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Music From Free Creek ?– Music From Free Creek

Label: Charisma ?– CADS 101 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP 
Country: UK Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental, Classic Rock

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A1 Cissy Strut Bass – Stu WoodsDrums – Roy MarkowitzGuitar – Todd RundgrenOrgan – Moogy Klingman* A2 Freedom Jazz Dance Bass – Chuck RaineyDrums – Mitch MitchellGuitar – Buzzy FeitenOrgan – Keith Emerson A3 Sympathy For The Devil Bass – Larry TaylorDrums – Fito de la ParraGuitar – Harvey Mandel, Jack WilkinsOrgan – Jimmy GreenspoonPiano – Jimmy GreenspoonViolin – Larry Packer (2) A4 Mother Nature's Son Bass – Richard Davis (2)Guitar – Carol HunterOrgan – Keith Emerson A5 Road Song Bass – Stu WoodsDrums – Richard CrooksGuitar – King Cool*Piano – Dr. JohnRhythm Guitar – Bonnie Bramlett B1 Lay Lady Lay Bass – Stu WoodsDrums – Roy MarkowitzFlute – Chris Wood (2), Joe FarrellOrgan – Moogy Klingman* B2 Hey Jude Bass – Richard Davis (2)Guitar – Buzzy FeitenOrgan – Moogy Klingman* B3 He Darked The Sun Acoustic Guitar – Bernie LeadonBass – John LondonDrums – John WarePedal Steel Guitar – Red RhodesPiano – Jimmy GreenspoonViolin – Chris DarrowVocals – Linda Ronstadt B4 Earl's Shuffle Bass – Larry TaylorDrums – Fito de la ParraGuitar – Harvey MandelOrgan – Jimmy GreenspoonPedal Steel Guitar – Red Rhodes C1 Getting Back To Molly Bass – Stu WoodsDrums – Roy MarkowitzGuitar – Dr. John, King Cool*Harp – Moogy Klingman* C2 Cherrypicker Bass – Stu WoodsDrums – Roy MarkowitzOrgan – Moogy Klingman* C3 Kilpatrick's Defeat Bass – Stu WoodsDrums – Mitch MitchellGuitar – Buzzy Feiten, Carol HunterPiano – Moogy Klingman*Vocals – Timmy Harrison C4 Girl From Ipanema Bass – Larry TaylorDrums – Fito de la ParraGuitar – Harvey MandelPedal Steel Guitar – Red Rhodes C5 No One Knows Bass – Stu WoodsGuitar – King Cool*Organ – Dr. JohnPiano – Moogy Klingman*Vocals – Eric Mercury D1 Living Like A Fool Bass – John LondonDrums – John WareGuitar – Bernie LeadonPedal Steel Guitar – Red RhodesPiano – Jimmy GreenspoonVocals – Linda Ronstadt D2 Working In A Coalmine Bass – Stu WoodsDrums – Roy MarkowitzOrgan – Moogy Klingman* D3 Big City Woman Bass – Stu WoodsDrums – Roy MarkowitzPiano – Moogy Klingman* D4 On The Rebound Bass – Chuck RaineyDrums – Mitch MitchellGuitar – Buzzy FeitenOrgan – Keith Emerson



While record labels were looking for something of this enormity -- keep the alleged "jam" between Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan that never happened in mind -- and a prank of an album called The Masked Marauders slipped into record stores, the public had little clue that something on that scale actually did exist. Linda Ronstadt, backed up by musicians from the Eagles and Three Dog Night, might not have shaken the Earth, as Ronstadt and Three Dog Night only had one hit each at the time, but in retrospect they add diversity to an album featuring Dr. John, Chris Wood, Delaney Bramlett, Todd Rundgren, Mitch Mitchell, and so many others. It also has Buzzy Linhart and Buzzy Feiten, the two "Buzzys" who get confused with each other in musical discussions of the day. Broken up into six divisions -- the Eric Clapton session, the Jeff Beck session, the Keith Emerson session, the Harvey Mandel session, Moogy Klingman's odds & sods, and the Linda Ronstadt session, Music from Free Creek is easy to digest. Mitchell jamming on an instrumental "Hey Jude" with Feiten, Elliott Randall, and 19-year-old Moogy Klingman is a delight. Material by Mike Gayle of the Glitterhouse, Bernie Leadon of the Eagles, Aaron Neville, Allen Toussaint, Dylan, co-producer Earl Dowd, Harvey Mandel, and others helps the effort live up to its billing. Music from Free Creek is a super session album where the musicians are playing for the fun of it, and that comes across. The material doesn't get bogged down in "names"; it just flows.