Don't Look Down (Ozark Mountain Daredevils album)

Don't Look Down
Studio album by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Released	October 1977
Genre	Country rock, Southern rock
Label	A&M
Producer	David Kershenbaum
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils chronology
Men from Earth (1976) Don't Look Down (1977) It's Alive (1979)

Don't Look Down is the fifth album by the Southern rock/Country rock band The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. The band lost another founding member, Buddy Brayfield, gained a new producer David Kershenbaum, and added three new players, including singer/guitarist and longtime pal Steve Canaday, who as owner of the New Bijou had been instrumental in the group's formation. Despite containing "Following The Way That I Feel", one of the strongest pop tunes in their catalogue, Don't Look Down didn't meet sales expectations, and presaged the Ozark Mountain Daredevils' move from A&M Records to Columbia Records.

The album is mentioned in the book Barrel Fever, by David Sedaris, in "Don's Story".

Track listing[]

1. "River To The Sun" (Steve Cash, John Dillon)-3:25
2. "Crazy Lovin'" (Steve Cash, John Dillon)-3:53
3. "Giving It All To The Wind" (Larry Lee)-4:13
4. "The Fox" (Steve Cash)-2:45
5. "Backroads" (Steve Canady)-3:13
6. "Snowbound" (Steve Cash, John Dillon)-3:30
7. "Following The Way That I Feel" (Larry Lee)-3:35
8. "Love Makes The Lover" (John Dillon, Steve Cash)-3:21
9. "True Believer" (Larry Lee, Steve Cash)-4:13
10. "Moon On The Rise" (Larry Lee, Steve Cash)-3:05
11. "Stinghead" (Michael Granda)-2:09
12. "Sweetwood"*
13. "Plainity"*
14. "Valencia Road"*

*Bonus tracks found only on the New Era Productions CD release.

Charts[]

Personnel[]

• Larry Lee - Drums, acoustic guitar, synthesizer and vocals
• Steve Cash - Harp, percussion and vocals
• John Dillon - Guitars, fiddle, piano on "Crazy Lovin'" and vocals
• Michael "Supe" Granda - Bass, acoustic guitar and vocals
• Steve Canaday - Guitar, drums and vocals
• Jerry Mills - Mandolin
• Rune Walle - Guitars, sitar, banjo and vocals on "Stinghead"
• Ruell Chappell - Keyboards and vocals

Geoff Richardson - Viola on "Giving It All To The Wind." Geoffrey Richardson appears courtesy of Arista Records.

Production[]

Recorded at Caribou Ranch, Colorado. Mixed at AIR, London Engineered by Pete Henderson Assisted by Tom Likes and Nigel Walker. Road Manager: Charlie McCall. Equipment: Larry Tucker and Dick Trask. Lights and Stage Production: Dan Mayoand Rick Redford. Artist Management: Good Karma Productions, Kansas City, Missouri. Art Direction: Roland Young. Designers: Brian Hagiwara, Stan Evanson. Cover Photography: Mark Hanauer. Inner-sleeve Photography: Jim McCrary.

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