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The Brides of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy (1979) [2011, Remastered Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 9 Jan 2023 18:26:22

"Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy", released on Atlantic Records in November 1979, was the 2nd album from the American female funk band, The Brides of Funkenstein. Morphing into a trio on the second album release, the vocalists consisted of Dawn Silva, Sheila Horne, and Jeanette McGruder. Horne and McGruder served as background vocalists on subsequent P-Funk concert tours. "Never Buy Texas From a Cowboy" would be granted a Cashbox Rhythm & Blues Award in 1980 for 'Best Female Group'. The song slated for the award was the 1979 single "Didn't Mean To Fall In Love", written and produced by Ron Dunbar. The album's top single release, "Never Buy Texas From a Cowboy" became a hit in the Midwest, Europe and Asia. "Never Buy Texas from A Cowboy" resurfaced in 2001 with Rolling Stone rating this album as the top 50 coolest albums of all times. "Never Buy Texas from A Cowboy" was produced by George Clinton except for "Smoke Signals", which was produced by Clinton and Bootsy Collins, and "Didn't Mean To Fall In Love", which was produced by Ron Dunbar. The album was later reissued in the U.S. by the Wounded Bird label on October 18, 2011.

~Wikipedia

George Clinton guided and directed a new Brides of Funkenstein lineup on the group's second and final album, Never Buy Texas From a Cowboy. This time, the Brides were a trio instead of a duo. Dawn Silva was still on board, but Lynn Mabry was gone, and Silva's new allies were Sheila Horne and Jeannette McGruder. With the new Silva/Horne/McGruder lineup in place, the Brides delivered a sophomore effort that is as unpredictable as their first album, Funk or Walk. "Smoke Signals" (which Clinton wrote and produced with Bootsy Collins) and "Party Up in Here" are very Parliament-like, which is to be expected. But "I'm Holding You Responsible" and the 15-minute title song find the Brides delivering an unlikely mixture of Chic and P-Funk, and "Didn't Mean to Fall in Love" isn't P-Funk at all. The only tune on the LP that Clinton didn't produce or co-produce, "Didn't Mean to Fall in Love" is a romantic northern soul item along the lines of First Choice, the Three Degrees, or Honey Cone. Like Funk or Walk, Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy contains its share of surprises, and it demonstrates that the Brides of Funkenstein did the right thing by being unpredictable.

~Review by Alex Henderson

Release of the album: 1979, November [LP Atlantic, Cat.# SD 19261, Canada]
Release of this CD: 2011, October, 18 [CD Wounded Bird Records (USA), Cat.# WOU 9261 / UPC: 664140926127]
℗ 1979 & 2011 Atlantic Recording Corporation.
© 2011 Wounded Bird Records.
Manufactured by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Pdoduced under license from Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Printed/Made in USA

Credits:

Arranged By [Horns] – Fred Wesley
Arranged By [Strings] – Dave Van DePitt
Bass – Bruce Nazarian, Donnie Sterling, Jeff Bunn, Rodney Curtis, William Collins
Drums – Dennis Chambers, Jerry Jones, Kenny Colton, William Collins
Engineer [Mixing] – Jim Vitti, Pete Bishop
Engineer [Recording] – Greg Reilly, Greg Ward, Jim Vitti, Mike Iacopelli, Pete Bishop
Guitar – Bruce Nazarian, DeWayne McKnight, Eddie Hazel, Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Rodney Crutcher, William Collins
Illustration – David Willardson
Keyboards – Bernie Worrell, Ernesto Wilson, Gary Hudgins, Jerome Rogers, Rudy Robinson
Percussion – Carl "Butch" Small, Larry Fratangelo
Vocals [Additional] – Dr. Funk, Jessica Cleaves, Mallia Franklin, Ray Davis, Tracy Lewis
Vocals [The Brides Of Funkenstein Are] – Dawn Silva, Jeanette McGruder, Sheila Horn

Tracklist:

01. Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy (15:14)
02. I'm Holding You Responsible (05:32)
03. Smoke Signals (06:43)
04. Mother May I? (05:36)
05. Party Up In Here (05:35)
06. Didn't Mean To Fall In Love (03:58)

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