“Amoreena” by Elton John

"Amoreena" rides in on Tumbleweed Connection, Elton John's third album, cut at London's Trident Studios in March 1970 and out in Britain that October. Elton wrote the music and Bernie Taupin the words, the partnership behind every song on the record but one, and the whole album heads west, a concept set steeped in country and western and Americana.

Gus Dudgeon produced it with Robin Geoffrey Cable engineering. Elton plays piano and organ and sings lead, Dee Murray holds down the bass, Nigel Olsson the drums, and Caleb Quaye steps out for the guitar solo. For a British songwriter hitching his wagon to the American frontier, it's a fine piece of dust-and-daydream rock.

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