http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.49791&rws=%2Fmason-proffit%2Ftop-tracks.rssWhen the Band dropped the immortal <i>Music from Big Pink</i> in 1968, the album turned hippie rock inside out. Just about every musician of note traded in his paisley pants and sitar for buckskin fringe and a pedal steel. It was the whole getting-back-to-the-country thing, and the Talbot brothers, Terry and John Michael, were no exception. After disbanding their garage-rock outfit, Chicago's Sounds Unlimited, the pair put together Mason Proffit, a quintet fusing folk-rock, country and high-concept lyrics laced with Native American mysticism, Gnostic Christianity and Western Americana. But despite a high-profile signing to Warner Bros. and a national tour with the Grateful Dead, none of the Proffit's five albums sold well. That's a darn shame, because the band swung harder than most of the West Coast's country-rock heavies. Terry, meanwhile, crooned as if he'd grown up listening to Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard. Mason Proffit disbanded in 1973, but not before making a <i>huge</i> impression on a couple of upstarts in California. Yessir, the Eagles' desperado/outlaw image owes a lot to the brothers Talbot. So if you want to pass Country Rock 101, you need a serious dose of the Proffit. - Justin FarrarCountry Rocken720Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:07:38 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.49791&rws=%2Fmason-proffit%2Ftop-tracks.rss When the Band dropped the immortal <i>Music from Big Pink</i> in 1968, the album turned hippie rock inside out. Just about every musician of note traded in his paisley pants and sitar for buckskin fringe and a pedal steel. It was the whole getting-back-to-the-country thing, and the Talbot brothers, Terry and John Michael, were no exception. After disbanding their garage-rock outfit, Chicago's Sounds Unlimited, the pair put together Mason Proffit, a quintet fusing folk-rock, country and high-concept lyrics laced with Native American mysticism, Gnostic Christianity and Western Americana. But despite a high-profile signing to Warner Bros. and a national tour with the Grateful Dead, none of the Proffit's five albums sold well. That's a darn shame, because the band swung harder than most of the West Coast's country-rock heavies. Terry, meanwhile, crooned as if he'd grown up listening to Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard. Mason Proffit disbanded in 1973, but not before making a <i>huge</i> impression on a couple of upstarts in California. Yessir, the Eagles' desperado/outlaw image owes a lot to the brothers Talbot. So if you want to pass Country Rock 101, you need a serious dose of the Proffit. - Justin Farrar http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10520886&variant=play&rws=%2Fmason-proffit%2Ftop-tracks.rss Country Rock Tue, 1 Jan 1974 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mason Proffit on Rhapsody Online 10520886 tra.10520886 Mason Proffit art.49791 0.99 Come And Gone alb.10519513 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/3/9/8/1298939_170x170.jpg 2006-06-20 00:00:00.0 1974-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Two Hangmen tra.10520886 301000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10520886&variant=play&rws=%2Fmason-proffit%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10520886&variant=data&rws=%2Fmason-proffit%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.14901400&variant=play&rws=%2Fmason-proffit%2Ftop-tracks.rss Country Rock Sun, 4 Oct 2009 09:44:24 -0700 Top Tracks by Mason Proffit on Rhapsody Online 14901400 tra.14901400 Mason Proffit art.49791 0.99 Rhino Hi-Five: Mason Proffit alb.14898854 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10520528&variant=play&rws=%2Fmason-proffit%2Ftop-tracks.rss Country Rock Sat, 1 Jan 1972 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mason Proffit on Rhapsody Online 10520528 tra.10520528 Mason Proffit art.49791 0.99 Rockfish Crossing alb.10519480 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/0/4/1284098_170x170.jpg 2006-06-20 00:00:00.0 1972-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Hobo tra.10520528 272000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10520528&variant=play&rws=%2Fmason-proffit%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10520528&variant=data&rws=%2Fmason-proffit%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10520905&variant=play&rws=%2Fmason-proffit%2Ftop-tracks.rss Country Rock Tue, 1 Jan 1974 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mason Proffit on Rhapsody Online 10520905 tra.10520905 Mason Proffit art.49791 0.99 Come And Gone alb.10519513 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/3/9/8/1298939_170x170.jpg 2006-06-20 00:00:00.0 1974-01-01 00:00:00.0 true You Finally 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