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''Life Goes On'' is the fifth and final album by the country rock band The Desert Rose Band, released in 1993. By 1994, the band had officially split up. The band reunited for live performances in 2008 to 2010. The album was released by the Curb record label in Europe only, and was never released in the US. The band's final music video, directed by Michael Merriman, was created for the album's leading single "What About Love" which peaked at #71 on the U.S. Hot country songs chart. ==Background== Following the commercial failure of the ''True Love'' album, the band were dropped by their label MCA in 1992 and both original guitarist John Jorgensen and drummer Steven Duncan left the band. For the ''Life Goes On'' album, the band returned to the production team of Paul Worley and Ed Seay, who had produced the band's first three albums, whilst original guitarist John Jorgenson returned to play on two tracks. On the album, guitarist Jeff Ross stood in for Jorgenson and played on the album, although was replaced by Jim Monahan afterwards, whilst the drummer position was filled by Tim Grogan for touring. Monahan was encountered by Hillman in local bands around his own home in Ventura County. Several prominent country and bluegrass musicians made guest appearances on the album, who were also close friends of Hillman; guitarist Tony Rice, fiddle player Sam Bush, dobro player Al Perkins and Larry Park (of Boy Howdy) on guitar.〔''Life Goes On'' CD booklet credits〕 In a Billboard Magazine article in the issue of August 14, 1993, author Jim Bessman stated that Desert Rose Band might have called it quits if leading member Chris Hillman hadn’t refused to leave the band's 1991 album ''True Love'' as the final "calling card". Hillman was quoted ''"I couldn't live with that. Any disgruntled artist can point fingers, but we were mildly seduced by the record company to go into a direction which they thought would break us through. So we compromised on a lot of things, and whilst it wasn't a complete disaster, it wasn't a good album. We got resistance at radio, and the record company bailed."'' In relation to the band being dropped by MCA and the leaving of Jorgensen and Duncan, Hillman stated ''"I was sitting here with Bill and Herb and Tom, and asking, 'Is this it? Should I go solo?' But I couldn't let us go out with "True Love," and we owed Curb two records. So we worked things out with Curb country's division president Dick Whitehouse, and now that Curb has its own distribution and Hal Ketchum's doing miracles for the label, I said, 'You have every opportunity to be a major label. Let's make a record.'"'' In the article, Hillman spoke of the album, stating ''"We've worked on the road and built a good core following, and could remain working without a record, so we took our time putting the new album together. The songs and the vocal blend which Herb and I get are even more focused, but we're just furthered the unique sound we have."'' Hillman also noted ''"We've been on thee top with hit singles – and to the bottom, having experienced some failure, and taking a break between Desert Rose albums, has only made this one better. My great stock line is that the shelf life of artists has been cut in half from four years ago, because of the country boom and the volume of new artists. You can have the best record in the world and 15 indies working on it, and it still won't sell. So we've had to adapt, and I know I sometimes come across as being arrogant, but we're still an honest band that really believes in what it's doing."'' For the article, the band's co-manager Cameron Randle of Refugee Management stated ''"The whole album is premised on the fact that this band brings a credibility and artistic integrity to country music. But they've been absent from the scene the last couple of years – at a time of an enormous changing of the guard in country radio. So they're carrying on with new personnel, but the core, as always, is the relationship between Chris and Herb, vocally and historically. And the new material is as fresh and compelling as anything they've ever done. There's no more appropriate time for Desert Rose band to re-enter the country market than when everyone else is acknowledging Hillman's contributions."''〔 In the Los Angeles Times of July 19, 1993, writer Richard Cromelin wrote an article titled "Desert Rose Hoping to Bloom Again With New Album", where it was revealed that Hillman had one simple hope for the album. Hillman stated ''"I want to get us back into the majors, we were relegated to the minor leagues."'' In regards to the ''True Love'' album - described as a "commercial dud and an artistic letdown" in the article, Hillman stated ''"I made one of the most monumental blunders anybody can make, I stopped listening to my intuitive voice, the voice that says: 'Don't do that, don't write that.' I was seduced by the business side of it with all this stuff. I was doing every stupid thing, like a 20-year-old kid thinking 'Gee, they're gonna really get behind it.' I fooled myself. But there have been people who have miraculously come back from the dead. John Anderson is better now than ever. Sawyer Brown has come from being a ditzy show band into doing some interesting material. I think Desert Rose can come back, too."'' In regards to the album, Hillman noted ''"I think we did a really good record. We went back with our original producers, and it's far more Desert Rose-sounding than any of the other records."''〔 On June 16, 1994, an article in the Los Angeles Times noted that fans of the band would expect release of their final album that month, however this didn't materialize. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Life Goes On (The Desert Rose Band album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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