After taking
the Beau Brummels to the pop/folk psychedelic edge, producer
Lenny Waronker took the band to Nashville, literally. Possibly influenced by
the Byrds Sweetheart experiments, the group (now down to just
Sal Valentino on vocals and Ron Elliott on guitars) wedded with Nashville's finest, including guitarist
Jerry Reed and drummer
Kenneth A. Buttrey, both veterans of
Dylan's Nashville sessions. These players were not just good musicians, but smart musicians, easily embellishing the Elliott/
Valentino duo as if they had been playing with the two for years, not days. The resulting masterpiece, no doubt due to the awesome Brummels original songs (especially "Cherokee Girl," "Turn Around," and "Deep Water"), is a virtual tapestry in country and rock. ~ Matthew Greenwald