Desert Rose cover

Desert Rose was released in 1984 by Sugar Hill Records (SH-3743). It was recorded at Peace in the Valley Studio and mastered at A&M Records, with Al Perkins as producer and Joe Bellamy as engineer. Perkins also plays dobro on two tracks.

Chris Hillman, who had started out in the bluegrass bands the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers and the Golden State Boys (later the Hillmen) before becoming the original bassist of the Byrds, sings, plays rhythm guitar and plays mandolin. Herb Pedersen adds harmony vocals and plays rhythm guitar and, on the title song, banjo. The band is Jay Dee Maness on pedal steel, Glen Hardin on piano, Jerry Scheff on bass and Ron Tutt on drums. James Burton, Bob Warford and Bernie Leadon play electric guitar on different songs, and Leadon plays banjo on “Turn Your Radio On.” Byron Berline fiddles on four tracks, Ray Park on “Turn Your Radio On.”

Hillman put together the Desert Rose Band in 1985 with Pedersen and others; Maness later became one of its members.

Tracklist

  1. 1 Why You Been Gone So Long alt version 3:13
  2. 2 Somebody's Back In Town 2:38
  3. 3 Wall Around Your Heart alt version 4:03
  4. 4 My Rough And Rowdy Ways 2:12
  5. 5 Desert Rose 2:54
  6. 6 Running The Roadblocks 2:26
  7. 7 I Can't Keep You In Love With Me 2:53
  8. 8 Treasure Of Love 2:23
  9. 9 Ashes of Love alt version 2:22
  10. 10 Turn Your Radio On alt version 2:32

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