Once, back in the mid seventies, I saw Valdy play with the Hometown Band. Hometown Band by themselves tended a little towards a funky pop sound, but with Valdy they were very folk-rock in sound, at least when I saw them live. Not very much a Valdy fan, was I. I don't know anything more about this combination, though I have located two Hometown Band albums (in my cellar, of all places).

It's always annoying to me how a band/artist can betray their live act and sound with overproduced recordings, and I think particularly with record company marketing driving the sales an act will leave their live ethics on the stage and do the company's will in the studio.

Folk-rock for me really works live.

Peace, Mooh.