Black Bear Road (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Black Bear Road
Type = Album
Artist = C. W. McCall



Released = September 1975
Recorded = 1975
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = MGM Records
Producer = Chip Davis, Don Sears
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xmeb97ijkr5t link]
Last album = "Wolf Creek Pass"
(1975)
This album = "Black Bear Road"
(1975)
Next album = "Wilderness"
(1976)

"Black Bear Road" is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, released on MGM Records in 1975 (see 1975 in music). It is largely considered the album which gave him the most significant boost of his career, almost entirely due to the hit novelty song, "Convoy", that hit the number one spot on both Billboard's Country charts and its Pop charts. The song itself was largely responsible for starting a nationwide citizens' band radio craze. The song "Black Bear Road" in turn popularized the now-infamous road itself, along with its "You don't HAVE to be crazy to drive this road - but it helps" sign.

Track listing

# "Black Bear Road" (Bill Fries, Chip Davis) – 2:00
# "The Silverton" (Fries, Davis) – 2:56
# "Lewis and Clark" (Fries, Davis)
# "Oregon Trail" (Fries, Davis)
# "Ghost Town" (Fries, Davis) – 4:01
# "Convoy" (Fries, Davis) – 3:48
# "Long Lonesome Road" (Fries, Davis) – 2:10
# "Green River" (Fries, Davis) – 3:10
# "Write Me a Song" (Fries, Davis)
# "Mountains on My Mind" (Fries, Davis)

Personnel

* C. W. McCall - Vocals, Design
* Sarah Westphalen, Carol Rogers (The Puffys), Dick Solowicz, Milt Bailey, Dick Ronelle, Tom Sinclair - Background Vocals
* Ron Cooley - Guitar
* Bobbie Thomas - Guitar, 5-String Banjo, 4-String Banjo, Pedal Steel Guitar
* Ron Steele - Guitar, 4-String Banjo
* Steve Hanson - Mandolin, 5-String Banjo
* Jackson Berkey - Keyboards, Timpani, Percussion
* Eric Hansen, Jimmy Johnson, Brian Sampson - Bass
* Chip Davis - Drums, Producer, Arranger
* Bill Berg, Don Simmons - Drums
* Gene Badgett - Trumpet
* Dave Kappy - French Horn
* Bill Buntain - Bass Trombone
* Jim Schanilec - Tuba
* Hugh Brown, Dorothy Brown, Merton Shatzkin, Martin Pearson, Alex Sokol, Joe Landes, Beth McCollum, Miriam Duffelmeyer - Strings

Additional personnel

* Don Sears - Producer, Engineer, Design, Photography
* John Boyd - Engineer
* Sheri Leverich - Art Director
* Dudycha, Schirck & Assoc., Inc. - Art/Production

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

External links

* [http://www.narrowgauge.org/4x4/cw_pages/html/bbr.html NarrowGauge.org album information for "Black Bear Road"]