WildWeeds - WildWeeds (Vanguard Records Digipack) 1970

Biography : Wildweeds' sole album (they were no longer called "the" Wildweeds by the time it came out) is fair but non-eyebrow-raising country-rock. Cut with assistance from top Nashville session men Charlie McCoy, Weldon Myrick, and David Briggs, it's mild and easygoing, distinguished from the purely generic 1970 country-rock album by Al Anderson's likably gruff vocals. Anderson wrote all of the songs, with the exception of covers of Arthur Crudup's "My Baby Left Me," and they're pleasantly benign, without the striking tunes or penetrating lyrics needed to make a lasting impression. The better items include the up-tempo sh*t-kicker "Belle," where Anderson's vocal sounds more effectively strained and pinched, and the songs where there is a bit more pop influence in the melody, like "And When She Smiles." The Italian CD reissue adds three non-LP tracks from 1971 singles, all of which have a stronger blues-R&B influence than the LP does. Review by Richie Unterberger

Tracklist
01.Baby Please Don't Leave Me Today 2:14
02.Can't Sit And Watch Little Susie Laugh 3:28
03.John King's Fair 2:53
04.Belle 1:45
05.An Overnight Guest 3:34
06.Nobody's Here To Help Me Cry 2:46
07.And When She Smiles 2:30
08.Paint And Powder Ladies no.2 1:52
09.Fantasy Child 2:35
10.My Baby Left Me 2:07
11.Don't Ask Me How How Or Why 3:24
12.Mare, Take Me Home 3:28
13.C'mon If You're comin' (Bonus Track) 2:21
14.Ain't No Woman Finer Lookin' (Bonus Track) 3:15
15.Goin' Back To Indiana (Bonus Track) 2:48

Line-up
Al Anderson - vocels, lead guitar & rhythm guitar
Bob Dudek - vocals & drums
Al Lepak Jr. -bass
Martin Yakaitis - percussion
and
Charlie McCoy - organ, dobro, harmonica, vibes
Weldon Myrick - steel guitar
David Briggs - piano
Mac Gayden - electric guitar
Jim Colvard - bass guitar