WESTWOOD is something like the best kept secret for those who live in the Heilbronn/Mosbach area in Southern Germany. For a decade the trio was very popular in that region in the mid 70s to the mid 80s with their Country/Folk Rock sound (two acoustic guitars, bass and harmony vocals) which reminded on bands like America, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Poco, the Eagles or the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Leader of the three-piece was Dave German (acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle) from Colorado who also wrote all the original songs for the band, Wolfgang Köhler on acoustic and electric guitar, and last but not least German Vogt on bass. After the self-produced debut album Dave's Triad (1975) two more albums followed on Intercord (Winner Takes All, 1978) and Racket Records (Comin' Home, 1982). After more than 1,000 shows Dave German returned back home in 1986 - the Westwood era was over. Well - not yet… Eleven years later there was a reunion, in 1998 the CD Spirits In The Wind was released on Blue Rose, a combination of a "Best Of" collection and four new songs. In May 2003 another visit of German was the chance to record a live show of the trio. The double CD Live featured lots of Westwood originals as "Do You Want Me To Come Back", "Sound Of Your Voice" or "Running Blind" plus covers like "Here Comes The Sun", "Seven Bridges Road", "The Boxer", "Leaving On A Jet Plane" or bluegrass tunes like "Cripple Creek", "Devil's Square Dance" and "Foggy Mountain Breakdown". The mixture of originals and covers was a trademark of Westwood shows from the beginning and the reason for the trio's big and lasting success. 29 years after the last regular Westwood album was released the three musicians wanted to do a favor to all their true fans and recorded a brand new album. After All This Time contains ten tracks, all written by German except the country classic "Long Black Veil", another crowd pleaser of the band's live performances. Seven songs have never been available on any record before, five tracks were especially written for After All This Time. The arrangements were wrapped in a modern sound by Andy Horn and added with non-Westwood typical instruments as accordeon and drums but still sounding like Westwood with acoustic guitars and harmony vocals plus Dave German's skills for great melodies with catchy hooklines. The Dobro parts on the album track "Sound Of Your Voice", one of Daves Westwood classics, were played by Dave German's friend Rusty Young of Poco.