Wrong End of the Rainbow

Wrong End of the Rainbow is the 1970 album from pioneer Folk rock musician Tom Rush. The music on this album, his second in 1970, tends to lean more toward the country rock style.[1] The album was on the Billboard 200 chart for nine weeks and charted as high as #110 on January 30, 1971.[2]

Wrong End of the Rainbow
Studio album by Tom Rush
Released	October, 1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Country rock, folk rock
Length	37:43
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Briggs
Tom Rush chronology
Tom Rush (1970) Wrong End of the Rainbow (1970) Merrimack County (1972)
Singles from Wrong End of the Rainbow
"Sweet Baby James" Released: January 29, 1971 "Wrong End of the Rainbow" Released: April 2, 1971

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Wrong End of the Rainbow" (Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch) – 2:48
2. "Biloxi" (Jesse Winchester) – 4:40
3. "Merrimack County" (Rush, Veitch) – 2:50
4. "Riding on a Railroad" (James Taylor) – 5:47
5. "Paddy West" (Arranged and adapted by Rush) – :19
6. "Came to See Me Yesterday in the Merry Month of" (Ray O'Sullivan) – 1:43
7. "Starlight" (Rush) – 4:38
8. "Sweet Baby James" (Taylor) – 3:16
9. "Rotunda" (Rush, Veitch) – 3:22
10. "Jazzman" (Ed Holstein) – 2:33
11. "Gnostic Serenade" (William Hawkins) – 4:52

Personnel

Musicians

• Tom Rush – guitar, vocals
• Trevor Veitch – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, mandocello, dulcimer, vocals
• David Bromberg – pedal steel guitar
• Paul Armin – violin, viola
• Bob Boucher – bass
• John Locke – organ, piano (tracks 1, 7)
• Erik Robertson – organ, piano (all tracks except 1, 7)
• Brent Titcomb – harmonica
• Dave Lewis – drums, percussion

Technical

• David Briggs – producer
• Jim Reeves – engineer
• Ed Freeman – arranger
• Bob Cato – photography, design

References

1. Wrong End of the Rainbow at AllMusic
2. "Billboard 200 - January 30, 1971". Retrieved July 16, 2017.