The Gathering
After Blondes was issued, John Stewart formed his own publishing company—Homecoming Records. This was the first issue. It included instrumental work that would make up part of a separate recording in the "American Journey" series called Centennial. It also included selections from the Heriza and Ford album Hearts Together and the Bruce Abrams E. P., Delancey Street. Once again, he surprised us. While we had been thinking of him as a vocalist, he was recording every instrumental part for a non-vocal album. While we had been thinking of him as a poet who wove a little country, folk and plain old rock and roll into his songs, he was listening to Aaron Copland and thinking so far out ahead of us that he was in a different landscape altogether. While we had been listening to him on Top-40, and waiting for the next combination with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks and Linda Ronstadt, he had made a leap forward of incredible dimensions. The songs: [Titles in blue type are by John Stewart. Titles in dark red are by others, including Buffy Ford Stewart.] Side One 1. Behind the Wheel [The Plains] 2. Distant Wagons 3. Wichita Cross Winds 4. East of Eden (Cathy Heriza and Buffy Ford Stewart) 5. Call it a Day (Cathy Heriza and Buffy Ford Stewart) (Image is from the back of the original album) Side Two [The Wilderness] 6. Indian Summer 7. The Hooliann 8. Montana Crossing 9. The Blarney Pilgrim (Bruce Abrams) 10. Morgan Megan (Bruce Abrams) 11. Shibig Shimore (Bruce Abrams) 12. The Pirates of Stone County Road
Mike Compton, Laurelyn Dossett, Rhianon Giddens, Joe Newberry, Jason Sypher
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