Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers

"What do you do when you've left The Byrds...? If you're Gene Clark you make an album which showcases how great a songwriter you are, allows you to pay tribute to your influences, points to a new genre ... With Chris Hillman on bass and Michael Clarke on drums there's a strong Byrds feel, augmented on tracks featuring Clarence White's guitar. The country/bluegrass atmosphere thickens when Doug Dillard picks his banjo on Keep On Pushing, and it's not fanciful to see this as a pointer to Sweetheart Of The Rodeo. You can even hear Crosby, Stills & Nash up ahead. Not a masterpiece, but liberally sprinkled with gems".

"The first album that Gene Clark released after his departure from the Byrds followed very closely on the model of his earlier efforts on the Byrds' first two albums. His backing musicians included ex-bandmates Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke, as well as future Byrd Clarence White and Clark collaborator Doug Dillard, not to mention the Gosdin Brothers, whose harmonies resembled a rockier Everly Brothers and brought the sound very close to that of the Byrds ... in the realm of Clark's recorded output, this album stands as the one of the best, if not the best, example of how powerful a singer, writer, and bandleader he was".

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