Cowboy (band)

Cowboy
The band's lineup of (left-to-right) David Brown, Scott Boyer, Bill Stewart, Randall Bramblett, and Tommy Talton
The band's lineup of (left-to-right) David Brown, Scott Boyer, Bill Stewart, Randall Bramblett, and Tommy Talton
Background information
OriginJacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Years active
  • 1969–1977
  • 2007–2011
Labels
Past members

Cowboy was an American country rock and southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. The group's main members consisted of songwriters Tommy Talton and Scott Boyer, alongside a rotating group of musicians. They released four albums on the Capricorn Records label in the 1970s: Reach for the Sky (1970), 5'll Getcha Ten (1971), Boyer and Talton (1974), and Cowboy (1977). The song "Please Be with Me"–perhaps their best-known song–featured a performance from Duane Allman. It was also later covered by Eric Clapton on his album 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974).

The group's sound has been compared to Hearts & Flowers, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Pure Prairie League.[1] Steve Leggett of Allmusic considered Cowboy "one of Capricorn Records' and Southern rock's best-kept secrets during the genre's golden age in the 1970s."[2] The group reformed in 2007 and recorded an album, released a decade later as 10'll Getcha Twenty. In addition, this iteration also issued a live album, Boyer & Talton: Cowboy Reunion 2010.

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Reach for the Sky – Cowboy". Allmusic. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Leggett, Steve. "Cowboy – Biography & History". Allmusic. Retrieved February 16, 2018.