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Let it Fly

The Dillards

Album · 1990 · Vanguard VHD 79460

The Dillards’ Let It Fly was released on Vanguard in 1991 as VHD 79460. Herb Pedersen produced the album, and Scott MacPherson recorded and mixed it. Rodney Dillard and Herb Pedersen share the vocals, and Pedersen plays guitar and banjo; Dean Webb plays mandolin, Steve Cooley guitars and banjo, Bill Bryson bass and Rick Williams drums. Byron Berline plays fiddle on the opening “Darlin’ Boys” and the title song, and Tom Brumley adds pedal steel on “Out on a Limb” and “Tears Won’t Dry in the Rain.” Mitch Jayne wrote the liner notes and speaks on “Wizard of Song.”

The twelve songs also include “Close the Door Lightly,” “Old Train,” “Ozark Nights” and “One Too Many Mornings.” The Dillards had signed with Elektra in 1962 after moving to Los Angeles and made four albums for the label in the following years, and they appeared as the Darlings on The Andy Griffith Show from 1963 to 1966.

Tracklist

  1. 1 Darlin' Boys 2:20
  2. 2 Close The Door Lightly 3:25
  3. 3 Old Train alt version 2:18
  4. 4 Big Ship 4:16
  5. 5 Missing You 4:25
  6. 6 Out On A Limb 2:47
  7. 7 Ozark Nights 2:47
  8. 8 Tears Won't Dry In The Rain 4:55
  9. 9 Livin' In The House 2:13
  10. 10 One Too Many Mornings 3:26
  11. 11 Let It Fly 3:41
  12. 12 Wizard Of Song 4:07

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