It'll Shine When It Shines

It'll Shine When It Shines is the second album by the country rock band, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Their debut album was successful enough to give the band the clout to record its sophomore effort. "It'll Shine When It Shines", on the musicians' home turf. For the session, they cut their tracks in the pre-Civil War house that served as their rehearsal space, with Johns and Anderle working from a mobile recording truck parked outside. The homey makesift setup yielded a loose, organic vibe that invigorated material like Cash's tongue-in-cheek swamp-rocker "E.E. Lawson". This album contains their biggest single, "Jackie Blue", which reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. The song brought in by Lee late in the session, was recorded at the insistence of Glyn Johns, who cajoled lee into altering his original lyric about a drug-dealing friend into a fond ode to a free-spirited female loner.

Track listing

1. "You Made It Right" (John Dillon, Elizabeth Anderson) – 3:46
2. "Look Away" (Randle Chowning) – 3:36
3. "Jackie Blue" (Steve Cash, Larry Lee) – 4:11
4. "Kansas You Fooler" (Larry Lee) – 2:39
5. "It Couldn't Be Better" (John Dillon, Elizabeth Anderson) – 4:23
6. "E.E. Lawson" (Steve Cash) – 3:32
7. "Walkin' Down the Road" (John Dillon) – 3:28
8. "What's Happened Along My Life" (Larry Lee) – 3:32
9. "It Probably Always Will" (Michael Granda) – 3:15
10. "Lowlands" (John Dillon) – 3:45
11. "Tidal Wave" (Steve Cash, John Dillon) – 4:12
12. "It'll Shine When It Shines" (Steve Cash, John Dillon) – 3:38

Personnel

• Steve Cash - harmonica, percussion, vocals
• John Dillon - guitar, dulcimer, harp, keyboards, vocals
• Larry Lee - guitar, keyboards, drums, vocals
• Randle Chowning - guitar, dobro, mandolin, harmonica, vocals
• Michael Granda - bass, guitar, vocals
• Buddy Brayfield - keyboards, vocals
• Glyn Johns - guitar
• Nick DeCaro - accordion
• Jody Troutman - background vocals

Production

• Producer: Glyn Johns/David Anderle
• Recording Engineer: Glyn Johns
• Art Direction: Roland Young
• Photography: Harry Mittman
• Liner notes: Ken Seeholzer

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