The "B" side of "Down That Country Road" starts with the song :"Down That Country Road." Just realize some of you may not know what a "B" side is. Records (albums) have two sides, so to distinguish between the "front" and "back" which wouldn't be obvious, the sides were identified as "A" or "B." Anyway, the "back" side of an album often holds "treats" to reward the listener - sometimes they were unlabeled tracks - like the reward you get for sitting through the credits at a movie - some extra footage, outtakes or whatever. Anyway, our B side didn't have anything hidden, just some of the better songs on the album in my opinion.
"Girls Around the World"
"Girls Around the World" is a song dedicated to every young man's dreams - a girl in every port. The weird "horn" sounding part behind the chorus vocals is again Red Rhodes with a "fuzz" pedal steel (he really got into this!)
"Away with Women"
"Away with Women" is a song we always argued about. Was it "away with women" or "a WAY with women?" Wally would never confirm which he meant. Jimmy Gordon was our drummer on the album - amazing musician, played with Eric Clapton (Derek and the Dominoes), Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen and Leon Russell, among many others. But he really had trouble with the time change in the chorus (it actually just changes to triplets - the 4/4 time is the same).
"Thank You Father, Thank You Mother"
"Thank You Father, Thank You Mother" is the song picked by the record company to push from the album. I don't think it was a good choice and neither did ladies from the PTA in Bakersfield, CA who objected to the lyrics and started calling radio stations and complaining. In those days it didn't take much for a radio station to back down. Anyway, song starts with a beautiful intro by Mike Rubini on piano.
"And Have Not Charity"
"And Have Not Charity" is 1st Corinthians 3:1-3 put to music. It features Vic Briggs on guitar and just us "Jim's" on the vocal. Religion was an interesting aspect of the InRhodes and even more Future. Wally's parents were itenarant preachers and he had some pretty negative experiences growing up, so while a spirtual guy he was pretty anti organized religion (hope that's fair to say Wally.) Jim, Jim and I had all grown up going to church (Baptist, Christian Science and Methodist), so Wally challenged us to reexamine many of our views. Of course that sort of naturally happens as you transition to young adulthood . . . and frankly it was the late 1960's so EVERYTHING was being questioned. Anyway, here's "And Have Not Charity."
