Michael Rabon & Choctaw "Michael Rabon & Choctaw" (Uni Records, 1970) (LP)
(Produced by Robin Hood Brians & Michael Rabon)
A non-pop outing from Michael Rabon (1943-2022) the former lead singer
of the bubblegum-ish 'Sixties Top 40 band The Five Americans, and who
later played guitar in the rock band Gladstone. He apparently dropped
out and went to live in the desert after the his days of '60s pop glory,
and this album seems to have been a musical declaration of
independence. There's some overt country-rock on here, particularly on
songs like "Texas Sparrow" and "Country Music," though the album is even
more full of mellow folk-psych tunes and (semi-) hard rock with power
chords though with thankfully little macho swagger. The twang tunes are
interesting, particularly how Rabon blended pedal steel with sharper
rock guitars... Although this is more of a rock record, its early '70s
release does make it a credible country-rock forerunner, and it'll
probably be of interest to folks who are into Mike Nesmith's music of
the same era.
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