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Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes

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Released
  
1972

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
Dunhill ABC

Artist
  
John Kay

Producer
  
Richard Podolor

Genres
  
Rock music, Blues rock

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Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes (1972)
  
My Sportin' Life (1973)

Similar
  
John Kay albums, Rock music albums

Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes is a country-blues album by German-Canadian musician John Kay, released on Dunhill Records in 1972.

Contents

Kay was well known as the lead singer of the band, Steppenwolf, in the 1960s. This album is his first solo work since Steppenwolf's split. It mixes pure acoustic tunes with others that sound more like what he's done before. It's also a sort of sandwich: one classical country song is followed by an original one and back.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Kay; except where indicated

  1. "Many a Mile" (Patrick Sky)
  2. "Walk Beside Me"
  3. "You Win Again" (Hank Williams)
  4. "To Be Alive"
  5. "Bold Marauder" (Richard Fariña)
  6. "Two of a Kind"
  7. "Walkin' Blues" (Robert Johnson)
  8. "Somebody"
  9. "I'm Moving On" (Hank Snow)

Personnel

  • John Kay - vocals & guitars
  • Kent Henry - lead guitar
  • Mars Bonfire - lead guitar on "I'm Moving On"
  • Hugh O'Sullivan - keyboards
  • George Biondo - bass
  • Pentti Glan - drums

    • Songs

    1Many a Mile4:30
    2Walk Beside Me5:12
    3You Win Again4:02

    References

    Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes Wikipedia
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