Track Listing
1. Old Home Place
2. There Is a Time
3. Last Thing on My Mind
4. Nobody Knows
5. Hey Boys
6. I've Just Seen a Face
7. Reason to Believe
8. Listen to the Sound
9. She Sang Hymns Out of Tune
10. Single Saddle
11. Copperfields
12. Close the Door Lightly
13. Brother John
14. Old Man at the Mill
15. Ebo Walker
16. West Montana Hanna
17. One Too Many Mornings
18. Comin' Home Again
19. Big Bayou
20. Redbone Hound
21. Dooley
22. Caney Creek
23. Hot Rod Banjo
24. Stones Throw Away
25. Ding Dong Howdy
26. Let the Music Flow
27. Easy Ride
28. Happy I'll Be
29. Whole World Round
| Details | | Producer: | Chip Douglas, David Axelrod, Denny Diante, Don Gallese, Herb Pedersen, Jim Dickson, John Boylan, Richard Polodor, Rodney Dillard, Spencer Proffer | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Liner Note Author: Glenn A. Baker.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Dean Webb; Herb Pedersen; Mitch Jayne.
@Raven's excellent multi-label anthology of the Dillards is required listening for fans of late-'60s/early-'70s country-rock. Considering the group released material on Elektra, Capitol, White Whale, Anthem, Poppy, and Flying Fish, it's a wonder that Best of the Dillards 1963-79: Let the Music Flow is available at all, and with over 78 minutes of music, it's the definitive career overview from this influential, yet often over-looked, electric bluegrass collective -- the band's only other compilation, 1991's There Is a Time (1963-70) focused exclusively on their first five (and arguably best) records for Elektra. While they never found the success of contemporaries like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Flying Burrito Brothers or the Byrds, the Dillards helped modernize the old-timey sounds of the South, drawing from rock, folk, and country without sounding contrived, earning the respect of both critics and musicians alike -- 1968's Wheatstraw Suite and 1970's Copperfields are progressive bluegrass classics. Americana fans looking to expand their knowledge of the genre's inception outside of Gram Parsons would do well to scoop up this soulful and detailed account of one of the era's more prolific and understated acts. ~ James Christopher Monger
Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - Their disregard for the traditional boundaries of bluegrass, country and folk was as pivotal as SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO-era Byrds.
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