Brother Where Are You
Label: Atlantic – WPCR-27687
Released: 1974
Oscar Brown, Jr’s third-and final-album on Atlantic, includes “The Lone Ranger,” the only single OBJ had climb the R&B charts. In the spring of 1974 the song made it to #27 on the R&B charts and #69 on the Hot 100.“The Lone Ranger” was a hit on radio but then abruptly removed from the stations. Give it a listen and you decide why.
The title track contains hallmark words the multi-faceted songwriter would often close his shows with: “Brother Where Are You” has been remixed by British producer, Matthew Herbert, used most recently in the Showtime series The Chi.
Tracklist
The Lone Ranger
Under The Sun
The Joneses
If You Came Back
Separate Ways
Brother Where Are You
I Love San Francisco
Who Knows What Goes When The Doors Close?
Memory Lane
From My Window
Like A Flower