Lynne Hughes - Freeway Gypsy (1970) Tracks 1. Bad Dream (L. J. Baron, D. Randell) - 2:22 2. Rose Of The Woe (K. Doyle, R. Olsen) -3:47 3. Night Life (Nelson, Buskirk, Breland) - 3:11 4. Never Stop A Dream (D. Bennett) - 2:47 5. Gypsy Good Time (N. Gravenites) - 4:07 6. Freeway Gypsy (T. Deeps, D. Randell) - 3:32 7. Rags And Old Iron) (O. Brown, Jr., N. Curtis) - 3:55 8. My Man Is Gone (T. Deeps, D. Randell) - 3:22 9. And When I Die (L. Nyro) - 4:56 10.It Didn't Even Bring Me Down (D. Sahm, F. Morin, M. Ferreo) - 3:35 Musicians *Lynne Hughes - Vocals *Mike Melvoin - Keyboard, Arranger *Mike Dacy - Guitar, Sitar, Dobro *Louis Shelton - 6, 12 String Guitar *Therutius Deeps - Guitar, Backing Vocals *Jerry Scheff, Joe Osbourn - Bass *Hal Blaine - Drums *Gary Coleman - Percussion *Buddy Childers, Tony Terran, Ollie Mitchell, Joe Burnett, Chuck Finley - Trumpets, Flugelhorn *Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Enevoldsen, Dick Leaf - Trombones *Don Menza, Jim Horn, Plaz Johnson, Bob Hardaway, Kim Richmond - Saxophones *Billy Woodruff, Don Bennett, Joe Reed - Backing Vocals Great voice Lynn Hughes. RIP. Thank you.
"Lynne Hughes was the lead singer of the late-'60s San Francisco Bay Area band Tongue and Groove, mining the field between folk, blues, and rock, in somewhat the same manner as fellow Bay Area female singers Tracy Nelson and Janis Joplin (or, from beyond the Bay Area, Maria Muldaur). Hughes had a more old-timey ragtime tilt to her vocals than any of those other singers did, and was the most prominent presence on Tongue and Groove's fair, self-titled late-'60s album. Prior to that, she had been something of an auxiliary member of the Charlatans, doing some singing and even recording with them without being an official group member. Hughes then went on to sing with the California hippie blues-folk rock band Stoneground in the early '70s."
I, too, had that Tongue & Groove album in my cherished vinyl collection, which I digitized back in 2015, after my elder son's suicide. I also saw the Charlatans, with Lynne, the very last time they played in public, at the opening night of the Family Dog moved out of downtown, out to Family Dog at the Beach, in June of 1969. A majickal trip! May I know when Lynne passed, and why?
Lynne Hughes - Freeway Gypsy (1970)
Tracks
1. Bad Dream (L. J. Baron, D. Randell) - 2:22
2. Rose Of The Woe (K. Doyle, R. Olsen) -3:47
3. Night Life (Nelson, Buskirk, Breland) - 3:11
4. Never Stop A Dream (D. Bennett) - 2:47
5. Gypsy Good Time (N. Gravenites) - 4:07
6. Freeway Gypsy (T. Deeps, D. Randell) - 3:32
7. Rags And Old Iron) (O. Brown, Jr., N. Curtis) - 3:55
8. My Man Is Gone (T. Deeps, D. Randell) - 3:22
9. And When I Die (L. Nyro) - 4:56
10.It Didn't Even Bring Me Down (D. Sahm, F. Morin, M. Ferreo) - 3:35
Musicians
*Lynne Hughes - Vocals
*Mike Melvoin - Keyboard, Arranger
*Mike Dacy - Guitar, Sitar, Dobro
*Louis Shelton - 6, 12 String Guitar
*Therutius Deeps - Guitar, Backing Vocals
*Jerry Scheff, Joe Osbourn - Bass
*Hal Blaine - Drums
*Gary Coleman - Percussion
*Buddy Childers, Tony Terran, Ollie Mitchell, Joe Burnett, Chuck Finley - Trumpets, Flugelhorn
*Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Enevoldsen, Dick Leaf - Trombones
*Don Menza, Jim Horn, Plaz Johnson, Bob Hardaway, Kim Richmond - Saxophones
*Billy Woodruff, Don Bennett, Joe Reed - Backing Vocals
Great voice Lynn Hughes. RIP. Thank you.
"Lynne Hughes was the lead singer of the late-'60s San Francisco Bay Area band Tongue and Groove, mining the field between folk, blues, and rock, in somewhat the same manner as fellow Bay Area female singers Tracy Nelson and Janis Joplin (or, from beyond the Bay Area, Maria Muldaur). Hughes had a more old-timey ragtime tilt to her vocals than any of those other singers did, and was the most prominent presence on Tongue and Groove's fair, self-titled late-'60s album. Prior to that, she had been something of an auxiliary member of the Charlatans, doing some singing and even recording with them without being an official group member. Hughes then went on to sing with the California hippie blues-folk rock band Stoneground in the early '70s."
*Lydia Pence(ColdBlood) *Charlatans Mike Ferguson
thanks..
I, too, had that Tongue & Groove album in my cherished vinyl collection, which I digitized back in 2015, after my elder son's suicide. I also saw the Charlatans, with Lynne, the very last time they played in public, at the opening night of the Family Dog moved out of downtown, out to Family Dog at the Beach, in June of 1969. A majickal trip! May I know when Lynne passed, and why?
Thank you so much from a Stoneground afficionado!
fuck yeah. thank you
I have the original album in my collection..something beautiful
Los Lobos did a cover of the last song, "It Didn't Even Bring Me Down".