Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Rock, Folk Rock, Americana
Release date: October 10, 2025
Duration: 42:56
Tracks: 11
Bernie Leadon’s first solo album in twenty years Too Late To Be Cool was cut the way Leadon likes it: all analog, a band in a room, everyone looking each other in the eye. Tony Harrell on keys, Greg Morrow on drums, Glenn Worf on bass, classic tube mics, vintage API console, two inch tape, EMT plate, and Ted Jensen mastering straight from the half-inch masters. The legendary Glyn Johns returns as producer and engineer, a fitting reunion with the mentor and longtime collaborator who was in the room during some of Leadon’s most essential chapters.
While there are some positive reviews, IMHO the album instrumentally speaking is aiming a for a great 70’s sound, with fairly uninspired vocal performances. There’s no song which I would point at as a standout composition. The album has no energy, a lethargic sound all through it. Goes down as another album which was put out for the sake of having an album made by Bernie Leadon, carrying a legendary artist name from the Eagles heydays, but not much to write home about.
