Bodacious DF

Bodacious DF
Studio album by Bodacious DF
Released	October 1973
Recorded	1973 at Record Plant, Sausalito
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Billy Wolf Doc Storch Bodacious DF

Bodacious DF is the only release by the short-lived band of the same name. Marty Balin had left Jefferson Airplane in 1971, and after producing an album by the band Grootna in 1972, he formed the band Bodacious DF with Grootna members Vic Smith and Dewey DeGreaze (from Country Joe & the Fish). Mark Ryan (who had played with Quicksilver Messenger Service) and Charlie Hickox also joined. The band broke up shortly after the album was released, though Hickox and Smith went on to collaborate with Balin on songs for the Jefferson Starship albums Spitfire (1976) and Earth (1978).

Track listing

Side One

1. "Drifting" (Jesse Osborne) – 4:30
2. "Good Folks" (Lonnie Talbot) – 7:30
3. "The Witcher" (Marty Balin, Vic Smith) – 6:26

Side Two

1. "Roberta" (Balin, Smith, Trish Robbins) – 4:25
2. "Second Hand Information" (Charlie Hickox) – 4:53
3. "Drivin' Me Crazy" (Smith) – 7:06
4. "Twixt Two Worlds" (Balin, Smith) – 5:30

Personnel

• Marty Balin – lead vocals
• Mark Ryan – bass, background vocals
• Dewey DaGreaze – drums, percussion, background vocals on "Second Hand Information"
• Vic Smith – guitars, background vocals
• Charlie Hickox – keyboards, background vocals on "Second Hand Information"

Additional personnel

• Rhani Kugel, Anna Rizzo, Trish Robbins – background vocals on "Good Folks"
• Boots Hughston – saxophone on "The Witcher"

Production

• Billy Wolf – producer
• Doc Storch – producer, engineer, mixdown
• Bodacious DF – producer, arranger
• Kurt Kinzel – assistant engineer
• Stephen Stone – photography
• North Beach Camera, Luigi Alfano, Jack Wright – photographic assistance
• Bob Fried – artist
• Recorded at Record Plant, Sausalito
• Mastered at Lacquer Channel, Sausalito

References

• Bodacious DF (Vinyl insert). Bodacious DF. New York City: RCA. 1973. APL1-0206.