Emitt Rhodes

Date: 1970 (recording)
Release: Dunhill #50089
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One of the great mysteries in pop music remains how, given two hypothetical artists of equal talent, one can prosper while the other fails dismally. For every rich rock star convinced that “talent will tell out” is an absolute truism, there’s another poor one banging his head against the wall complaining about his incredible bad luck. It’s a common scenario, brought up here only to illustrate that album and singles charts can only tell one side of the story. Whether Emitt Rhodes (b. 1949) was ever the sort of artist inclined to head-banging is another mystery. But one thing’s for sure: in the six-year span of 1967 to 1973, he mad some of the best pop records that nobody ever heard.

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