Monthly Archives: August 2023

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 919) Bobby Womack — “Lillie Mae” Since I featured Bobby Womack and his brothers yesterday, I thought today I’d turn to a favorite from Bobby’s first solo album. It is a “quick tempo’d example [of] countrified funky soul at it’s finest”. (Dunderbeck1980, https://andresmusictalk.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/anatomy-of-the-groove-lillie-mae-by-bobby-womack-1968/)Continue reading “Bobby Womack — “Lillie Mae”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 10, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 918) The Valentinos — “It’s All Over Now” The song that quite possibly broke the Rolling Stones in America was this Bobby Womack-penned stunner that the Valentinos (the Womack brothers) had released as a single about a month earlier. Impresario and disc jockeyContinue reading “The Valentinos — “It’s All Over Now”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 9, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 917) Dayaks — “So Long, Sad Sack” Nasty middle America garage rock — nasty vocal, nasty guitar, nasty attitude. Wait, this is from Belgium? Well, they sure put the twerp in Antwerp. “One of the coolest Euro 60s trax… EVER!!!!! Private release andContinue reading “Dayaks — “So Long, Sad Sack”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 8, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 916) The Mourning Reign — “Satisfaction Guaranteed” Alec Palao writes that the Reign “rose rapidly in [San Jose’s] pecking order with a patented repertoire of Anglified raunch, which their deput waxing . . . with its twin guitar leads and angst-ridden vocal, articulatedContinue reading “The Mourning Reign — “Satisfaction Guaranteed”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 7, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 915) The Free-For-All/The Great Scots — “Show Me the Way” It’s been said that the Beatles inspired untold thousands of teenagers across the Americas to buy guitars and head to their garages. Well, if the Beatles actually were a garage band and gotContinue reading “The Free-For-All/The Great Scots — “Show Me the Way”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 6, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 914) The Sparkles — “No Friend of Mine” Straight outta Lubbock, TX, the Sparkles’ “masterpiece . . . [is] an incendiary effort distinguished by [a] snarling guitar lead and [a] remarkably anguished vocal” (Jason Ankeny, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-sparkles-mn0000431652), with “the band . . . onContinue reading “The Sparkles — “No Friend of Mine”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 5, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 913) Q’65 — “I Was Young” This January ’67 B-side by the Dutch wild boys (see #108, 557) is a slow-burner garage classic (assuming there were garages in the Hague). Bruce Eder gives us some history: The Dutch quintet could have held theirContinue reading “Q’65 — “I Was Young”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 4, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 912) The Plague — “Go Away” The Kinks were a snotty garage band from Albuquerque, New Mexico? Well, no, but if they had been, “Go Away” would have been their song. The A-side of the Plague’s only single is an “organ punker withContinue reading “The Plague — “Go Away”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 3, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 891) Edwards Hand — “New York City Rain” (see #151, 663, 813) For song #911, how could I not play “New York City Rain”, a melancholy but brimming with hope soft rock classic by the exquisite Edwards Hand? “NYC Rain” is from theContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Edwards Hand — “New York City Rain”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 2, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 910) Thor’s Hammer — “I Don’t Care” Thor’s Hammer (see #518)— from Iceland, of course — went by the name of Hljómar (The Sound of the Chords) back home. The band gave us mortals this “brash mod stomper[] . . . with snarlingContinue reading “Thor’s Hammer — “I Don’t Care”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 1, 2023″