J.D. Souther

Following a stint as one-third of the Souther-Furay-Hillman Band, J.D. Souther returned to his solo career with 1976's Black Rose.  Jazz musicians Stanley Clarke and Donald Byrd joined friends Ned Doheny and Glenn Frey, and other guests included Art Garfunkel, David Crosby, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Lowell George, Andrew Gold, Jim Keltner, Russ Kunkel, Waddy Wachtel, and Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar.  Black Rose includes Souther's own rendition of "Faithless Love" as well as "Simple Man, Simple Dream" which Ronstadt would later record.  Seven bonus tracks grace Omnivore's reissue of this ambitious lost classic, including six previously unreleased live performance and demos as well as Lowell George and Souther's rendition of George and Van Dyke Parks' "Cheek to Cheek" from George's lone solo platter.