Dillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark (Expanded Edition) '1968/2018

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In the minds of many fans, 1968 was Year One for country-rock, the year that the
International Submarine Band's Safe at Home and the Byrds' Sweetheart of the
Rodeo heralded the arrival of a fresh new sound. But former Byrds vocalist Gene
Clark had already made some prescient gestures toward fusing country with
folk-rock on his 1967 solo debut, Gene Clark with the Godsin Brothers, and when
Clark released his first collaborative effort with banjo virtuoso Doug Dillard a
year later, they created a mature and confident sound that was exciting,
thoughtful, and deeply soulful in a way those better-known albums were not. The
Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark initially grew out of a series of
informal jams between Clark and Dillard, but by the time they went into the
studio, Dillard, Clark, and their picking partners Bernie Leadon, Don Beck, and
David Jackson had honed their music to a fine point; there's still a breezy
sense of freedom and discovery in this music, but the musicians mesh with one
another beautifully, and while elements of bluegrass, vintage country, folk, and
rock all inform this music, the songs (mostly written by Clark in collaboration
with Dillard, Leadon, or both) and arrangements integrate the pieces seamlessly.
Doug Dillard's banjo and fiddle figure prominently in the arrangements, and his
performances are expert and heartfelt, but Clark is the true cornerstone of this
album; he rarely, if ever, sang this well in the studio, and the poetic
sensibility and intelligent, graceful tone of the songs brought out the best in
him, with "She Darked the Sun," "Something's Wrong," and "The Radio Song"
standing proudly alongside anything in his catalog. The Dillard and Clark
partnership proved short-lived, and their second and final album was a
disappointing set dominated by covers, but The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard &
Clark is one of the first, inarguable classics of country-rock. Time has been
kinder to this album than most of the genre's founding works, and it's a work
rooted in tradition while reveling in freedom and new ideas and making the most
of them all.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Dillard & Clark - Out On The Side (3:49)
1.02 - Dillard & Clark - She Darkened The Sun (3:09)
1.03 - Dillard & Clark - Don't Come Rollin (2:50)
1.04 - Dillard & Clark - Train Leaves Here This Mornin (3:48)
1.05 - Dillard & Clark - With Care From Someone (3:40)
1.06 - Dillard & Clark - The Radio Song (2:16)
1.07 - Dillard & Clark - Git It On Brother (3:46)
1.08 - Dillard & Clark - In The Plan (3:00)
1.09 - Dillard & Clark - Something's Wrong (2:50)
1.10 - Dillard & Clark - Why Not Your Baby (2:07)
1.11 - Dillard & Clark - Lyin' Down The Middle (2:56)
1.12 - Dillard & Clark - Don't Be Cruel (1:52)

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