Mason Proffit

Simply the Best Ever

E-mail if you have extra albums and are willing to sell - new and old fans drop by frequently and are always looking for those vinyl treasures.

Fans have the following for sale. Email me for details

"Bareback Rider" and "Wanted - Mason Proffit" - vinyl albums

"Movin' Towards Happiness" and "Last Night I Had the Stangest Dream" - 8 track with original sleeves

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I believe this group was an anachronism. Their music was, and still is, unique. I find it difficult to put it into a particular genre. It's rock, blue grass, country and traditional to my ears. The lyrics are pure and striking, thought provoking and message bearing - from social and political injustice to love and comic relief. My only regret was never seeing them in a live performance. If you like music, you owe it to yourself to take the opportunity to appreciate their artistry. The music industry itself owes some of today's standard sounds and rhythm to Mason Proffit.

John Talbot today can be seen at http://www/john-michael-talbot.org/ . This may be a temporary page.

Terry Talbot can be found at http://www.talbotmcguire.com

Another good link with lots of related info is at http://personal.veritas.com/~lfk/jmt.html#MasonProffit .

An import CD is now available of "Come and Gone" at EveryCD

Art Nash can be heard these days with "Tucker's Fault", in a newly released album, "Shady Lane" (May 1999).

Check with Horizon Records in Greenville, S.C. (nice folks). Their album is reminiscent of MP, but different and good. Art is still unmistakeable (lower left in photo). A drummer that can double on harmonica is hard to forget. He also is still playing a bass drum circa MP!

Tucker's Fault

Also see Mr. Lucky Productions for a good critique

The first album, "Wanted", is my favorite of them all. "Two Hangmen" became the most well known of what I call the "ballads". The lyrics were political and timely - probably because Viet Nam was on everyone's mind and heart and the words of this song spoke of atrocity and Uncle Sam as the bad guy. "A Rectangle Picture" also brought home the agony of the war and the depth of the scars. They're all good.

"Wanted" - 1969 Happy Tiger HT1009

Voice of Change
A Rectangle Picture
You Finally Found Your Love
Sweet Lady Love
Stewball
Two Hangmen
Buffalo
Walk on Down the Road
It's All Right
Till the Sun's Gone
Johnny's Tune

"Movin' Towards Happiness" - 1970? Happy Tiger HT1019

Michael Dodge
Hard Luck Woman
Children
Hokey Joe Pony
Flying Arrow
Old Joe Clark
Let Me Know Where You're Goin'
Melinda
Good Friend of Mary's
He Loves Them
Everybody Was Wrong

"Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream" - 1971 Ampex A10138

In The Country/Sparrow
24 Hour Sweetheart
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
Hope
Freedom
500 Men
Jewel
Eugene Pratt
Mother
My Country

"Bare Back Rider" - 1972 Line LLP5061

Lilly
Cottonwood
Setting The Woods On Fire
Dance Hall Girl
To Be A Friend
Stoney River
Black September/Belfast
I Saw The Light
Five Generations
Sail Away

Several artists have recorded "You Win Again" over the years - but until you've heard this rendition, you haven't heard the best.

"Rockfish Crossing" - 1973 Line LLP5065

Jesse
You Win Again
Better Find Jesus
Summer Side of Love
Breakin' Down
Were You There?
Hobo
A Thousand and Two
Cripple Creek
Quit Kickin' My Dog Around
Wetback
George's Jam
Call Me the Breeze

"Come and Gone" - 1974 Warner Bros. 2LS2746

A two record collection of the albums released on Happy Tiger Records. The order is a little different on the second side of "Moving Toward Happiness" (HT-1019)

Disc1: HT-1009
Voice of Change
A Rectangle Picture
You Finally Found Your Love
Sweet Lady Love
Stewball
Two Hangmen
Buffalo
Walk on Down the Road
It's All Right
Till the Sun's Gone
Johnny's Tune

Disc2: HT-1019
Michael Dodge
Hard Luck Woman
Children
Hokey Joe Pony
Flying Arrow
Old Joe Clark
Good Friend of Mary's
He Loves Them
Melinda
Let Me Know Where You're Goin'
Everybody Was Wrong

"The Talbot Brothers" - 1974 Warner Bros. BS276

Side 1
Easy to Slip
Comin' Home to Jesus
In My Dreams
And the Time
Trail of Tears
Side 2
Over Jordan
Moline Truckin'
Come and Gone
Over Again
Carnival Balloon
Hear You Callin'

"Reborn" - 1976 Sparrow SPR1008

The following info provided by Doug Person.
Reborn (SPR-1008) 1976 by Sparrow Records is a reissue of the
Warner Brothers "The Talbot Brothers" release minus the song
"Moline Truckin'".

Side One:
Easy to Slip
Comin' Home to Jesus
In My Dreams
And the Time
Trail of Tears
Side Two:
Over Jordan
Come and Gone
Over Again
Carnival Balloon
Hear You Callin'

John Michael and Terry Talbot

"No Longer Strangers" - 1984 Sparrow

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