THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,889) The Chosen Lot — “If You Want To”
Not only should this romantic ’66 garage rock B-side be on a thousand lists of the top thousand garage rock songs, it should have been a nationwide hit, it should have been covered a thousand times and become a standard at thousands of proms around the country. “You don’t have to love me . . . if you don’t want to . . . but . . . I wish you would love me like I love you”.
And how come there is almost nothing about the this song or this Cincinnati band to be found on the Internet??? Thank you, Buckeye Beat, thank you:
The Chosen Lot was formed by Tony Brazis after his parting with the Bandits. A swap of players between three bands had Tony fronting members of the Continentals, including Rick Coghill (guitar) and Denny Bayless (drums). Panny Sarakatsannis, who was a few years older and working as a school teacher, played bass. The band recorded a 45 for a Detroit label, Sidra records, that made the local charts. The band was around for a year or so before Coghill and Bayless rejoined their old band mate Steve Mendell in the Experimental Blues Band.
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