Jubal

Jubal was a country rock group from the early 1970s.

History[edit | edit source]

While the individual members had significant success in the music industry the group itself only recorded one album, with singles coming from the album itself. Engineered by Wayne Moss at his Cinderella Studios, the album incorporates soul, pop, roots and jazz influences within a country rock framework. The album on Elektra records featured all original material with every member except Dearmore contributing songwriting efforts. Due to this mix of influences and writing styles, the album has received reviews of feeling like a collection of songs by the different members. Due to the lack of a breakout hit the band was discontinued. Discogs reports that "At least some copies of the US-issue has a hype sticker on the shrink w. a presentation of the band written by Kris Kristofferson." Their final single was the only EP with material not written by the band: "Three Hundred Pounds of Hongry," was written by Don Fritts and Eddie Hinton.

Dennis Linde moved to nashville in 1969 and who wrote "Burning Love" for Elvis Presley which went to #2 in 1972 and allowed Linde more of a career as a songwriter, including hits for Don Cherry, Roger Miller among others and later "Goodbye Earl" for the Dixie Chicks. He passed way in 2006.

Pianist Rob Galbraith became a major Nashville producer and also released some acclaimed and eccentric solo albums.

Guitarist (and occasional vocalist) Alan Rush wrote songs for Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Brenda Lee, The Hollies, Robert Palmer, Oak Ridge Boys, Kenny Rogers, John Denver, Roy Head, Delbert McClinton, Canned Heat, Don Williams, T.G.Shepherd, Tommy Overstreet, Earl Scruggs, Roy Clark, Mel McDaniel and did session work (he worked on Elvis overdub sessions).

Drummer Randy Cullers went on to do a lot of session work (including Elvis overdubs) and write songs for others.

Vocalist Terry Dearmore (ex Fat Sow) went on to join Nashville country rock legends, Barefoot Jerry, as one of their lead vocalists in the mid 70s. He eventually became a preacher, working with Unity Churches in Virginia.

According to Amazon, their only album typically "appeals to collectors of the early Elektra Records catalog from the late 1960s and early 1970s."