No, this album is not about the former president of the US. He had other things on his mind at the time his namesake recorded this wonderfully relaxed country-rock album in the rural seclusion of Missouri in 1977: an album that is traded at top prices among collectors. The Numero Group label re-released the Jimmy Carter & The Dallas County Green oeuvre again about five years ago, albeit in a small limited edition. Now there is a new edition that makes the beguiling mixture of vocal harmonies between folk and West Coast rock plus the refreshed country variant, aka Cosmic American Music in memory of Gram Parsons, available again as a sound recording. The title points the way to a lyrical world that was probably more of a wish than reality even back then. Friendship, summer in the sticks and life on the road are perhaps not without a touch of melancholy, while drummer Steve Storey and the two lead guitarists Steve Lemons and Bill Belky sometimes evoke associations with the Grateful Dead. In the title song »Summer Brings The Sunshine«, two-part leads resound, reminiscent of the Allman Brothers when both of them indulged their love of white country music.
Bonnie ›Prince‹ Billy
Keeping Secrets Will Destroy
Domino