The Exceptions — “The Eagle Flies on Friday”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 6, 2024

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD

1,103) The Exceptions — “The Eagle Flies on Friday”

Primo UK freakbeat, a unique, stunning and “powerful drums and vibes driven track”. (robertplant, https://www.45cat.com/record/202632). The members then tried their luck with British folk, Fairport Convention style. WTF? The title . . . refers to payday in US worplaces (the eagle being pictured on the dollar).” (liner notes to the CD comp Chocolate Soup for Diabetics: Volumes 1-5). Oh, and Robert Plant played tambourine! More tambourine!

As to the Exceptions, Vernon Joynson tells us:

This Birmingham band was formed after [Roger] Hill had left The Uglys in August 1967.  [Dave] Pegg joined from Way of Life but he too had been with The Uglys earlier. . . .  Hill went on to join Mongrel then Fairport Convention . . . Pegg joined Fairport Convention . . . . [Alan Bugsy] Eastwood also joined Fairport Conventiom and he and Pegg were both later in Fotheringay.

The Tapestry of Delights Revisited

Robertplant adds:

One of Dave Pegg’s friends was future Led Zeppelin star Robert Plant who at the time was contracted to CBS Records. Robert recommended The Hooties to well-known music publisher Eddie Kassner which gained the band a recording contract with CBS. Re-naming themselves ‘The Exceptions’ their first single release was recorded at Regent Sound studios in London. Robert Plant actually played tambourine on the A-side titled ‘The Eagle Flies On Friday’ . . . . This, along with the B-side ‘Girl Trouble’ were both original compositions by Alan Eastwood.

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