Ruby (Ruby album)

Ruby is the debut album by American rock group Ruby, featuring Tom Fogerty.

Personnel

Tom Fogerty – guitar, vocals
Randy Oda – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Anthony Davis – bass, vocals
Bobby Cochran – drums, vocals
Ed Bogas – bass on "Baby, What You Want Me to Do"

Trivia

The instrumental track "BART" was frequently used by the BBC to accompany test cards, during intervals between schools programmes, and over Pages from Ceefax in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and sporadically thereafter.
BART was also used for the musical highlights section of BBC's review of the 1987 Formula 1 season.
When the digital switchover happened, the track was chosen to play out the last Pages from Ceefax prior to the closure of analogue teletext in the UK on BBC2, in the early morning of 22 October 2012.

Reception

A Cash Box Magazine album review dated April 9, 1977, states "It would be hard to follow the high quality work that Tom Fogerty put into Creedence Clearwater Revival but Fogerty's new band, Ruby, deserves more than a casual listen. The combined talents of this quartet are potently showcased in their ability to play fast and funky or slow and silky with equal aplomb and careful control. For AOR and top 40 playlists."