Autumn - Song To Raymondo (1970)

John Braden - Song To Raymondo (1969)

(John Braden)
 USA
Original version

Track on A&M album John Braden, probably recorded in 1968 and released early in 1969. Some notable personnel played on the album, including Ry Cooder, and Chris Etheridge from The Flying Burrito Bros.

That was the only album by singer-songwriter John Braden (1946-1987), but he later wrote music and lyrics for many theatrical productions, especially at the off-off-Broadway La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. He also wrote stories and music for video games and for several successful children's albums, many of them spin-offs from TV series (see, for example, his Transformers story and music YouTube).

Sources, further reading: 1. The definitive source on John Braden is probably Windfarm, a now inactive blog. An initial post from 2009 is followed up in three instalments (here, here and here) after Braden's sister and other associates contacted the blogger. It also helps to sort out the confusion over some other John Bradens, none of whom seem to be the composer of Song To Raymondo. 2. The Wikipedia article on Braden lists many of his works for the theatre and for children's albums. It has a link to: 3. John Braden page at La Mama Archives.