Safe at Home

The group's only album release, Safe at Home featured four of Parsons' original compositions rounded out by six covers of classic country and rock and roll songs made famous by the likes of Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Hank Snow.

Session musicians rounded out the lineup for recording: drummer Jon Corneal, bassist Joe Osborn, pedal steel guitarist Jay Dee Maness and pianist Earl "Les" Ball.

Prior to its release, Parsons left the band after accepting an offer to join The Byrds, and Safe at Home lay dormant for months.

Rock journalist John Einarson surmised decades later that Parsons abandoned his band and his friends without a second thought once the opportunity to join The Byrds was presented to him.

Hit Parader magazine gave the album high marks for daring to tackle country music, an area that most contemporary American groups wouldn't touch in the liberal heyday of the late 1960s.

[4] Writer Pete Johnson of the Los Angeles Times described the album as authentic, noting a "vitality not always found in traditional country performers".