Native Sons

by The Long Ryders

Native Sons cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1984
  • Label: Frontier
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:18
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Tom Stevens, Sid Griffin, Stephen McCarthy, Henry Lewy, Phil Kenzie, Dave Pearlman, Paul McKenna, Greg Sowders

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Emerging from the Los Angeles Paisley Underground scene, the band seamlessly married the jangling folk-rock of The Byrds with the grit of punk rock. Produced by Henry Lewy, the record embraces traditional American instrumentation like autoharps and mandolins, prefiguring the massive alt-country movement of the following decade. It features a notable guest vocal appearance by Gene Clark on the track 'Ivory Tower'.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, jangly, harmonies, guitar-driven, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Final Wild Son (2:35)
  2. Still Get By (2:50)
  3. Ivory Tower (3:00)
  4. Run Dusty Run (2:24)
  5. (Sweet) Mental Revenge (2:50)
  6. Fair Game (2:35)
  7. Tell It To The Judge On Sunday (3:06)
  8. Wreck Of The 809 (3:54)
  9. Too Close To The Light (4:00)
  10. Never Got To Meet The Mom (2:14)
  11. I Had A Dream (3:50)

Credits

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