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Singer/horn player Paul Cisneros was apparently the Brown Dust front man and was responsible for inviting former Spiral Staircase drummer Vinnie Parello into the lineup. Rounded out by bassist Carlos Longoria, guitarist George Noranger and sax players Frank Ramos and George Stanley, the band was apparently based in Southern California, though hey subsequently relocated to Hawaii where they made a living playing tourist hotels through the early 1970s. How the band ended up recording an album for Artie Ripp and T.J. Bruno's Family label is a mystery to me ... Judging by an online comment I found from guitarist Noranger, I'm not even sure the band knows. 

Showing a ragged bunch of cowboy wannabes listlessly poised around some sort of backwoods building, you could be forgiven for thinking "Brown Dust" was going to offer up a set of early-1970s country-rock. Those were certainly my expectations. So much for first impressions. Anyone who actually listened to "Brown Dust" was probably surprised to discover that sonically it had more in common with Three Dog Night-styled top-40 pop than country-rock. 'Course a quick review of the performance credits showing a three piece horn section might have provided a clue that these guys weren't looking to be The Flying Burrito Brothers. So what did this one actually sound like? Sporting three decent lead singers in the form of Cisneros, Longoria and Ramos, about half of the set featured distinctively top-40 material powered by likeable, if slightly anonymous group vocals. The liner notes didn't provide song-by-song credits, but at least one of the three singers sounded a lot like Chuck Negron - check out the closing tune 'Autumn'). Tracks like 'Fantasy Folk' and the cover of John Sebastian's 'Do You Believe In Magic' were quite commercial (in an early 1970s fashion). Elsewhere, performances like 'So I'm Down', 'Photograph' and ;Autumn' found the group pursuing more of a rock band sound. The results weren't entirely convincing, but song-for-song the collection had a fairly high enjoyment factor that was only underscored by the fact the horns were kept in check throughout most of the album.

Track Listing:
01 – Fantasy Folk
02 – So I’m Down
03 – Reflecting
04 – Goin’ Back
05 – Do You Believe In Magic
06 – Photograph
07 – Stormy Sunday
08 – Everlasting Peace
09 – Desire Not A Taste
10 – Autumn 

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 1xCD
Genre: Southern Rock
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 1972
Speelduur: 32 minuten
Cover: Front, Back en Inside zijn  in de RARs verwerkt