{"id":43535,"date":"2026-03-15T21:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=43535"},"modified":"2026-03-15T21:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:52:36","slug":"hearts-and-flowers-%e2%94%82-of-horses-kids-and-forgotten-women-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2026\/03\/hearts-and-flowers-%e2%94%82-of-horses-kids-and-forgotten-women-1968\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts and Flowers \u2502 Of Horses, Kids and Forgotten Women (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-43536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hearts-and-flowers-of-horses-kids-and-forgotten-women.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hearts-and-flowers-of-horses-kids-and-forgotten-women.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hearts-and-flowers-of-horses-kids-and-forgotten-women.jpeg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hearts-and-flowers-of-horses-kids-and-forgotten-women.jpeg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hearts-and-flowers-of-horses-kids-and-forgotten-women.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>We praten hier van de ware wortels van de countryrock; midden jaren zestig in Los Angeles, Californi\u00eb. Misschien is het in 1965 nog wel louter folkrock, als de band \u2013 Larry Murray (zang, gitaar), Rick Cunha (zang, gitaar) en Dave Dawson (zang, gitaar, autoharp) \u2013 elke maandagavond optreedt in The Troubadour aan Santa Monica Boulevard. Maar gaandeweg integreren Hearts and Flowers meer en meer country and western in hun sound: Buck Owens, Merle Haggard en The Louvin Brothers. Als de debuutelpee <i>Now Is the Time for Hearts and Flowers<\/i> in 1967 uitkomt op Capitol Records wordt <!--more-->de sound van de band wel omschreven als Merle Haggard meets <i>Sgt. Pepper<\/i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Die ontwikkeling gaat door als Cunha de band verlaat en vervangen wordt door Bernie Leadon, die eerder met Larry Murray speelde in de bluegrassband The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers. Je verzint het niet. Enfin, met Leadon en Beach Boys-producer Nick Venet maken Hearts and Flowers hun tweede album voor Capitol, gewoon een anno 1968 prachtige plaat \u2013 uitgedost in een even prachtige hoes.<\/p>\n<p><i>Of Horses, Kids and Forgotten Women<\/i> is opgetrokken uit covers en originals, en inderdaad vermengt de folkrock zich met country, wat dan weer leidt tot heel erg coole songs als Highway in the Wind \u2013 geschreven door Arlo Guthrie \u2013, Jesse Lee Kincaids <em>She Sang Hymns out of Tune<\/em>, <em>Ode To A Tin Angel<\/em>, <em>When I Was A Cowboy<\/em> en <em>Extra, Extra<\/em>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Folkrock, het oude, en countryrock, het nieuwe, als het ware gecombineerd \u2013 gelijk dezelfde transitie die stadgenoten The Byrds dan doormaken \u2013 maken van <i>Of Horses, Kids and Forgotten Women <\/i>een relevant en iconisch album. Hearts and Flowers staan dus met die plaat aan de basis van de evolutie van de countryrock, die pas jaren later tot volle bloei komt. Hearts and Flowers maken dat niet meer mee, al doet Larry Murray in 1971 nog een poging met <i>Sweet Country Suite<\/i> en, weten wij, wordt Bernie Leadon na tussenstops in de band van Dillard &amp; Clark en The Flying Burrito Brothers tot het hogere geroepen: The Eagles.<\/p>\n<p><i>Of Horses, Kids and Forgotten Women. <\/i>Capitol Records. <i>Now Is The Time For Hearts and Flowers<\/i><i>\u2502<\/i><i>Highway in the Wind<\/i><i>\u2502<\/i><i>Second-hand Sunday Queen<\/i><i>\u2502<\/i><i>She Sang Hymns out of Tune<\/i><i>\u2502<\/i><i>Ode To A Tin Angel<\/i><i>\u2502<\/i><i>When I Was A Cowboy<\/i><i>\u2502<\/i><i>Legend of Ol\u2019 Tenbrookes<\/i><i>\u2502<\/i><i>Colour Your Daytime<\/i><i>\u2502<\/i><i>Two Little Boys<\/i><i>\u2502<\/i><i>Extra, Extra\u2502Rock and Roll Gypsies\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We praten hier van de ware wortels van de countryrock; midden jaren zestig in Los Angeles, Californi\u00eb. Misschien is het in 1965 nog wel louter folkrock, als de band \u2013 Larry Murray (zang, gitaar), Rick Cunha (zang, gitaar) en Dave Dawson (zang, gitaar, autoharp) \u2013 elke maandagavond optreedt in The Troubadour aan Santa Monica Boulevard. 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