The Utah Kid Eagle Ridge Record Album LP Kenvin Lyman Signed Numbered Poster

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Scarce The Utah Kid "Eagle Ridge" vinyl, record album, LP. Gatefold sleeve. Self published 1973. Limited pressing of 500 copies. Signed dated and numbered on the inner sleeve : 7 Feb 1973 / No. 323 / Kenvin Lyman. Also numbered on the outer sleeve spine 323. The outer sleeve is in good condition with some wear, soiling, edge and corner wear/bumping, damp staining to the bottom. The inner sleeve is in good condition with some wear, handling marks, and a small tear and ring marking. The poster is in good condition with some damp staining and some rippling. The vinyl is in good condition with some light scuffing and scratching . A few scratches/nicks are heavier at track 9 on side 2.....$4.00 s+h.

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 (Produced by Mikel Covey, Jon Wellman & The Utah Kid )
Visual artist Kenvin Lyman made a name for himself in the hippie era as the lightshow artist for the Grateful Dead and other uber-bands in the San Francisco scene... Lyman cut this folk/roots/boogie rock album under his nom-de-art, The Utah Kid, and played some gigs along the West Coast, though most of his time on the road was spent helping stage shows for rock stars such as the Dead, Elton John, Santana, etc. Later, Lyman became a pioneering computer animator and one of Utah's first widely recognized organic farmers. This album isn't all country rock, by any means, but the twang is in there, as well as the rural vibe.  
 

Biography

The UK band cut the first Utah Kid album in 1972. 37 years later we're in the middle of the second. This time the band became the UK2 Band. The piano player on our first album, Kevin Lewis, died a few years ago and was replaced by Eric Muhler and there were a few other additions. Our lead guitar player Sonny Wolf is one of the "Old Masters" on lead guitar and played on both albums and Steve Auerbach played the hell out of the Hammond B3 on several cuts on the new album. The Babes who sing back-up include the illustrious Christin Merrill as well as the illustrious Lisa Marie Wood, my good friend Denise Provenzano and Misty Sanone. Flavia Cervino Wood Adds depth and elegance on the violin. I wish she'd been around to play on the first album. Harold Carr plays a big mellow bass that suits our music just right. He has played on both albums. Rex Flinner plays a sweet mandolin on several songs on the second album. Richard Taylor is another new member of UK2. He plays rhythm guitar and sings harmony. He and I invented a big visual piano in the sixties on which we performed with The Grateful Dead, Carlos Santana, CSNY, Big Mama Thornton and many other musical greats. In those days we were in the Family Dog booking Agency in San Francisco along with The Dead, Carlos, The Charletons, Wavy Gravy and other legends.

All of our music is from scratch - original with deep American roots. I grew up on a big cattle ranch and although I don't think of myself exclusively as a Country Musician those influences are there in my lyrics and music. I am also a visual artist and have done work for many of the music greats of my generation including: Led Zeppelin (ledzeppelinposters.net), Stevie Wonder (Studio Logo), Elton John (Jet Records) and Earth, Wind and Fire (Faces).

Even though the musicians in this band have an abundance of experience this is our debut as the UK2 band. As you can tell these guys can really play and in addition to that they are all even-tempered and easy to work with- no prima donnas here. I love them all.

The Utah Kid (Kenvin Lyman)