This was the album Delaney and Bonnie always hoped to make.Near perfect early-1970s Memphis rock !!!
1.People All Around Me (Sid Herring-Don Taylor-Wood)
2.Four Walls (Mary Williams-Sid Herring-Don Taylor-Wood)
3.Love Shine (Dan Sullivan-Gale Harris)
4.Good Time Tomorrow (Sid Herring-Don Taylor-Wood)
5.Bad Water (Jackie DeShannon-Jimmy Holiday - Randy Meyers)
6.Who'll Take Care of Me (Sid Herring-Steve Cropper-Don Taylor-Wood)
7.Back Porch of My Mind (Mary Williams-Sid Herring-Don Taylor-Wood)
8.Love Will Be the Answer (Steve Copper-Sid herring)
10.On the Run (Bill Hodges)
Sid Herring-Guitar[Tracks 1,3,4,6,8,9]
Danny Jones-Bass[Tracks 1,3,4,6,8,9]
Don Wood-Drums[Tracks 1,3,4,6,8,9]
J.A. Spell-Piano[Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9]
Steve Cropper-Guitar[Tracks 2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
Paul Cannon-Guitar[Tracks 2,5,7]
Richie Simpson-Drums-Tracks[2,5,7]
Jimm Johnson-Bass[Tracks 2,5,7]
David Beaver-Piano[Track 3]
Watchpocket started out as a solo effort by former Gants frontman Sid Herring.When The Gants called it quits in 1971 Herring relocated to Memphis where he quickly found friends at Jerry Williams and Steve Cropper's TMI Studio.Credited to Watchpocket,the 1972 single 'Mammy Blue' b/w 'Who Will It Be' (TMI catalog ZS7 9005) attracted considerable local attention,leading TMI to finance a supporting album.Co-produced by Ron Capone, Cropper and Williams,1973's cleverly-titled "Watchpocket" served to showcase Herring's impressive soulful growling voice(if there was ever a young white guy who sounded like a 70 year old blues singer it was Herring), as well as the considerable talents of the TMI studio players.Largely penned by Herring with support from former Gants drummer Don Taylor-Wood the collection literally dripped with blue-eyed soul. Imagine The Gants had they been allowed to record more original material and you'd know what to expect here.With the exception of the bland MOR ballad 'Who'll Take Care of Me', there literally was not a bad song on the album.Unfortunately for some reason,TMI elected not to include the earlier single 'Mammy Blue' on the album. Combined with RCA's lukewarm support for the collection,the end result was little in the way of sales. Herring actually put together a touring version of Watchpocket but outside of the local area the band did little and within a year he'd walked away from the project,returning to his native Mississippi.
~Enjoy~
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