- Format: CD
- Label: Water
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
Although best known for producing the first two albums by The Band(Music from Big Pink and The Band), John Simon also produced BigBrother and the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills (featuring JanisJoplin), Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends, Leonard Cohen's debut andthe first LP by Blood, Sweat and Tears. In 1971, John released thisdebut solo album on Warner Bros. The songs range from psychedelicnursery rhymes to dream-like confessionals. "Davy's On The RoadAgain" (later a hit for Manfred Mann), was co-written with RobbieRobertson. The musicians' credits reads like a who's who of Seventiesrock: Leon Russell, Bobby Keys, Jim Price, Grady Tate, Rita Coolidge,Bobby Whitlock, Merry Clayton, Harvey Brooks, members of TheBand, Derek and the Dominoes and Muscle Shoals session players.
Tracklisting: 1. The Song Of The Elves 2. Nobody Knows 3. Tannenbaum 4. Davey's OnThe Road Again 5. Motorcycle Man 6. Rain Song 7. Don't Forget What I Told You 8. TheFool Dressed In Velvet 9. Annie Looks Down 10. Did You See? 11. Railroad Train Runnin'Up My Back
