''It'll Shine When It Shines'' is the second album by the American

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band

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils The Ozark Mountain Daredevils are an American rock band formed in 1972 in Springfield, Missouri. They are most widely known for their singles "If You Wanna Get to Heaven" in 1974 and " Jackie Blue" in 1975. Bassist Michael "Supe" Granda has ...

, released in 1974. Their debut album had been successful enough to give the band the clout to record their follow-up effort on the musicians' home turf. For the session, they cut their tracks in the pre-

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farmhouse that served as their rehearsal space, with producers Glyn Johns and David Anderle working from a mobile recording truck parked outside. The homey makeshift setup yielded a loose, organic vibe that invigorated material like Steve Cash's tongue-in-cheek swamp-rocker "E.E. Lawson". This album contains the band's biggest single, "

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", which reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1975. The song was brought in by Larry Lee late in the session and recorded at the insistence of Johns, who cajoled Lee into altering his original lyrics about a drug-dealing friend into a fond ode to a free-spirited female loner.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

Steve Cash Stephen Douglas Cash (May 5, 1946 – October 13, 2019) was an American musician, most notable as a founding and continual member of the rock band The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Biography Born in Springfield, Missouri, Cash received his under ...

- harmonica, percussion, vocals *John Dillon - guitar, dulcimer, harp, keyboards, vocals *Larry Lee - guitar, keyboards, drums, vocals *

Randle Chowning Randle Lynn Chowning (born April 4, 1950, in Mountain View, Missouri) is an American musician best known as the founder, one of the lead vocalists, and the lead guitarist of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. High school and college From a very ea ...

- guitar, dobro, mandolin, harmonica, vocals * Michael Granda - bass, guitar, vocals * Buddy Brayfield - keyboards, vocals *

Glyn Johns Glyn Thomas Johns (born 15 February 1942) is an English musician, recording engineer and record producer. Biography Early history Johns was born in Epsom, Surrey, England. He had three siblings, two older sisters and a younger brother, Andy ...

- guitar *Nick DeCaro - accordion * Jody Troutman - background vocals

Production

*Producer: Glyn Johns/David Anderle *Recording Engineer: Glyn Johns *Art Direction: Roland Young *Photography: Harry Mittman, Jim Mayfield *Liner notes: Ken Seeholzer

References

{{Authority control The Ozark Mountain Daredevils albums 1974 albums Albums produced by Glyn Johns Albums produced by David Anderle A&M Records albums