The first album that
Gene Clark released after his departure from
the Byrds followed very closely on the model of his earlier efforts on
the Byrds' first two albums. His backing musicians included ex-bandmates
Chris Hillman and
Michael Clarke, as well as future
Byrd Clarence White and
Clark collaborator
Doug Dillard, not to mention
the Gosdin Brothers, whose harmonies resembled a rockier
Everly Brothers and brought the sound very close to that of
the Byrds. The album contains a number of fine
pop-oriented tunes and stellar
folk-rock/
country-rock numbers (a year before
the Byrds'
Sweetheart of the Rodeo, which employed both
White and
Dillard) and established
Clark as a major songwriter, rivaling his old band and often coming close to the fabness of
the Beatles. Still, despite such solid songs and backing musicians,
Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers failed to make much of an impact, perhaps due to its being released in the same week as
the Byrds'
Younger Than Yesterday, itself a tour de force that cemented their influence. However, in the realm of
Clark's recorded output, this album stands as the one of the best, if not the best, example of how powerful a singer, writer, and bandleader he was. ~ Alex Stimmel
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