Gove Scrivenor - Coconut Gove

Name: Gove Scrivenor
Album: Coconut Gove
Year: 1979
Style: Singer Songwriter, Folk, Bluegrass
Similar Bands: Rod McKuen, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison
"One-Word" Review: Folk Buffet
Based Out Of: New Haven, CT
Label: Flying Fish

 Cover & Record

Record & Back

Coconut Gove (1979)

1. Rainbow Willie 3;44
2. Reason to Believe 4:01
3. Ramble On & On 3:08
4. Before Believing 5:19
5. Everybody's Dancin' 3:51 /
6. Stranger Blues 4:39
7. Two Rivers in Montana 4:22
8. Close the Door Lightly 3:08
9. All I Want to Do (Is See You Again) 3:29
10. I'll Fly Away 3:54

Album Rating (1-10): 6.5

Members & Other Bands:

• Gove Scrivenor - Producer, Vox, Guitar, Autoharp, Album Design (Hank Williams Jr, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, Glen Campbell, Frank Yankovic, Johnny Cash, Gene Cotton, Loretta Lynn, Nanci Griffith, David Schnaufer, Mark O'Connor, Colleen Peterson, Dan Seals, Tamra Rosanes)
• Michael Coleman - Bass (Chesapeake, The Seldom Scene, Doc Watson, Mike Auldridge, Curly Seckler & Nashville Grass, Marty Stuart, Dan Crary, Johnny Cash, Smith Sisters
• Mark Morris - Percussion (Suzy Bodduss & the Greezy Spunes, Joe Wise & Sweet Water, Rob Galbraith, Johnny Cash, Jack Miffleton, Jeffrey Comanor, Terry & Kaye Blackwood, Mayf Nutter, TG Sheppard, Larry Gatlin, Mikey Newbury, Kendalls, Mighty High, City Streets)
• Doc Watson - Flattop Breaks, Good Sprits, Fine Pickin' (Doc & Merle Watson, Doc Watson Family, Groove Grass Boyz, The Three Pickers, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
• Marty Stuart - Mandolin, Violin, Fiddle, Flattop Breaks (Johnny Cssh, Red Allen, Curly Seckler, Frank Yankovic, Country Music's Quest for a Cure, Fabulous Superlatives, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Travis Tritt, Asleep at the Wheel, Billy Bob Thorton)
• Pat McInerney - Drums (Don Williams, John Prine, Nancy Griffith, Tom Rush, Limey, Robert Earl Keen, Doc Watson, Pat Alger, Third Tyme Out, Chesapeake, Cornerstore, Dolly Parton, Hootie & the Blowfish)
• Jim Rothernel - Recorders, Sax, Clarinet (John Prine, Boz Scaggs, Jesse Colin Young, Van Morrison, Pointer Sisters, Chambers Brothers, Davied Bromberg Band, Powder Blues, Silverlode, Jerry Garcia, Buckwheat Zydeco)
• Dave Loggins - Backing Vox, Everything (Bobby Bare, Jimmy Buffett, Reba McEntire, Anne Murray, Wynonna Judd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
• Steve Sweet T Brantley - Backing Vox (Barbara Mandrell, David Loggins, Tracy Nelson, Margo Smith, Jimmy Hall, Crystal, Debby Boone, Amy Grant, Mac Davis, Gary Morris, Kira Small, Robbie Ducey Band)
• Jessica Boucher - Backing Vox (Johnny Lee, Razzy, james Ward, Larry Willoughby, Maura Sullivan, Morton Downey Jr, Billy Dean, Tanya Tucker, Daniele Alexander, Lorrie Morgan, Ronna Reeves, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang)
• Randy Hillman - Bass (Slim Whitman, Melba Montgomery, Tommy Cash, Linda Hargrove, Ray Griff, Larry Ballard, MIchael Clark, Melba Montgomery, Shelia Ann, Sam & Dave, Paul Franklin)
• David Briggs - Organ (Area Code 615, Don & The Argus, TCB Band, Leon Russell, Guy Clarke, Nancy Sinatra, Charlie Pride, Joan Baes, Beau Brummels...many more)
• Terry Hough - Synth
• Danny Flowers - Harmonica (Roy Clark, Don Williams, Nanci Griffith, Paul Thorn, Bob McDill, Bobby Bare, Dickey Lee, Don Williams, Starland Vocal Band, Marc Benno, High Line Riders)
• Ben Keith - Steel Guitar, Slowin' Down (Neil Young, Borderline, International Harvesters, Pegi Young & Survivors, Bluenotes, Dirty Old Men, Lost Dogs, Santa Monica Flyers, Shocking Pinks, Stray Gators, Wyatt Earps, Hungry Chuck)
• Jerry McCuen - Electric Guitar
• Clyde Brooks - Drums (Good News Circle, Dolly Parton, Glenn Derringer, Pete Carlson, Michael Melford, Betsy Ohman, Barbara Mandrell, Lorraine Johnson, BJ Thomas, Power, Bobby Bare, Constellation Orch, Cates, Streetwalker, Hinsons, Spragues, Rufus Thomas, Danny Shaw, Beaver Creek Quartet, New Relations, Mel Tillis, Oak Ridge Boys, George Strait, Nashville Rhythm Section)
• Bobby Ogde(i)n - Piano (Elvis, Ween, many others)
• Mark Casstevens - Guitar (Ray Stevens, Mac Davis, Charlie Rich, Mel Tillis, Alabama, Merle Haggard, Chet Atkins, Hank Williams Jr, Eddy Arnold, more)
• Gregg "Fingers" Taylor - Harmonica
• John McCarthy - Jumping Lessons
• Ernie Winfrey  - The Best, Producer
• Clarke Thomas - Photography

Unknown-ness: Never heard of this band / artist. He looks wacky, and the play on words with his name and island things, i assume this is going to be a silly, embarrassing jokey record full of puns and bad dad jokes. The back image does nothing to settle my hesitation. But perhaps there is some value within these songs, because i always say, there are typically at least two people that are all-in on the production of each record released.

Album Review: There is a good mix of styles here, all within a folk genre...Dylan and Van Morrison esque on the A side, to bluegrass and funkiness with an experiment in echoing reverb to start off the trad."Stranger Blues." "Two Rivers in MT" is an ambient instrumental that successfully mimics water flowing in a stream, and it oddly breaks up the album's momentum. On a personal note, i'm a big fan of Ween, so it's nice to hear one of the 12 Golden Greats, Bobby Ogdin, playing on another album.

Stand Out Track: Everybody's Dancing

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