
Free For The Evening
Release Year: 1982
Label: Polydor
Country: USA
Produced by Ted Daryll
Musicians:
Robert Byrne, Tom Wolk, Nicky Moroch, Rick Bowles: Guitars
Tom Wolk: Bass
Richard Putman: Piano
Ted Daryll: Synthesizer
Andy Newmark, Brandon Barnes, Bob Ryley: Drums
Pancho Ramon, Ray Bardani: Percussion
Robert Byrne, Brandon Barnes, Kim Carlson: Background Vocals
CD Release: 1991; Label: Polydor; Country: Japan;
This is perfect 80's Westcoast in the vein of Bill LaBounty, Robbie Dupree and Tom Snow. A classic album - and very hard to find! By the way, I have a short story for you: I was searching for this album for years and finally I made it and won it on ebay (thanks to Gabriel Raya, the seller ;-). A few days later I got an E-Mail from...guess who?... from Mr. Rick Bowles personally! He asked me if I would sell this copy to him, cause he didn't own it himself and he was searching for it for some time. Funny experience... and of course: I didn't sell it. ;-) I wonder if he got it from someone in the meantime...
Would be great if one of the japanese labels would make a reissue of this album.
I'm related to one of the musicians on "Free for the Evening." I think it's awful that Dirk wouldn't sell the album to Rick Bowles. I have also been trying to find this album for my relative, who also does not have a copy because he was kind enough to give his last copy to a fan. And I don't know what "West Coast" music is, but the artists from this album are native to the East Coast and that is where the album was recorded.
rick bowles is very very talented. my name was put on the album by rick on fool again although he did the writing i had written a song id love to be your fool again where the idea came from find me barronpilgrim.com thanks great album.
I was an on air personality at WROQ in Charlotte, NC in the mid 80's, When Rick and became friends. Over the years we have lost touch, it's easy to do in radio as you tend to move around a lot. I have been in Atlanta for the past 10 years, and recently pulled out the old vinyl... I forgot what memories where attached to this album. Rick I hope you are doing well!
After reading this thread I decided to look for the album again. I found a copy at GEMM.com and as of this writing, there are some other copies still there.
RICK WHEREVER WE WISH OU THE BEST, CALL ME ID LOVE TO SAY HELLO, HEARD YOU HAD RETIRED.
I went to high school in NC with the girl on the album cover who dated Mr. Bowles. I could have had a copy but stupidly didn't get one.
I live next door to Mr. Bowles. He is a nice quite neighbor.
Where is Rick now? I knew him from way back, when he played at the cottage restaurant
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