THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,603) The Soul Survivors — “Can’t Stand to Be in Love with You”
Warning: If you are from Denver, read no further! This song reached #1 on KIMN on November 15th, 1965, and stayed at the top for four straight weeks! (https://kimsloans.wordpress.com/pop-bop-rock-honoree-soul-survivors/) It is “a driving fuzzed out harmony rocker” (Patrick, https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/01/the-poor-poor-1967-us-fine-beat-psych.html), “a remarkably assured debut” (Matt Ryan, http://strangecurrenciesmusic.com/an-introduction-to-mountain-states-garage-rock/), “a good, tough mix of Merseybeat, the Zombies, and American garage” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-soul-survivors-mn0001412815#biography), “a mating of a Zombies-type tune with U.S. garage raunch”. (Richie again, https://www.allmusic.com/album/tony-the-tyger-presents-fuzz-flaykes-shakes-vol-3-stay-out-of-my-world-mw0000671978#review)
Tasos Epit tells us of the Survivors:
The Soul Survivors were founded in 1963 in Denver, Colorado. Their membership consisted of Allen Kemp on lead guitar, Gene Chalk on rhythm guitar, Bob Raymond on bass, John Day on organ, and Pat Shanahan on drums. The band would practice in garages and backyards, sometimto the dismay of neighbors who complained of the noise. They signed with Dot Records of Los Angeles and released two singles in the mid-1960s. In October 1965 they cut their debut single for Dot, the fuzz-drenched “Can’t Stand to Be in Love With You” . . . . In March 1966 they followed it up with “Hung Up on Loosin’” also on Dot. Group members Allen Kemp, Pat Shanahan and John Day moved to Los Angeles and teamed up with Randy Meisner, previously with the Drivin’ Dynamics, and Randy Naylor to form the Poor. After the demise of the Poor, Kemp and Shanahan went on to play in Rick Nelson’s “Stone Canyon Band” (“Garden Party”) and later in New Riders of the Purple Sage. Day would join the short-lived group Two Guitars, Piano, Drum and Darryl. Meisner would later join popular 1970s rock bands the Eagles and Poco. Raymond would later join the group Sugarloaf….
Patrick Shanahan recalls:
Colorado had passed a law allowing the sale of 3.2% alcohol to persons 18 and older. 3.2 night clubs flourished. We were top dogs in the state and set up residence at a 3.2 place in Denver called The Galaxy . . . .We needed original material to make a record and didn’t have any. I decided to try to come up with something and I wrote [“Can’t Stand”]. I wasn’t impressed but the guys went for it. [It] had a unique rhythm change and we used this new toy called a fuzz tone on the guitar like the Stones’ “Satisfaction”.
https://randymeisnerretrospective.com/2023/06/14/an-interview-with-patrick-shanahan/
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