Matthews' Southern Comfort - Later That Same (1970) [FLAC]

Matthews' Southern Comfort - Later That Same Year (1970)

Genre: UK, Folk Rock, Country Rock

Tracklist:

"Woodstock" (Joni Mitchell) - 4:26
"To Love" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) - 4:42
"And Me" (Ian Matthews) - 4:39
"Tell Me Why" (Neil Young) - 2:04
"My Lady" (Ian Matthews) - 1:38
"And When She Smiles (She Makes The Sun Shine)" (Alan Anderson) - 2:13
"Mare, Take Me Home" (Alan Anderson (musician)|Alan Anderson) - 3:43
"Sylvie" (Ysaye Barnwell) - 5:41
"The Brand New Tennessee Waltz" (Jesse Winchester) - 3:00
"For Melanie" (Ysaye Barnwell) - 6:40
"Road to Ronderlin" (Ian Matthews) - 2:19


Ian Matthews left Fairport Convention in 1969, and while the U.K.'s greatest folk-rock band was beginning to reinvent itself in a more traditional and very British direction, Matthews began digging deeper into the American influences that had marked his old band's first era. Later That Same Year, the second album from Ian's new group Matthews Southern Comfort (it was released in late 1970, a mere six months after their debut, hence the title), is a beautiful set of songs that splits the difference between West Coast folk-rock and early country-rock, with Gordon Huntley's pedal steel and Roger Coulam's lending an air of sunny sadness that dovetails beautifully with Matthews' silky tenor.