Dust - 1972 LP: B3 Stand By Now

Dust LP: Dust Released: 1972 Label: Myrrh – MST-6504-LP Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Folk Rock Tracklist A1 Gone A2 My Song A3 Rich Man A4 Friend Of Mine A5 Sweet Jesus B1 Sunny Days B2 Eenie Meenie Minie Moe B3 Stand By Now B4 What’s The Use B5 He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother / Pledge Of Allegiance There are some nice moments on this early Myrrh production.  Dust is best when they’re doing psychy hard rock, as on the opening ‘Gone’ where jamming wah-wah rhythm guitar churns alongside loud echoey electric leads.  The same ingredients crop up on ‘Rich Man’ along  with organ and soulful resounding harmonies.  ‘My Song’ and ‘Stand By Now’ are both airy easy-flowing mid-tempo songs with pleasant organ-backed grooves.   The rest of the album runs from   hard pop-rock to folkrock, the overall vibe being early-’70s soulful commercial rock.  Two real oddball items are worth mentioning: ‘Eenie Meenie Minie Moe’ is an anti-bigotry children’s sing-a