Photo by Jamey Bartley/Courtesy of Leighton Media And while some voices in their management wanted to hold the album even longer, Bartley and Andes made the final call. Other tracks include “A Real Fine Day, “Younger,” “There She Is,” “Ghost Town,” “Before I Met You,” and “A New Mexico.” The band actually finished recording it in November 2019, but the pandemic delayed its release. “Then I did the same on the next verse for 1969 with Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Led Zeppelin.” Then, I Googled the top 100 hits of 1967 and I saw Aretha Franklin and the Rascals and all the songs,” he says. “I wrote the first verse about the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Byrds in 1965. Leadoff track “Way Back When” has Bartley reminiscing about some of the great performers of the ‘60s, weaving in song titles in the lyrics in which each chorus is dedicated to a different year. ![]() “A lot of classic rock bands won’t put out albums because it won’t get on radio and will just be sold at the gigs. So for me, it was nice to include ‘Nature’s Way’ in the set as a doff of our hats to Spirit and Randy California,” Bartley says. “Firefall’s been doing a log of package shows, and we’ve been playing the same 45 minute set for 20 years. But the whole project started when they recorded a cover of Spirit’s “Nature’s Way” with a lead vocal by Andes, a former member of that group. ![]() Jones handles most of the lead vocals, with contributions from Bartley and one by band friend Mark Trippensee. The 10 tracks are penned by both bandmembers and outside writers. It’s their first new studio album in over two decades. The group went through breakups, reunions, and many lineup changes, but the current band (Bartley, Andes, Muse, singer/guitarist Gary Jones, and drummer Sandy Ficca,) have just released Comet (Sunset Blvd. He – along with Rick Roberts and Larry Burnett (vocals/guitars), Mark Andes (bass), and Michael Clarke (drums) formed the country rock group Firefall in 1974, adding David Muse (keyboards/flute/sax) shortly thereafter.Firefall scored three big radio hits on their first trio of albums with “You Are the Woman,” “Just Remember I Love You,” and “Strange Way.” Fans also enjoyed deeper cuts like “Livin’ Ain’t Livin’,” “Cinderella,” “Mexico,” and “Headed for a Fall.” Bartley’s stint it the Fallen Angels wouldn’t last much longer, but there were bigger things on the horizon.
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