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The Ozark Mountain Daredevils are a Southern rock band formed in 1971 at Springfield, Missouri. They are most widely known for their singles "If You Wanna Get To Heaven" in 1973 and "Jackie Blue" in 1975. Some have described the band's sound as a "countrified Steely Dan". The "Daredevils" name has much to do with the long hair and beards sported by the band in the 1970s, a rejection of the more conservative style of their native South during that decade.
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - “Don’t Look Down” cover
Members
Original Band
- John Dillon - (vocals, guitars, mandolin, fiddle, piano, harp, autoharp, dulcimer, jawbone, percussion, keyboards)
- Mike 'Supe' Granda - (vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin, percussion, chicken squawks)
- Buddy Brayfield - (vocals, oboe, piano, harpsichord, organ, percussion, electric piano)
- Randle Chowning (vocals, lead electric & acoustic guitars, harp, national steel, mandolin)
- Steve Cash (vocals, harp, percussion, harpsichord)
- Larry Lee - (vocals, drums, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, piano, percussion, saw, saw & board)
Additional Members
- Bill Brown (deceased) - (vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitars)
- Ron Gremp - (drums, percussion)
- Steve Canaday (deceased) - (vocals, drums, guitar, bass, 'fair witness')
- Rune Walle - (vocals, guitars, sitar, banjo)
- Jerry Mills - (mandolin)
- Ruell Chappell - (vocals, keyboards)
- D. Clinton Thompson - (lead guitar)
- Terry Wilson - (lead guitar)
- Dave Painter - (guitars, lead guitar)
Discography
- 1973: Ozark Mountain Daredevils (The Quilt Album)
- 1974: It'll Shine When It Shines
- 1975: The Car Over The Lake Album
- 1976: Men From Earth
- 1977: Don't Look Down
- 1978: It's Alive
- 1980: Ozark Mountain Daredevils (The Columbia 1980 Album)
- 1981: Best of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils
- 1985: The Lost Cabin Sessions (recorded 1973)
- 1987: Heart of the Country (only released in France)
- 1989: Modern History (only released in the United Kingdom)
- 1990: Now Hear This! (only released on cassette tape)
- 1997: Archive Alive
- 1997: Thirteen (13)
- 2000: Time Warp - The Very Best of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
- 2006: Rhythm and Joy - Ozark Mountain Daredevils 1980 Reunion Concert (recorded New Year’s Eve 1980 at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, MO)
