JD Souther Announces 'You’re Only Lonely' Reissue on LP and Expanded CD/Digital out July 26 via Omnivore Recordings

Wonderful to hear that JD Souther's masterwork "You're Only Lonely" will be reissued via vinyl and expanded audio CD this summer...Robert Kinsler

JD Souther Announces You’re Only Lonely

Reissue on LP and Expanded CD/Digital out July 26

via Omnivore Recordings

 

 Features guest appearances from members of the Eagles, Jackson Browne, David Sanborn, John Sebastian, Phil Everly, Tom Scott, and more

June 17, 2024: Today, Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee JD Souther announced a reissue of his classic third album, You’re Only Lonely, out July 26 through Omnivore Recordings. 

 

The 9-track LP returns for the first time in 35 years, and the CD and Digital add two previously unissued bonus tracks from the album’s sessions. New liner notes from Joe Marchese (The Second Disc) feature an interview with JD outlining the recording of the album, the all-star players, and why it is an important record to him and the fans who have supported it for all these years.

 

“We always said our motto was ‘we’re building to last.’ We really spent a lot of time on the songs. The other motto was, ‘no filler.’ You don’t make a single and then put a bunch of filler on an album. You make an album and hope you have a single.” You’re Only Lonely epitomizes that ethos. It’s built to last.

 

By 1979, JD Souther had quickly established himself as the consummate singer/songwriter and performer - penning hits for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor, while delivering two now-essential releases for David Geffen’s Asylum Records. (Both John David Souther and Black Rose have been expanded and reissued by Omnivore Recordings.) He assembled an A-list band (Waddy Wachtel on guitar, Don Grolnick on piano, Kenny Edwards on bass, and Rick Marotta on drums, with Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar also contributing on guitar, David Sanborn on alto saxophone, and Dan Dugmore on guitar and steel) for his debut on Columbia Records.

 

You’re Only Lonely appeared at the end of that year and the title track stormed up the charts. “You’re Only Lonely” spent 5 weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts and was a #7 Pop hit. The album itself was a critical success, hitting #41 on the LP charts. Billboard praised the LP as a “predominantly mellow, atmospheric collection of tunes . . . Souther’s guitar playing takes a backseat to his writing, with many of the tunes here among his best.” (From the new liner notes) “It was quite a good Christmas,” JD laughs. “’You’re Only Lonely’ and ‘Heartache Tonight’ (co-written by JD, Glenn Frey, Don Felder, and Bob Seger) were both in the top ten the same week. It was pretty amazing.”

 

You’re Only Lonely contains JD’s versions of tracks previously recorded by Linda Ronstadt (“White Rhythm And Blues” from Living In The USA), Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (“The Moon Turned Blue” from Dream) and Nicolette Larson (“The Last In Love” from her debut Nicolette), plus “Trouble In Paradise” (the title track of the second Souther-Hillman-Furay Band album).

 

Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/rngGt4ELd6A

 

Pre-order: https://omnivorerecordings.com/shop/youre-only-lonely/

 

You’re Only Lonely tracklist:

1. You’re Only Lonely

2. If You Don’t Want My Love

3. The Last In Love

4. White Rhythm And Blues

5. Til The Bars Burn Down

6. The Moon Just Turned Blue

7. Songs Of Love

8. Fifteen Bucks

9. Trouble In Paradise

10. Ever Faithful Woman [Bonus Track]

11. Bad News Travels Fast (Alternate Take) [Bonus Track] 

The Immediate Family brings top-tier rock to The Coach House

The Immediate Family, from left, includes Waddy Wachtel, Russ Kunkel, Danny
Kortchmar, Leland Sklar and Steve Postell.

Who: The Immediate Family

Where: The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA

When: Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022

Next: Visit the band's website HERE for upcoming concert information

Review by Robert Kinsler

Photography by Bob Steshetz

From left, Waddy Wachtel, Russ Kunkel and Danny Kortchhmar at The Coach
House on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.

There is something to be said for a rock band that plays music seemingly for no other reason than to have fun. Such was the case with The Immediate Family's joyful 70-minute performance at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano last night (Dec. 8, 2022). Performing before a capacity crowd at the legendary venue, the quintet thrilled while delivering on singer-guitarist Danny Kortchmar's spot-on description of the band: "We're a cover band that does all original material."

Danny Kortchmar, left, with Leland Solar.

A bona fide supergroup, The Immediate Family features the aforementioned Kortchmar, singer-guitarist Waddy Wachtel, singer-guitarist Steve Postell, bassist Leland Sklar, drummer Russ Kunkel. Frequent collaborators both in the recording studio and on the concert stage, the work of the band members can be heard on albums from the celebrated likes of James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards, Carole King, Graham Nash, Warren Zevon, Neil Young and more.

Steve Postell performing at The Coach House.

With their relaxed approach, personable style interacting with the crowd and each other as well as a great set filled with revisited classics, it was a formula that couldn't lose. The band's musicianship was first rate, and it was a true bonus that The Immediate Family features three great lead singers in their ranks.

Bassist Leland Solar performing on Dec. 8, 2022.

Opening with a rousing take on Zevon's "Lawyers, Guns and Money," one of many great tracks from 1978's Excitable Boy (both Kortchmar and Kunkel were featured players on that disc), the band proved they have the innate ability to honor a classic track while giving it a signature stamp. That winning approach was repeated across the group's set, notably on a version of Sparks' "Toughest Girl In Town," (bolstered by some fantastic vocal harmonies), the 1983 Don Henley hit "Dirty Laundry" (with great guitar solos from both Wachtel and Kortchmar), the tuneful 1982 Jackson Browne hit "Somebody's Baby" (co-written by Kortchmar), and Henley's "All She Wants To Do Is Dance." 

Drummer Russ Kunkel at The Coach House.

Late set highlights were definitely worth the weight, including a rollicking take on the Wachtel power pop-fueled garage rocker "High Maintenance Girlfriend," the textured "A Thing of the Past" (utilizing the textures of all three guitars and the rhythm section) and night-ending "Werewolves of London." 

Check out more of photographer Bob Steshetz's amazing photographs from the concert below.

Waddy Wachtel at The Coach House.

Steve Postell performing at The Coach House.