Black Rose

‘Black Rose’ stands as John David Souther’s defining artistic statement – a lush, soulful record that bridges the California country-rock sound with elegant, jazz-inflected sophistication. Originally released in 1976 on Asylum Records, this was the moment Souther fully came into his own: a songwriter’s songwriter, surrounded by the very best of L.A.’s musical elite. With appearances by Linda Ronstadt, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and David Crosby, Black Rose captures that intimate, sunlit West Coast magic like few albums of its time.