I listened to Our Mother The Mountain all weekend, Townes' second album, released in 1969 on Poppy Records. The cover artwork was done by the amazing Milton Glaser and features a very stern, serious-faced Townes.
The album was recorded in Los Angeles and at "Bradley's Barn" in Nashville, a barn-turned-recording studio owned by country music producer Owen Bradley. Jack Clement, Jim Malloy, and Kevin Eggers produced the album. There are eleven tracks total: 6 on the A-side, 5 on the flip. Most of the songs on the album, like most of Townes' songs, generally speaking, are folk songs, with a moral, an outcome, a lesson, a tale. The title track, "Our Mother The Mountain," ends with a bit of precautionary advice:
So walk these hills lightly and watch who you're lovin'
By mother the mountain, I swear that it's true
Love not a woman with hair black as midnight
And her dress made of satin, all shimmering blue
If I ever had to choose what my favorite album ever was, things like Listen to Vol. 4, Pet Sounds, Revolver, Bryter Layter, and Easter Everywhere always pop to the top of my brain. But then I remember Our Mother The Mountain and realize, this will always be number one. Always.
The end.
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