Released 1972
Recorded 1972
Genre Rock
Label Dunhill DSX 50121
Standard Release
Producer Bobby Whitlock & Andy Johns
Side One
Where There's A Will There's A Way
Song For Paula
A Game Called Life
Country Life
A Day Without Jesus
Side Two
Back In My Life Again
The Scenery Has Slowly Changed
I'd Rather Live "The Straight Life"
The Dreams Of A Hobo
Back Home In England
A former member of Delaney & Bonnie's backup band, as well as a member of Derek & the Dominoes, Bobby Whitlock's first solo record treads much of the same ground. With contributions from Delaney Bramlett, Whitlock turns in a solid effort filled with southern gospel influences ("A Day Without Jesus") and rootsy rockers. On the mournful ballad "Dreams of a Hobo" Whitlock shows that all his good material was not spent on the Derek & the Dominoes project. Though long out of print, this record is worth searching out for its encapsulation of early-'70s southern roots rock.