CHUCK HOWARD – Columbia & Monument Singles (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 28:55 minutes | 381 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings
The father in the country & western Chuck Howard dynasty, this guitar picker was a musician’s musician type, the kind of guy whose licks are played on a thousand records but nobody knows who he is. One of his most famous credits is on the often overlooked country album by Ringo Starr, Beaucoups of Blues. In fact, Howard was one of the main reasons this record happened at all. Howard first entered the extremely private world of the Beatles when he traveled to London with frequent playing partner Pete Drake. The latter player went to London at the bequest of George Harrison, who was hard at work on his epic All Things Must Pass album and wanted some of Drake’s expertise. In the meantime, Howard became good friends with Ringo Starr and was the man who convinced him to spend an extended stay in the United States in order to record the country project. The finished record included four of Howard’s songs, as well as extensive contributions from songwriter, picker, and peanut farmer Sorrells Pickard.
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