''BOYER & TALTON''
1975
41:53
1 - Patch & Pain Killer 3:24
2 - Coming Back To You 3:11
3 - Everyone Has A Chance To Feel 4:42
4 - Where Can You Go 2:19
5 - I Heard Someone Talking; Love 40 7:40
6 - Road Gravy Chase 3:19
7 - Something To Please Us 3:03
8 - Long Ride 3:56
9 - Message In The Wind 4:23
10 - Houston; Houston Vamp 5:50
Scott Boyer /Guitar
Randall Bramblett /Saxophone, Vocals
Dave Brown /Saxophone
David Brown /Vocals
Ella Brown /Vocals
Toy Caldwell /Guitar
Donna Hall /Vocals
Charlie Hayward /Bass
Paul Hornsby /Keyboards
John Hughey /Guitar
Jaimoe Johnson /Percussion
Joyce Knight /Vocals
Chuck Leavell /Piano
Dru Lombar /Banjo
Jim Nalls /Guitar
Johnny Sandlin /Bass, Producer
Bill Stewart /Drums
Tommy Talton /Guitar, Vocals
REVIEW
By James Chrispell
After touring in support of <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gregg-allman-mn0000801101" class="name-link">Gregg Allman</a>, only <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/scott-boyer-mn0000305415" class="name-link">Scott Boyer</a> and <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-talton-mn0000518174" class="name-link">Tommy Talton</a> remained of the original band. The release of <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/boyer-talton-mw0000838868" class="album-link">Boyer & Talton</a>, still using the <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cowboy-mn0000120411" class="name-link">Cowboy</a> moniker, proves justified, as this record is a natural progression from 5'll Getcha Ten. Utilizing a crack support band made up of musicians in the Capricorn corral, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/boyer-talton-mw0000838868" class="album-link">Boyer & Talton</a> deliver the goods and then some. From the opening "Patch & Pain Killer" right on through to the close, "Houston," this <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cowboy-mn0000120411" class="name-link">Cowboy</a> outfit rock and soul with just the right amount of smooth Southern charm to grab hold of and keep your listening attention. Probably this band's finest hour.
BIOGRAPHY
By Steve Leggett
One of Southern rock's best-kept secrets during its golden age in the 1970s, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cowboy-mn0000120411" class="name-link">Cowboy</a> was formed by songwriters <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-talton-mn0000518174" class="name-link">Tommy Talton</a> and <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/scott-boyer-mn0000305415" class="name-link">Scott Boyer</a> in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969. Playing a kind of acoustic country-rock similar to contemporaries <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pure-prairie-league-mn0000371879" class="name-link">Pure Prairie League</a>, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cowboy-mn0000120411" class="name-link">Cowboy</a> had its own twist on the formula, thanks to <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/talton-mn0000518174" class="name-link">Talton</a> and <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/boyer-mn0000305415" class="name-link">Boyer</a>'s sharp, focused songwriting and a distinguishable Muscle Shoals flair. After hearing the band, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/duane-allman-mn0000807028" class="name-link">Duane Allman</a> passed the word along to <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/phil-walden-mn0000339689" class="name-link">Phil Walden</a> at Macon, Georgia's Capricorn Records, who offered the group a recording contract. The band's membership was pretty fluid during this time, other than <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/talton-mn0000518174" class="name-link">Talton</a> and <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/boyer-mn0000305415" class="name-link">Boyer</a>, both of whom became de facto members of the Capricorn house band, playing with <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-allman-brothers-mn0000745964" class="name-link">the Allman Brothers</a>, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gregg-allman-mn0000801101" class="name-link">Gregg Allman</a>, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alex-taylor-mn0000621821" class="name-link">Alex Taylor</a>, and <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bonnie-bramlett-mn0000085415" class="name-link">Bonnie Bramlett</a>, among others. In all, four albums were released under the <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cowboy-mn0000120411" class="name-link">Cowboy</a> name on Capricorn Records, 1970's <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/reach-for-the-sky-mw0000036647" class="album-link">Reach for the Sky</a> and 1971's <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/5ll-getcha-ten-mw0000839318" class="album-link">5'll Getcha Ten</a> (combined into the two-disc compilation <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/why-quit-when-youre-losing-mw0000839204" class="album-link">Why Quit When You're Losing</a> in 1973), 1974's <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/boyer-talton-mw0000838868" class="album-link">Boyer & Talton</a>, and 1977's <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/cowboy-mw0000838361" class="album-link">Cowboy</a>. Also, the 1976 album <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/happy-to-be-alive-mw0000838517" class="album-link">Happy to Be Alive</a>, attributed to the trio of <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-talton-mn0000518174" class="name-link">Tommy Talton</a>, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bill-stewart-mn0003028816" class="name-link">Bill Stewart</a>, and <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-sandlin-mn0000245748" class="name-link">Johnny Sandlin</a>, was a <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cowboy-mn0000120411" class="name-link">Cowboy</a> album in all but name. That was it, though, until 30 years later when <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/talton-mn0000518174" class="name-link">Talton</a> and <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/boyer-mn0000305415" class="name-link">Boyer</a> put <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cowboy-mn0000120411" class="name-link">Cowboy</a> back together in 2007, recording tracks at <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sandlin-mn0000245748" class="name-link">Sandlin</a>'s Duck Tape Studio in Decatur, Alabama, but none of those tracks has yet been released.
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