STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - PINKARD & BOWDEN - WRITERS IN DISGUISE

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Good morning, morning people and welcome back to the Friday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 77th Birthday of Texas native, guitarist, and vocalist, Richard Bowden, best known as one half of the country comedy duo, Pinkard & Bowden. Happy Birthday Richard ! He got his start in high school forming a band called Shiloh, with Don Henley. That duo split up when Bowden wanted to go more country and Henley wanted more rock. Jim Ed Norman, also a member of Shiloh, introduced Richard to bassist Sandy Pinkard, and Pinkard & Bowden. They are similar to Humor & Jethro are as a parody country group. Today we find ourselves spinning their debut record, Writer In The Disguise. The LP was released in 1984 on Warner Brother Music and produced by Pinkard, Bowden, and Jim Ed Norman. It peaked at #47 on the Top Country Albums chart and saw the two singles issued; "Adventures In Parodies" (#64 Hot Country Songs) and "I Lobster But Never Flounder" (did not chart). Among the guests on the album are  Dan Fogelberg, Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne, Jennifer Warnes, Anne Murray, The Osmond Brothers, David "Kung Fu" Carradine,  Michael Martin Murphey, and Don Henley.

A1a Introduction 0:40

A1b Woman With A Gun
Bells [Bull Bells] – Larry Mahan
2:25

A2 Help Me Make It Through The Yard 1:57

A3 Daddy Sang Bass 1:20

A4 Delta Dawg
Performer [The Wolftones] – Dan Fogelberg, Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne, Michel Rubini
2:44

A5 Mail Order Dog 3:11

A6 The Catbird Song
Sounds [Birdcall] – Jennifer Warnes
1:08

A7 Arkansas Dog
Piano – Anne Murray
2:26

A8 Somebody Done Somebody's Song Wrong
Piano – Bruce Hinton
0:15

A9 Drivin' My Wife Away 3:05

A10 Three Mile Island 2:28

B1a Introduction 0:25

B1b That's That
Finger Snaps – Steve Railsback
Sounds [Knee Slap/Boot Dance] – The Osmond Brothers
2:40

B2 What's A W-4
Harmony Vocals – Michael Martin Murphey
1:52

B3 Shake A Snake
Voice [Wierd Religious Screaming] – David "Kung Fu" Carradine*, David "Little Darlin" Somerville
1:26

B4 Blue Hairs Driving In My Lane
Harmonica – Michael Martin Murphey
3:30

B5 I Lobster But Never Flounder
Sounds [Lead Double Bubbles] – Don Henley

3:17

Acoustic Bass – Sandy Pinkard

Acoustic Guitar – Paul Worley, Richard Bowden, Robb Strandlund

Art Direction – Buddy Jackson, Jackson Design

Backing Vocals – Diane Tidwell, Lisa Silver, Phil Forest, Tom Brannon

Drums – Eddie Bayers

Electric Bass – Joe Osborn

Electric Guitar – Paul Worley, Richard Bowden

Keyboards – John Jarvis

Steel Guitar – Lloyd Green

Synthesizer – Alan Steinberger

Mastered By [Originally] – Glenn Meadows

Mixed By – Eric Prestidge

Photography By – Dean D. Dixon

Producer – Jim Ed Norman, Pinkard & Bowden

Recorded By [Audio Media Recorders] – Marshall Morgan

Recorded By [Soundstage Studios] – Eric Prestidge

Recorded By [Sunset Sound Studio] – Terry Christian