Country Rock Classic `Jackie Blue' Spotlighted on New Collection `The Best Of Ozark Mountain Daredevils'.Entertainment Editors & Music/Retail Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2002 Free-spirited, homespun and unpretentious, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils The Ozark Mountain Daredevils are a Southern rock band formed in 1971 at Springfield, Missouri. They are most widely known for their singles "If You Wanna Get To Heaven" in 1973 and "Jackie Blue" in 1974. Some have described the band's sound as a "countrified Steely Dan. were the Midwest's country rock counterpart to the Eagles in the '70s. While their run at the national charts -- led by the enduring hit "Jackie Blue" -- was relatively brief, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils continue to perform today, still a legend in their original heartland stomping grounds. What keeps the fans coming to see them are the dozen selections on "The Best Of Ozark Mountain Daredevils" edition of "20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection" (A&M/UME), released September 24, 2002. Spanning their 1973-1978 stint on A&M, the digitally remastered compilation features the group's biggest hits, "Jackie Blue" and "If You Want To Get To Heaven," and the best-loved tracks from their five A&M studio albums. The Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in Missouri. On July 1, 2006, its estimated population was 150,797, of whom 150,790 lived in Greene County and 7 lived in Christian County[1]. It is the county seat of Greene County. , sextet, whose original name was Cosmic Corncob and His Amazing Ozark Mountain Daredevils, debuted with a 1973 self-titled album which included the Top 30 country boogie "If You Want To Get To Heaven" and eventually went gold. The rest of the album was as varied as the patchwork quilt on its cover: the spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" pop "Spaceship Orion," ambitious "Country Girl" and rootsy backwoods ballad "Road To Glory." From 1974's "It'll Shine When It Shines," "The Best Of Ozark Mountain Daredevils" culls culls the animals extracted from a herd or flock by culling. the tongue-in-cheek swamp-rocker "E.E. Lawson," bluesy "Walkin' Down The Road" and "Jackie Blue," a fond ode to a free-spirited female loner loner Psychiatry A single young man estranged from society and family, who suffers from psychogenic pain, and tends to live 'on the edge', vacillating between aggression and depression; loners often have unrealistic goals, but are unable to work towards those goals , which reached #3 pop. Success spawned tours with the likes of Poco po·co adv. Music To a slight degree or amount; somewhat. Used chiefly as a direction. [Italian, from Latin paucus; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.] , the Doobie doo·bie n. Slang A marijuana cigarette. [Origin unknown.] Brothers, Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris (b. April 2, 1947, Birmingham, Alabama) is a country, folk and alternative rock musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and , Chicago and even the Eagles. 1975's "The Car Over The Lake Album" drove home the sly "Keep On Churnin'" and lilting "Leatherwood." 1976's "Men From Earth" boasted the hard-country "Homemade Wine" and romantic "You Know Like I Know," and 1978's "Don't Look Down" contributes the pop "Following The Way That I Feel." Exiting A&M, the band would release a major-label album in 1980 before founding member Larry Lee headed for Nashville, playing in Jimmy Buffett's touring band and building a successful career as a producer for Alabama, Juice Newton and K.T. Oslin. (Buddy Brayfield and Randle Chowning had left earlier.) Their next studio album would be an indie-released disc in 1997. The current incarnation of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils -- with founders John Dillon, Steve Cash and Michael "Supe" Granda -- is still based in Springfield, still playing to loyal fans throughout America. The series "20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection" features new "best of" albums from the most significant music artists of the past century. |
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