Portland
Portland to hear a promising new band called, The Portland Zoo. Although this band of Reed College kids was quite popular in The Rose City at the time, and managed to impress Marlin, it was soon discovered they had no original material of their own. Marlin needed to sign an act that brought along their own songs.
Lucky for me because Greg Branson, who was hosting Marlin’s visit to Portland, also knew about two local kids fresh out of a highscool who actually did have their own songs. He quickly phoned Bill Lamb and myself to ask if we were interested in auditioning for Eleckta Records. We hussled our butts down to the old Russion Embassy headquarters which was doubling as local country radio station KUPL and an 8-track recording facility called, REX, which stills operates in Portland today.
We sat and traded a few songs with Marlin, who was impressed enough to eventually sign us on to record our first album that he co-produced with Branson.
The rest is rock n’ roll history, and Marlin has remained a very dear friend.
Tracklist
1. Send It Over – (LYRICS)
2. Reborn
3. Portland Rain – (LYRICS)
4. Love Lost Lady
5. Everything You Knew But Forgot
6. Kac
7. Our Sweet Love – (LYRICS)
8. Just For Awhile – (LYRICS)
9. Ogan Tea – (LYRICS)
10. You Make Me Love You – (LYRICS)
11. I Wanna Live – (LYRICS)