Honest to Goodness is the debut album by Southern rock band Grinderswitch, released in 1974. The album contains contributions from Dickey Betts and Jaimoe of The Allman Brothers Band.
Critical reception Billboard wrote that the band "sound like a less virtuoso Marshall Tucker Band."
Track listing All songs written by Dru Lombar except where noted:
"Kiss the Blues Goodbye" - 4:55 "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (D. Lombar, J.D. Petty, L. Howard, R. Burnett) - 3:54 "How the West Was Won" (L. Howard) - 5:22 "Eighty Miles to Memphis" (J.D. Petty) - 3:00 "Catch a Train" - 4:44 "Roll On Gambler" - 5:15 "Homebound" - 6:45 "Peach County Jamboree" - 3:48 "You're So Fine" (Live Version) - 3:29 (1994 CD Reissue)
Personnel
Band members
Dru Lombar - lead and slide guitars, lead vocals Larry Howard - electric and acoustic guitars Joe Dan Petty - bass, backing vocals Rick Burnett - drums, congas, percussion
Additional musicians
Paul Hornsby - piano and organ Richard Betts - Guitar on "Kiss the Blues Goodbye" Jaimoe - Congas on "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "How the West Was Won"
Production
Design, Art Direction - Richard Mantel Engineer - O.V. Sparks Asst. Engineer - Tony Humphreys Mastered by Bob Ludwig Photography by Al Clayton Producer - Paul Hornsby Tape Asst. - Carolyn Harriss, Richard Schoff
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