Don't Give Up Your Day Job, released by United Artists in 1973 and produced by Jim Dickson, is one of the early defining records of the California progressive-bluegrass scene that grew out of the Flying Burrito Brothers and the late-1960s country-rock world. The Country Gazette lineup of Byron Berline on fiddle, Roger Bush on bass, Kenny Wertz on guitar, and Alan Munde on banjo runs through material drawn openly from outside bluegrass — Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Elton John, and others — with guests Herb Pedersen, Clarence White (on five tracks), Leland Sklar, and Al Perkins joining in. The result was a record that announced bluegrass as a stylistic destination for songs of any provenance.
Tracklist
- 1 Huckleberry Hornpipe alt version 4:14
- 2 The fallen eagle 2:00
- 3 I don't believe you met my baby 1:58
- 4 Deputy Dalton 2:07
- 5 Teach Your Children alt version 2:39
- 6 My Oklahoma 2:31
- 7 Down the Road alt version 2:40
- 8 Winterwood 2:45
- 9 Honky cat 2:39
- 10 Snowball 2:25
- 11 Lonesome blues 1:43
- 12 Singin' all day and dinner on the ground 2:04
