Wildfire – Smokin' ; Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock Year: 1970

Wildfire was Randy Love (guitar/vocals), Danny Jamison (bass/lead vocals), & Donny Martin (drums). Love & Jamison had previously been members of Phil Pearlman's band that recorded a rare surf 45 as "Phil & The Flakes."
From 1969-'72, when Wildfire broke up, the band made Austin it's home three quarters of the year during the University of TX fall & spring semesters and returned to Southern California during the summers.
When Wildfire determined it was time to cut a demo album they began in California at The Beach Boy's recording studio, putting down bass and guitar tracks. (guitarist Randy Love is Beach Boys' Mike Love's cousin.) A Texas promoter convinced the band that Texas was where they wanted to record, so they returned to Austin eventually ending up at Sonobeat's Josie Studio. (the same place and nearly the same time as Vince Mariani and Cold Sun/Dark Shadows). Sonobeat owner, Bill Josie Sr. produced Wildfire's 8 song album in what was almost certainly the first of Sonobeat's 'work for hire' sessions -- those in which Sonobeat simply provided engineering and studio time for an hourly fee.
Since the band paid for the sessions, the band owned the master tapes and self-released this album. (which has come to be known as "Smokin'"). It was released in a plain white jacket bearing hand numbered stickers.

1 Stars In The Sky
Written-By – Danny Jamison
5:45
2 Down To Earth
Written-By – Danny Jamison
4:33
3 Time Will Tell
Written-By – Danny Jamison
3:10
4 Don't Look For Me
Written-By – Danny Jamison, Randy Love
6:27
5 Free
Written-By – Danny Jamison, Randy Love
2:59
6 What Have I Got Now
Written-By – Danny Jamison
3:21
7 Let It Happen
Written-By – Danny Jamison, Randy Love
3:06
8 Quicksand
Written-By – Danny Jamison
10:58

Bass, Lead Vocals – Danny Jamison
Drums – Donny Martin
Engineer – Bill Josey Sr.
Engineer [Digitized 2006] – Chris Bell (2)
Guitar, Vocals – Randy Love
Mastered By – Javier Roldón
Producer, Liner Notes [Reissue] – Barbara Light Lacy