Posted On: Saturday - January 26th 2019 6:42PM MST
In Topics: Music
Peak Stupidity featured the song James Dean in our post yesterday on Rebels (with or without causes) from the great 1970's band The Eagles out of southern California.
As I read the wiki page on the album On the Border, the 3rd album by this band on which the song appeared, I read that this piece of opinionated BS from a Rolling Stone reviewer of the time, one Janet Maslin: "Overall, she judged the album "a tight and likable collection, with nine potential singles working in its favor and only one dud ("Midnight Flyer") to weigh it down, ..."" Well, we know Rolling Stone is nothing but a rag now, but it was the in magazine/newsletter for fans of the music industry for decades. Even so, I really beg to differ with this lady's writing from 45 years ago. I'm sure it's not what she's worried about right now, but, yeah, she didn't get the country/bluegrass side of The Eagles.
Midnight Flyer features the banjo of Bernie Leadon, and the vocals of Randy Miesner, the bass guitar player. That's what you need on a bluegrassy song, that high-and-lonesome sound. The song was written by a guy named Paul Craft (died about 5 years back) who was also known for writing the country song Dropkick me, Jesus as sung by Bobby Bare.
Enjoy this great music, and thanks for reading!
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