1. Hold Me Down
2. In Your Quiet Home
3. Fools and Friends
4. No One and the Sun
5. Vieux Carre
6. Flying Horse of Louisiana
7. After I Smoke,I Like to Sleep
8. One Life Two Live
9. Black Blues
Harvey Jett: guitar,organ,vocals
Pat Daugherty: bass,vocals
Rick Reynolds: twelve string guitar,vocals
Artis Brewer: guitar,vocals
Sam Schattenberg: drums
James Mangrum: vocal
Black Oak Arkansas,originally named "The Knowbody Else," was formed in 1963 by some "high school pals" living in the area around Black Oak,Arkansas.Original members included Ronnie "Chicky Hawk" Smith (vocals),Rickie Lee (alternately "Ricochet" or "Risky") Reynolds (guitar), Stanley "Goober Grin" Knight (guitar),Harvey "Burley" Jett (guitar),Pat "Dirty" Daugherty (bass) and Wayne "Squeezebox" Evans (drums).At some point the band and Ronnie "Chicky Hawk" Smith agreed that a mutual friend named James "Jim Dandy" Mangrum would make a better front man,while Smith agreed that he himself would make a better stage production manager.The band's first PA system was stolen from Monette High School.The group then cleaned out an old galvanized grain bin on the edge of town and began blasting out ear-piercing sounds that echoed their special blend of music that came from rock,gospel,country and blues influences.Members of the group were subsequently charged in absentia with grand larceny and sentenced to 26 years at the Tucker Prison Farm,a sentence that was later suspended.This led to their retreat to the hills of rural north-central Arkansas where they lived off the land and refined their musical style.They also lived in Long Beach,Mississippi and played at the local Lobe theater/dance hall and the short-lived venue,"The Black Rainbow." Some of their influences during this time were the Beatles and the Byrds.The Knowbody Else moved to Memphis,Tennessee in 1969 and signed a record deal with Stax Records.Their self-titled debut album was largely ignored by the public.During this time the band became interested in psychedelia and Eastern spiritualism which,combined with their Southern Baptist upbringing,contributed to their sound.
After several trips to Los Angeles,California,in 1970, the band was signed by Atco Records (whose parent label Atlantic Records once had a partnership with Stax) and rechristened "Black Oak Arkansas".
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