Salloom-Sinclair – Salloom-Sinclair (1969)

When Roger Salloom and Robin Sinclair recorded their second album for Cadet Concept on which they sang, it marked quite a change from the first, Salloom-Sinclair and the Mother Bear. The first LP had been fairly typical 1968 blues-rock-psychedelia, but Salloom-Sinclair was far more in a county-rock groove, recorded in Nashville with session ace and Dylan sideman Charlie McCoy producing. It's actually an improvement over Salloom-Sinclair and the Mother Bear in that the more histrionic excesses of Salloom's songwriting and Sinclair's singing are toned down considerably. At the same time, it's rather ho-hum if affable laid-back, countrified late-'60s rock. The sound of Dylan-in-Nashville is particularly in evidence on "I'm Comin' Home Again," with its steel guitar and organ. Sinclair was a fine rock singer with strong shades of soul, blues, and gospel ("Violence, Blam Blam, I'm Sorry" sounds a little like Janis Joplin's more soul-gospel-slanted stuff), but she really needed more distinctive material than this to make a mark. About the only song that demands a second listen is the uncharacteristically powerful and foreboding "Animal," which boasts a killer ominous riff, eerie wavering background tones, and Marty Balin-esque vocals from Salloom.

Salloom-Sinclair – Salloom-Sinclair (1969)

1. Lesson At The Delicatessen - 2:39

2. Motorcycle - 3:47

3. One More Try - 3:42

4. I`m Comin Home Again - 3:02

5. Violence, Blam Blam, I`m Sorry - 4:03

6. Animal - 5:22

7. Faith Has Been Given - 3:24

8. Let`s Be Right - 4:06

9. Exhaustion - 2:06

10.Sleep - 2:21

All songs by Roger Salloom except track #9 by Robin Sinclair

Personnel :

Robin Sinclair - Guitar, Vocals

Roger Sinclair - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

David Briggs - Piano

Kenny Buttrey - Drums

Mac Gayden - Electric Guitar

Jim Isbell - Percussion

Charlie McCoy - Bass, Guitar, Harp, Mellophonium, Percussion, Producer

Wayne Moss - Engineer

Iodine Muscatel - Tambourine

Weldon Myrick - Steel  Guitar

Norbert Putnam - Bass

David Satterfield - Vocals

Buddy Spicher - Cello, Viola

Bob Wilson - Organ

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