Copperfields

• Artist: The Dillards
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• Release Date: 1970
• Genre: Country

Review

The Dillards' second album with rock-influenced arrangements was not as barrier-busting as 1968's Wheatstraw Suite, and further removed from their bluegrass roots. However, it was a similarly eclectic and, for the most part, joyous romp through a fusion of bluegrass, rock, folk, and country, with a bit of pop and orchestration along the ride, and the group's superb vocal harmonies being the main constant. "Touch Her If You Can" was the number with the most pop and orchestration, and worked extremely well, with its achingly sad melody. If anything the Dillards did on Elektra could have been a hit single, this would have been a likely candidate. Their unusual a cappella arrangement of the Beatles' "Yesterday" caught some attention, and "Brother John" is another simultaneous detour and highlight, with its Dave Brubeck-influenced jazzy rhythms and guitar picking that recalled the Byrds' psychedelic era. While other tracks, like the bluegrass tune "Old Man at the Mill" and Eric Andersen's "Close the Door Lightly," were more in the standard country-rock mode, they're also good, with the musicians applying care and creative production to the material throughout the disc. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Sensational Twin Banjos, Instrumentals, These Days, Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics, Bluegrass Fiddle Album, Nickel Creek, Take Me Along for the Ride, Dawg's Groove

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Rainmaker	Bill Martin, Harry Nilsson	The Dillards	(2:29)
In Our Time	Mitch Jayne, Rodney Dillard	The Dillards	(2:39)
Old Man at the Mill	Rodney Dillard, Doug Dillard, Dean Webb, Herb Pedersen, Mitch Jayne	The Dillards	(2:50)
Touch Her If You Can	Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne	The Dillards	(3:59)
Woman Turn Around	Mitch Jayne, Rodney Dillard	The Dillards	(2:08)
Yesterday	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Dillards	(1:03)
Brother John	Herb Pedersen	The Dillards	(2:53)
Copperfields	Herb Pedersen	The Dillards	(2:18)
West Montana Hanna	Mitch Jayne, Herb Pedersen	The Dillards	(2:26)
Close the Door Lightly	Eric Andersen	The Dillards	(2:55)
Pictures	Rodney Dillard	The Dillards	(2:39)
Ebo Walker	Rodney Dillard, Mitch Jayne	The Dillards	(2:15)
Sundown	Herb Pedersen	The Dillards	(2:03)

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