Down Home (Seals and Crofts album)

Down Home is the second studio album by pop-folk duo Seals and Crofts, released in 1970.[3][4][5]

Down Home
Studio album by Seals and Crofts
Released	September 1970
Genre	Folk rock
Length	35:23
Label	TA Records[1]
Producer	John Simon
Seals and Crofts chronology
Seals and Crofts (1969) Down Home (1970) Year of Sunday (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts unless otherwise noted.

Side one

1. "Ridin' Thumb" - 3:50
2. "Hand-Me-Down Shoe" - 3:28
3. "Purple Hand" - 2:36
4. "Robin" - 1:55
5. "Hollow Reed" - 3:31

Side two

1. "Gabriel Go On Home" - 3:54
2. "Tin Town" - 3:13
3. "Today" - 3:39
4. "Cotton Mouth" - 3:42
5. "Granny Will Your Dog Bite?" (Traditional, arranged by Seals) - 0:40
6. "Leave" (Seals, John Trombatore) - 4:55
7. "See My Life (Reprise)" [secret track] (Seals) - 0:25

Charts

Chart (1970/71)	Peak position
Canada[6]	74

Personnel

• Jimmy Seals – vocals, acoustic guitar, violin
• Dash Crofts – vocals, mandolin
• John Hall – electric guitar
• John Simon – piano
• Paul Harris – organ
• Eddie Rich – bass A1, B2, B6
• Harvey Brooks – bass A3, A5, B1, B4
• Jim Rolleston – bass A2, A4, B3, B5
• Greg Thomas – drums
• Producer: John Simon
• Engineers: Mark Harman, Steve Barncard, Tony May
• Album design: Wayne Kimbell
• Cover photograph: Richard Edlund
• Liner photograph: Hillary Herbst

References

1. Koster, Rick (May 8, 2000). Texas Music. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312254254 – via Google Books.
2. Down Home at AllMusic
3. "Seals & Crofts Down Home". allmusic.com/. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
4. Olson, James Stuart (November 27, 1999). Historical Dictionary of the 1970s. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313305436 – via Google Books.
5. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
6. "RPM Top 100 Albums - December 5, 1970" (PDF).