Category: STILLWATER

Many of you asked to keep featuring Rock Candy Records releases to complete collections, so here’s STILLWATER debut album, 1977’s self-titled “Stillwater“, fully remastered and including two bonus tracks. Despite appeared not so long ago, this release has become pretty hard to find, not listed anymore at Rock Candy’s website.
An impressive seven piece hailing from Macon Georgia, Stillwater first arrived on our radar back in the Seventies when they were filmed by the BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test program playing in a local club as part of Capricorn record’s annual picnic. The track shown was ‘Sam’s Jam’ a masterful guitar-drenched epic that sent a shock wave through the ranks of Southern / Classic Rock aficionados. Some of us have yet to recover from that program.
Formed in the early Seventies and featuring a classic three-man guitar line up, the band courted much attention eventually signing with the Macon-based Capricorn label, home to The Allman Brothers Band, amongst many others. It was a fitting pairing, with the band attracting much attention, earning strong praise and delivering one of the finest albums of the period. Paired with Buddy Buie, songwriter and producer for the Atlanta Rhythm Section the band recorded their album at the legendary Studio One facility in Doraville.
“Stillwater” LP is marketed as Southern Rock platter but the emphasis is on the guitar work and the whole album actually comes off as pretty heavy Boston style rock and roll…

Many of you asked to keep featuring Rock Candy Records releases to complete collections, so here’s STILLWATER second album, 1978’s “I Reserve The Right“, fully remastered.
Based in Macon, Georgia, Stillwater had developed a fine reputation before being snapped up by the premiere Southern Rock label Capricorn records, home to a myriad of home-grown talent such as The Allman Brothers Band or The Marshall Tucker Band, amongst many others. The addition of Stillwater to the roster worked well for both the band and the label. Their debut album (also available on Rock Candy) spawned a hit single, helping to tee the band up nicely for album #2.
Issued in 1978 and produced once again by Atlanta Rhythm Section producer/writer Buddy Buie, at Studio One in Doraville, this album found the band developing their style and swagger in no uncertain terms. Boasting a number of superb tracks, including ‘Kalifornia Kool‘, ‘Fair Warning’ and the seven minute long title track, featuring some blistering lead guitar work…