Wrong End of the Rainbow is the 1970 album from pioneer folk rock musician Tom Rush. The music on this album, his second in 1970, tends to lean more toward the country rock style. The album was on the Billboard 200 chart for nine weeks and charted as high as #110 on January 30, 1971.
Track listing Side one "Wrong End of the Rainbow" (Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch) – 2:48 "Biloxi" (Jesse Winchester) – 4:40 "Merrimack County" (Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch) – 2:50 "Riding on a Railroad" (James Taylor) – 5:47 "Paddy West" (Arranged and adapted by Tom Rush) – :19 "Came to See Me Yesterday in the Merry Month of" (Ray O'Sullivan) – 1:43
Side two "Starlight" (Tom Rush) – 4:38 "Sweet Baby James" (James Taylor) – 3:16 "Rotunda" (Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch) – 3:22 "Jazzman" (Edward Mark Holstein) – 2:33 "Gnostic Serenade" (William Hawkins) – 4:52
Personnel Musicians Tom Rush – guitar, vocals Trevor Veitch – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, mandocello, dulcimer, vocals David Bromberg – pedal steel guitar Paul Armin – violin, viola Bob Boucher – bass John Locke – organ, piano (tracks 1, 7) Erik Robertson – organ, piano (all tracks except 1, 7) Brent Titcomb – harmonica Dave Lewis – drums, percussion
Technical David Briggs – producer Jim Reeves – engineer Ed Freeman – arranger Bob Cato – photography, design
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