Harlan County

Independent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Light in the Attic Records when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Here’s how it went down: Jim Ford , a musically minded country boy from rural Kentucky heads to the Golden State with dreams of making it. Making the scene in Los Angeles , he befriends and writes songs for such artists as Bobby Womack (“Harry Hippie”), Aretha Franklin , P.J. Proby , The Temptations , and even appears on Sly & the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On . He eventually hooks up with legendary session players Dr. John , Jim Keltner (John Lennon), and James Burton (Elvis Presley) a