Lodestar - This Oregon Country (2025) [Hi-Res]

The album "This Oregon Country" from Numero Group is a compilation of lost recordings by the Oregon band Lodestar, made around 1981. Unlike mainstream country rock, their "hippie-billy" sound was an anthem of the counter-culture and the back-to-the-land movement. Recorded in a professional studio, the tracks combine folk arrangements, psychedelic acoustic parts, and a husky, Waylon-esque vocal style. This is an authentic musical document of a band that traded Hollywood ambitions for a life far from the rat race and the pursuit of money.

Tracklist:
1-1 Lodestar - Give Me Wings [3:37]
1-2 Lodestar - Snake River Country [2:29]
1-3 Lodestar - Rain Song [3:46]
1-4 Lodestar - This Oregon Living [2:52]
1-5 Lodestar - Oregon My Oregon [1:32]
1-6 Lodestar - Pendleton Dud [3:19]
1-7 Lodestar - John Day Valley [4:14]
1-8 Lodestar - High Desert Country [3:15]
1-9 Lodestar - Sisters [2:50]
1-10 Lodestar - Wet Oregon [0:28]