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After the break-up, the Talbot brothers began to record [[contemporary Christian music]] on [[Sparrow Records]], earning themselves a [[Grammy Award]] nomination and several [[Dove Award]] nominations. The Talbot brothers opened for [[The Eagles]] on a national tour. |
After the break-up, the Talbot brothers began to record [[contemporary Christian music]] on [[Sparrow Records]], earning themselves a [[Grammy Award]] nomination and several [[Dove Award]] nominations. The Talbot brothers opened for [[The Eagles]] on a national tour. |
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Hi folks. Terry Talbot here. Jan 4, 2010. FYI... that's not me in that picture down there on the left. That's Ron Schueter who left the band shortly after the release of our second lp. |
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Mason Proffit was a folk rock band from Chicago, Illinois that released five albums between 1969 and 1973.[2]
History
Brothers Terry Talbot and John Michael Talbot played together in several local bands around Indianapolis, Indiana and later in Chicago. After their group Sounds Unlimited disbanded, in 1969 they formed Mason Proffit with a focus on the emerging blend of folk, country and rock that would come to be called country rock.[3] Older brother Terry's "Two Hangmen" from their first album Wanted... Mason Proffit, became a regional hit and helped their second album, Movin' Toward Happiness, chart on the Billboard 200. In 1972, the band signed to Warner Bros. Records and continued touring, performing up to 300 concerts each year. Some of Mason Proffit's opening acts during that time included The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, John Denver, Mac Davis, and Buffalo Springfield. Their country-rock-bluegrass style was innovative yet difficult to place in a marketing genre. Their live shows were high energy. And once, while jamming with The Scruggs Review, John Hartford and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Earl Scruggs called John Talbot "the best banjo player I've ever heard." Warner Bros. re-released their two first two albums as a compilation called Come And Gone plus two more discs, Rockfish Crossing and Bareback Rider. Mason Proffit disbanded when brothers John and Terry Talbot left the band and began performing as a duo. Warners then released The Talbot Bros., the first of three duo albums with the remaining two released on Sparrow Records. Sparrow eventually re-issued the first Talbot Bros. album, minus the track "Moline Truckin."
After the break-up, the Talbot brothers began to record contemporary Christian music on Sparrow Records, earning themselves a Grammy Award nomination and several Dove Award nominations. The Talbot brothers opened for The Eagles on a national tour.
Hi folks. Terry Talbot here. Jan 4, 2010. FYI... that's not me in that picture down there on the left. That's Ron Schueter who left the band shortly after the release of our second lp.
Discography
| Year | Title | Chart Position | Label | Number |
| 1969 | Wanted | Happy Tiger | 1009 | |
| 1971 | Movin' Toward Happiness | 177 | 1019 | |
| Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream | 186 | Ampex | A-10138 | |
| 1972 | Rockfish Crossing | Warner Bros. | BS-2657 | |
| 1973 | Bare Back Rider | 198 | BS-2704 | |
| 1974 | Come And Gone * | 2S-2746 |
* double album reissue of Wanted and Movin' Toward Happiness
References
- ^ "NME Artists - Mason Proffit". Muze UK LTD. 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
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Krakow, Steve (2008-10-23). "Mason Proffit" (Interview). Interviewed by Nick Digilio. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
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