On My Way to Where
On My Way to Where | ||||
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Studio album by Dory Previn | ||||
Released | July 1970 | |||
Recorded | 1970 | |||
Genre | Singer-songwriter | |||
Label | Mediarts/United Artists | |||
Producer | Nik Venet | |||
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On My Way to Where was the first solo LP by Dory Previn, released in 1970.
Dory Previn established herself from the late 1950s as a lyricist for movie songs in Hollywood, in the process being nominated for three Academy Awards.[1] However, by 1970 her marriage to composer and conductor André Previn had disintegrated, following his affair with Mia Farrow and her own mental health problems.[2] She retreated into a hospital, where, as therapy, she was encouraged to write songs of self-analysis.[3] With producer Nik Venet, she recorded On My Way To Where for his Mediarts company, which was later taken over by United Artists.
The album established her as a confessional singer-songwriter, revealing and analysing problems of childhood abuse, mental health and divorce.[4] "Beware of Young Girls" was a sharp attack on Mia Farrow set to the melody of a traditional lullaby.[5] The songs were performed by many of the top session musicians of the time.
In 2013, jazz singer Kate Dimbleby and pianist Naadia Sheriff revisited Previn's body of work -- with special attention to the songs of On My Way to Where -- in the London cabaret show, Beware Of Young Girls: The Dory Previn Story. [6] [7]
Track listing
- "Scared To Be Alone"
- "I Ain't His Child"
- "Esther's First Communion"
- "He Lives Alone"
- "With My Daddy In The Attic"
- "The Veterans Big Parade"
- "Michael Michael"
- "Beware of Young Girls"
- "Twenty-Mile Zone"
- "Mr. Whisper"
Personnel
- Dory Previn - Vocals, Guitar
- Jimmy Bond - Bass
- Dennis Budimir - Guitar
- Frank Capp - Drums, Percussion
- David Cohen - Guitar
- Buddy Collette - Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet
- Herb Ellis - Guitar
- Carol Kaye - Bass
- Larry Knechtel - Keyboards
- Michael Lang - Keyboards
- Bernie Leadon - Guitar
- John Morell - Guitar
- Don Randi - Keyboards
- Joe Sample - Keyboards
- Tommy Tedesco - Guitar
- Tom Sowell - Harmonica, Theremin, Moog Synthesizer
- Ron Tutt - Drums
- John Buck Wilkin - Guitar
References
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dory-previn-singer-and-songwriter-hailed-for-hersearing-honesty-6945652.html
- ↑ http://www.ohsofreshmusic.com/2012/03/dory-previn-appreciation-by-kenyon.html
- ↑ http://www.ohsofreshmusic.com/2012/03/dory-previn-appreciation-by-kenyon.html
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dory-previn-singer-and-songwriter-hailed-for-hersearing-honesty-6945652.html
- ↑ http://www.ohsofreshmusic.com/2012/03/dory-previn-appreciation-by-kenyon.html
- ↑ http://www.stjamestheatre.co.uk/events/beware-of-young-girls-the-dory-previn-story/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JskHB-QRHu4&feature=kp