Family - A Song For Me (1970)

 The third album in the discography Family. Released January 23, 1970, and already on February 7th album climbed to # 4 in the UK Albums Chart, marking the highest achievement group in the charts (in the US, still, past). With the emergence of new participants in the group: bassist / violinist John Weider (ex-Eric Burdon and The Animals), and especially multi-instrumentalist (keyboards, flute, vibraphone) "Poli" Palmer (ex-The Hellions, ex-Eclection) - changed the band's sound in Compared with previous work, from jazz and blues, he became closer to folk-rock, as well as to the country, and the texts became simpler and easier (socio-political commentary Chapman). But the voice was Chapman - one critic called him vocal style "electric bleating", another described his formula: Bob Dylan Marc Bolan.

***~Tracklist ~***

All tracks written by John "Charlie" Whitney / Roger Chapman except where noted.
01. Drowned In Wine - 4:07
02. Some Poor Soul - 2:42
03. Love Is A Sleeper - 4:00
04. Stop For The Traffic - Through The Heart Of Me - 2:09
05. Wheels (Whitney / Chapman / Ric Grech) - 4:38
06. Song For Sinking Lovers - 4:03
07. Hey - Let It Rock - 1:01
08. The Cat And The Rat - 2:30
09. 93's OK J (Whitney / John Weider) - 3:57
10. A Song For Me (Whitney / Chapman / Weider / Robert Townsend) - 9:13

***~The Band~***

- Roger Chapman - vocals, percussion
- John "Charlie" Whitney - guitars, banjo, organ
- Robert Townsend - drums, percussion, harp
- John Weider - bass, violin, dobro
- John Michael "Poli" Palmer - vibes, piano, flute

- George Bruno - organ (03)




**Enjoy**