type = Album
Artist = Tom Rush


Released = March, 1970
Recorded = 1970
Genre = Folk rock
Length = 34:21
Label = Columbia
Producer = Ed Freeman
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1tklu3qgan7k link]
Last album = "The Circle Game" (1968)
This album = "Tom Rush" (1970)
Next album = "Wrong End of the Rainbow" (1970)

"Tom Rush" is the 1970 album from pioneer Folk rock musician Tom Rush. He covers songs from fellow folkies Jackson Browne, Murray McLauchlan, James Taylor and David Wiffen; with the standout tracks being "Driving Wheel", "Drop Down Mama" and "Child's Song". Guest musicians were David Bromberg on Dobro and Red Rhodes on Steel Guitar.

Track listing

#"Driving Wheel" (David Wiffen) – 5:22
#"Rainy Day Man" (James Taylor/Zachary Wiesner) – 3:07
#"Drop Down Mama" (Sleepy John Estes) – 2:33
#"Old Man's Song" (Murray McLauchlan) – 3:22
#"Lullaby" (Jesse Colin Young) – 3:45
#"These Days" (Jackson Browne) – 2:40
#"Wild Child" (Fred Neil) – 3:13
#"Colors of the Sun" (Jackson Browne) – 3:51
#"Livin' in the Country" (Day/Winsted) – 2:31
#"Child's Song" (Murray McLauchlan) - 4:09

Personnel

*Tom Rush - guitar, vocals
*Trevor Veitch - guitar, mandolin, mandocello
*David Bromberg - dobro
*Ed Freeman - 12-string guitar
*Red Rhodes - steel guitar
*Warren Bernhardt - organ, piano
*Paul Griffin - organ
*Duke Bardwell - bass
*Ron Carter - bass
*Herb Lovelle - drums
*Julie Held - orchestra assembly

Production

*Producer: Ed Freeman
*Recording Engineer: Jim Reeves
*Arranger: Ed Freeman
*Liner Notes: n/a
*Photography: Don Hunstein