The second and last Zephyr LP to feature wunderkind guitarist
Tommy Bolin, Going Back to Colorado is a '70s rock sleeper, popular only among obsessive Bolin fans. Singer Candy Givens refines her Joplinesque delivery on the 1971 Warner Bros. release, but fails to define a sound of her own. Hippy-drippy moments like those on "Miss Libertine" come off as a little naïve, and the entire recording lacks a unique vision. When Bolin rips it up on tracks like "See My People Come Together," all the revolutionary clichés become tolerable. Unfortunately, most of this album's material is tired, and Givens' delivery is too derivative. Bolin has his share of shining moments, but they are not quite in keeping with his band's "free love" aesthetic, and ultimately the choice licks are wasted on Going Back to Colorado. Fans of the guitarist should still snatch this record up when they can, if for no other reason than to chart Bolin's musical development.
(By Vincent Jeffries)
ZEPHYR
"GOING BACK TO COLORADO"
1971
WARNER BROTHERS
1 Going Back to Colorado 4:17
2 Miss Libertine 3:19
3 Night Fades Softly 3:22
4 Radio Song 2:28
5 See My People Come Together 6:09
6 Showbizzy 2:34
7 Keep Me 4:24
8 Take My Love 4:18
9 I'll Be Right Here 4:26
10 At This Very Moment 5:54
Bobby Berge / Drums
Tommy Bolin / Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel), Vocals, Guitar (12 String), Vibraphone
Paul Conley / Moog Synthesizer On Track 3
John Faris / Organ, Flute, Piano, Keyboards, Sax (Soprano), Lead Vocal On Track 8
Paul Fleisher / Saxophones On Track 4
Eileen Gilbert / Vocals (bckgr)
Candy Givens / Harmonica, Piano, Vocals
David Givens / Bass, Vocals On Track 2
Eddie Kramer / Percussion, Piano, Clavinet
Buzzy Linhart / Vocals On Track 4
Gerard McMahon / Vocals (bckgr)
Albertine Robinson / Vocals (bckgr)
Tasha Thomas / Vocals (bckgr)
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