Desperado The Best of Country Rock

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Let Your Love Flow
The Bellamy Brothers3:19
2Lotta LoveNicolette Larson3:10
3Amie
Pure Prairie League4:21
4I Still Have Dreams
Richie Furay3:26
5Black Water
additional recording engineer:
Lee Herschberg
recording engineer:
Donn Landee
miscellaneous support:
Benita Brazier (task: production coordinator)
producer:
Ted Templeman
autoharp:
Arlo Guthrie
congas and timbales:
Eddie Guzman
frame drum [pandeiro], marimba and tabla:
Milt Holland
keyboard:
Bill Payne
pedal steel guitar:
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
viola:
Novi
arranger:
Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love and The Memphis Horns
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (, in 1974)
recording of:
Black Water
lyricist, writer and composer:
Patrick Simmons
publisher:
Lansdowne Music Publishers, WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
The Doobie Brothers4:18
6You Are The Woman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1976)
recording of:
You Are the Woman
writer:
Rick Roberts
Firefall2:37
7The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Band3:33
8Blue Bayou
recording engineer and mixer:
Val Garay
assistant engineer:
Mark Howlett
producer:
Peter Asher
acoustic guitar:
Waddy Wachtel (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22)
bass guitar [bass] and mandolin:
Kenny Edwards (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22)
cowbell, drums (drum set) and electronic drum set [syn-drums]:
Rick Marotta (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22)
electric piano:
Don Grolnick (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22)
marimba:
Steve Forman (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22)
steel guitar:
Dan Dugmore (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22)
background vocals:
Kenny Edwards (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22) and Don Henley (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22)
lead vocals:
Linda Ronstadt (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Asylum Records (in 1977), WEA International Inc. (in 1978) and Elektra/Asylum Records (in 2017)
recorded at:
Sound Factory, LA in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978 (number: 61)
cover recording of:
Blue Bayou (from 1977-05-23 until 1977-07-22)
lyricist:
Joe Melson (in 1963) and Roy Orbison (in 1963)
composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (in 1961)
Linda Ronstadt3:55
9Uncle John’s BandGrateful Dead4:45
10Fallin’ In Love
The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band3:31
11Crazy Love
Poco2:56
12DesperadoLinda Ronstadt3:32
13If I Could Only Win Your Love
recording of:
If I Could Only Win Your Love
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
Emmylou Harris2:38
14Return Of The Grievous Angel
recording of:
Return of the Grievous Angel
lyricist and composer:
Tom S. Brown and Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons4:24
15Willin’
recording of:
Willin’
lyricist and composer:
Lowell George
publisher:
Naked Snake Music
Little Feat3:53
16Never Ending Song Of Love
recording of:
Never Ending Song of Love (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Delaney Bramlett
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends3:21
2CD