Released September 1972 Length 38:02 Artist Rick Roberts Producer David Anderle Genre Country rock | Recorded 1972 Windmills
(1972) She Is a Song
(1973) Release date September 1972 Label A&M Records | |
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Similar She Is a Song, Last of the Red Hot Burritos, The Flying Burrito Bros | ||
Windmills is the debut solo album by country rock musician Rick Roberts. The album was recorded a year after his stint as lead singer of The Flying Burrito Brothers, and two years before co-founding the band Firefall.
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Roberts was joined on the record by Burrito Brothers bandmate Chris Hillman, as well as three of the Eagles: Don Henley, Bernie Leadon (formerly of the Burrito Brothers), and Randy Meisner. Other guest musicians include David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Al Perkins, Dallas Taylor, Marc Benno and Byron Berline. The standout tracks are "Sail Away", "In My Own Small Way", and "Jenny's Blues", and all of the songs were written by Roberts, except Harlan Howard's "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down".
Track listing
- "Deliver Me" (Roberts) - 4:51
- "Davy McVie" (Roberts) - 3:45
- "In My Own Small Way" (Roberts) - 2:57
- "Sail Away" (Roberts) - 7:17
- "Two Lovely Women" (Roberts) - 4:39
- "In a Dream" (Roberts) - 4:12
- "Drunk and Dirty" (Roberts) - 3:42
- "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" (Harlan Howard) - 2:53
- "Jenny's Blues" (Roberts) - 3:46
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Deliver Me4:56
2Davy Mcvie3:47
3In My Own Small Way3:00