Caravan Tonight is the first album by American singer-songwriter Steven Grossman. Released in 1974, it was the first album dealing with openly gay themes and subject matter within its lyrics to be released on a major label (Mercury Records).[2] At the time of its release, Stephen Holden in Rolling Stone described it as, "...staggering, its appeal to the finest human values universal."[3] Grossman himself said of the album, "The songs on the album came from a time when I was flipping out. Really confused... But for the first time I could write about what I felt not what I thought other people wanted to hear."[4]

Caravan Tonight
Studio album by Steven Grossman
Released	1974
Recorded	December 1973 7 January 1974 at Sound Ideas Studios N.Y.C
Genre	Folk rock
Label	Mercury
Producer	Bobby Flax & Lanny Lambert for Very Very Productions LTD
Steven Grossman chronology
Caravan Tonight (1974) Something In The Moonlight (2011)

English model, actress, and singer Twiggy recorded a cover of the title track "Caravan Tonight" on her 1976 self-titled album.[5]

Singer/songwriter Mark Weigle covered "Out" on his 2002 album Out Of The Loop; it was a digital duet with Grossman.[6]

Track listing

Side one

1. Caravan Tonight
2. Out
3. Five O'Clock Song
4. Christopher's Blues
5. Song to Bonnie
6. Song to That M&M Man

Side two

1. You Don't Have to Be Ashamed
2. Many Kinds of Love
3. Can't...Papa Blues
4. Circle Nine Times
5. Dry Dock Dreaming

Musicians

• Acoustic guitar and vocals – Steven Grossman
• Acoustic lead and electric guitar – Vinny Fuccella
• Bass – Andy Munson
• Drums – Jimmy Young
• Keyboards and recorder – Chris Dedrick
• Congas and percussion – George Devens
• Mandolin, banjo, pedal steel guitar – Eric Weissberg
• Background vocals – Steven, Bobby, Lanny and The Free Design
• Horns and strings arranged and conducted by Chris Dedrick

External links

• Studer, Wayne (1994). Rock on the Wild Side. San Francisco: Leyland Publications. pp. 99–100. ISBN 0-943595-46-0.

References