It'll Shine When It Shines

It'll Shine When It Shines is the second album by the American country rock band The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, released in 1974.

Their debut album had been successful enough to give the band the clout to record their follow-up effort on the musicians' home turf. For the session, they cut their tracks in the pre-Civil War farmhouse that served as their rehearsal space, with producers Glyn Johns and David Anderle working from a mobile recording truck parked outside. The homey makeshift setup yielded a loose, organic vibe that invigorated material like Steve Cash's tongue-in-cheek swamp-rocker "E.E. Lawson".

This album contains the band's biggest single, "Jackie Blue", which reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. The song was brought in by Larry Lee late in the session and recorded at the insistence of Johns, who cajoled Lee into altering his original lyrics about a drug-dealing friend into a fond ode to a free-spirited female loner.

Personnel

 * Steve Cash - harmonica, percussion, vocals
 * John Dillon - guitar, dulcimer, harp, keyboards, vocals
 * Larry Lee - guitar, keyboards, drums, vocals
 * Randle Chowning - guitar, dobro, mandolin, harmonica, vocals
 * Michael Granda - bass, guitar, vocals
 * Buddy Brayfield - keyboards, vocals
 * Glyn Johns - guitar
 * Nick DeCaro - accordion
 * Jody Troutman - background vocals

Production

 * Producer: Glyn Johns/David Anderle
 * Recording Engineer: Glyn Johns
 * Art Direction: Roland Young
 * Photography: Harry Mittman, Jim Mayfield
 * Liner notes: Ken Seeholzer