Windmills (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Windmills
Type = Album
Artist = Rick Roberts


Released = September 1972
Recorded = 1972
Genre = Country rock
Length = 38:02
Label = A&M
Producer = David Anderle
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hykqikm6bb59 link]
Last album = "The Flying Burrito Brothers" (1971)
This album = "Windmills" (1972)
Next album = "She is a Song" (1973)

"Windmills" is the debut solo album by Country rock musician Rick Roberts. The album was recorded a year after his stint as lead singer of The Flying Burrito Brothers, and three years before founding the band Firefall.

Roberts was joined on the record by Burrito Brothers bandmate Chris Hillman, as well as three of the Eagles: Don Henley, Bernie Leadon (formerly of the Burrito Brothers), and Randy Meisner. Other guest musicians include David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Al Perkins, Dallas Taylor, Mark Benno and Byron Berline. The standout tracks are "Sail Away", "In My Own Small Way", and "Jenny's Blues", and all of the songs were written by Roberts, except Harlan Howard's "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down".

Track listing

#"Deliver Me" (Roberts) - 4:51
#"Davy McVie" (Roberts) - 3:45
#"In My Own Small Way" (Roberts) - 2:57
#"Sail Away" (Roberts) - 7:17
#"Two Lovely Women" (Roberts) - 4:39
#"In a Dream" (Roberts) - 4:12
#"Drunk and Dirty" (Roberts) - 3:42
#"Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" (Harlan Howard) - 2:53
#"Jenny's Blues" (Roberts) - 3:46

Personnel

*Rick Roberts - guitar, lead vocals, choir
*Bernie Leadon - banjo, guitar, harmony vocals, choir
*Don Henley - drums, harmony vocals, choir
*Al Perkins - steel guitar, guitar
*Chris Hillman - bass
*Randy Meisner - bass, choir
*Byron Berline - fiddle
*Dallas Taylor - drums
*Joe Lala - percussion
*David Crosby - harmony vocals
*Jackson Browne - harmony vocals
*Jane Getz - piano, harmony vocals
*Mike Utley - organ
*Mother Hen - piano, harmony vocals
*Mark Benno - guitar
*Leland Sklar - bass

Production

*Producer: David Anderle
*Recording Engineer: Richard Moore/Kent Nebergall
*Art Direction: unknown
*Photography: unknown
*Liner Notes: unknown