Lazarus - Lazarus (1971) FLAC
BAND/ARTIST: Lazarus
- Title: Lazarus
- Year Of Release: 1971
- Label: Bearsville Records
- Genre: Rock, Prog Rock, Jazz-Rock
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 00:44:44
- Total Size: 227,76 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
[3:34] 01. Lazarus - Refugee
[4:31] 02. Lazarus - Whatever Happened
[5:05] 03. Lazarus - Looking Through
[4:14] 04. Lazarus - Listening House
[4:10] 05. Lazarus - Circuit Rider
[3:04] 06. Lazarus - Warmth Of Your Eyes
[3:16] 07. Lazarus - Blessed
[4:23] 08. Lazarus - Eastward
[3:43] 09. Lazarus - Memory Of A Stranger
[4:02] 10. Lazarus - Doncha Cry
[4:43] 11. Lazarus - Rivers
EDITORS’ NOTES
The quietly powerful music of Lazarus won a limited but fervent audience during the early ‘70s. The Texas folk-pop trio’s 1971 self-titled debut album is an overlooked gem, filled with gorgeous vocal harmonies and understated yet stirring acoustic instrumental work. Lead singer Bill Hughes’ high, pure tenor serves as a perfect vehicle for the yearning and reverence embodied in his lyrics. Lazarus’ Christian faith — linking them with the Jesus Music movement of their era — is reflected both directly and obliquely on this album. “Refugee,” “Whatever Happened,” and especially “Circuit Rider” (a haunting Western-themed tune sparked by Hughes’ plaintive fiddle) depict a pilgrim’s lonesome travels across a spiritually barren landscape. Balancing these unsettled tunes are such ringing statements of belief as “Blessed” and “Rivers.” The songs benefit from the unadorned production of Peter Yarrow and Phil Ramone, who capture the trio’s sound with exceptional clarity and vividness. There’s no denying that Lazarus is an album of its time but these songs are more than just period pieces.
About Lazarus
Lazarus were a soft rock trio, originally known as Shiloh, who were one of the early signings to the Bearsville label -- and like a lot of that company's early signings, their music came and went without much notice from the public, despite their having the attention of Peter Yarrow as the producer of their two LPs. Legend has it (as also referenced in the notes to their debut LP) that they approached Yarrow backstage following a 1969 Peter, Paul and Mary concert. In short order, they were renamed Lazarus and cutting an album under the auspices of Yarrow and Peter, Paul and Mary producer Phil Ramone, and were signed to Bearsville, a record company newly organized by PPM manager Albert Grossman.
They were, in fact, Christian rockers, which was something relatively new in those days -- the back-to-Jesus movement, as an offshoot of the counterculture, had just gotten rolling a couple of years earlier. The members were Bill (Billie) Hughes on guitar, violin, and backing vocals; Carl Keesee on bass and vocals; and Gary Dye on keyboards and vocals. Their sound was basically acoustic rock with minimal amplification and lots of harmony vocals -- think of Crosby, Stills & Nash or a low-wattage answer to the Doobie Brothers from the time of their second or third album. And in a way, it's ironic that Peter Yarrow, of the PPM lineup, ended up producing them, as Noel "Paul" Stookey was the trio's most overtly religious practitioner (and a devout born-again Christian as well), and ended up performing Bill Hughes' "Blessed," a song off of Lazarus' self-titled debut album, at his Carnegie Hall concert, released by Warner Bros. as One Night Stand.
In any case, neither of Lazarus' two albums sold in any serious numbers, but the group was still working in the mid-'70s. One report has them doing a Life Savers jingle during this period. Hughes, who passed away in Los Angeles in 1998, went solo in 1978, cutting his first album for Epic that year. He also worked with Keesee in Canada, cutting records into the early '90s. Keesee played a lot of sessions, including recordings with Jane Siberry, and -- with Hughes -- recorded with David Bradstreet. The second Lazarus album, Fool's Paradise, was released by Pony Canyon in Japan on CD, but otherwise the group's main exposure in recent decades was the 2000 reissue of "Ladyfriends 2" from their second album on Bearsville Anthology. ~ Bruce Eder
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[3:34] 01. Lazarus - Refugee
[4:31] 02. Lazarus - Whatever Happened
[5:05] 03. Lazarus - Looking Through
[4:14] 04. Lazarus - Listening House
[4:10] 05. Lazarus - Circuit Rider
[3:04] 06. Lazarus - Warmth Of Your Eyes
[3:16] 07. Lazarus - Blessed
[4:23] 08. Lazarus - Eastward
[3:43] 09. Lazarus - Memory Of A Stranger
[4:02] 10. Lazarus - Doncha Cry
[4:43] 11. Lazarus - Rivers
EDITORS’ NOTES
The quietly powerful music of Lazarus won a limited but fervent audience during the early ‘70s. The Texas folk-pop trio’s 1971 self-titled debut album is an overlooked gem, filled with gorgeous vocal harmonies and understated yet stirring acoustic instrumental work. Lead singer Bill Hughes’ high, pure tenor serves as a perfect vehicle for the yearning and reverence embodied in his lyrics. Lazarus’ Christian faith — linking them with the Jesus Music movement of their era — is reflected both directly and obliquely on this album. “Refugee,” “Whatever Happened,” and especially “Circuit Rider” (a haunting Western-themed tune sparked by Hughes’ plaintive fiddle) depict a pilgrim’s lonesome travels across a spiritually barren landscape. Balancing these unsettled tunes are such ringing statements of belief as “Blessed” and “Rivers.” The songs benefit from the unadorned production of Peter Yarrow and Phil Ramone, who capture the trio’s sound with exceptional clarity and vividness. There’s no denying that Lazarus is an album of its time but these songs are more than just period pieces.
About Lazarus
Lazarus were a soft rock trio, originally known as Shiloh, who were one of the early signings to the Bearsville label -- and like a lot of that company's early signings, their music came and went without much notice from the public, despite their having the attention of Peter Yarrow as the producer of their two LPs. Legend has it (as also referenced in the notes to their debut LP) that they approached Yarrow backstage following a 1969 Peter, Paul and Mary concert. In short order, they were renamed Lazarus and cutting an album under the auspices of Yarrow and Peter, Paul and Mary producer Phil Ramone, and were signed to Bearsville, a record company newly organized by PPM manager Albert Grossman.
They were, in fact, Christian rockers, which was something relatively new in those days -- the back-to-Jesus movement, as an offshoot of the counterculture, had just gotten rolling a couple of years earlier. The members were Bill (Billie) Hughes on guitar, violin, and backing vocals; Carl Keesee on bass and vocals; and Gary Dye on keyboards and vocals. Their sound was basically acoustic rock with minimal amplification and lots of harmony vocals -- think of Crosby, Stills & Nash or a low-wattage answer to the Doobie Brothers from the time of their second or third album. And in a way, it's ironic that Peter Yarrow, of the PPM lineup, ended up producing them, as Noel "Paul" Stookey was the trio's most overtly religious practitioner (and a devout born-again Christian as well), and ended up performing Bill Hughes' "Blessed," a song off of Lazarus' self-titled debut album, at his Carnegie Hall concert, released by Warner Bros. as One Night Stand.
In any case, neither of Lazarus' two albums sold in any serious numbers, but the group was still working in the mid-'70s. One report has them doing a Life Savers jingle during this period. Hughes, who passed away in Los Angeles in 1998, went solo in 1978, cutting his first album for Epic that year. He also worked with Keesee in Canada, cutting records into the early '90s. Keesee played a lot of sessions, including recordings with Jane Siberry, and -- with Hughes -- recorded with David Bradstreet. The second Lazarus album, Fool's Paradise, was released by Pony Canyon in Japan on CD, but otherwise the group's main exposure in recent decades was the 2000 reissue of "Ladyfriends 2" from their second album on Bearsville Anthology. ~ Bruce Eder
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