Bodacious D.F. – Bodacious D.F. (2023 Remaster) (1973/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Bodacious D.F. – Bodacious D.F. (2023 Remaster) (1973/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:01 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

Bodacious DF is a 1973 rock album, the only release by the short-lived band of the same name. After leaving Jefferson Airplane in 1971, founder Marty Balin produced an album by the band Grootna in 1972. He then formed the band Bodacious DF with Grootna members Vic Smith and Greg Dewey (also from Country Joe & the Fish), as well as Mark Ryan (from Quicksilver Messenger Service) and Charlie Hickox.

The band broke up shortly after the album was released; Balin joined Jefferson Starship in 1975, and frequently performed the Bodacious songs “The Witcher” and “Driving Me Crazy”. Hickox and Smith collaborated with him on songs for Jefferson Starship’s album Spitfire (1976), and Greg Dewey’s brother Nicholas Dewey wrote a song for Earth (1978).

Marty Balin didn’t bring together the hottest band or the best set of songs for what amounted to his comeback album, but it was still inspiring to hear his emotive tenor, one of the most distinctive elements of the ’60s San Francisco rock scene, rising again. The album’s loose, groove-oriented arrangements pointed the way to the kind of thing Balin would do more effectively in Jefferson Starship: listen to “Drivin’ Me Crazy” for hints of the transfixing style of the Starship’s “Caroline” and “Miracles.” Nevertheless, Bodacious D.F. must go down as a footnote in the career of a major artist. – William Ruhlmann

Tracklist:
1-01. Bodacious D.F. – Drifting (2023 Remaster) (04:09)
1-02. Bodacious D.F. – Good Folks (2023 Remaster) (07:37)
1-03. Bodacious D.F. – The Witcher (2023 Remaster) (06:35)
1-04. Bodacious D.F. – Roberta (2023 Remaster) (04:44)
1-05. Bodacious D.F. – Second Hand Information (2023 Remaster) (04:57)
1-06. Bodacious D.F. – Drivin’ Me Crazy (2023 Remaster) (07:13)
1-07. Bodacious D.F. – Twixt Two Worlds (2023 Remaster) (05:44)

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