Sometimes there are songs that are beyond mad and it's difficult to comprehend how anyone could have imagined it, let alone wrote it down and convinced a record company to invest in it. This is absolutely wild and the lyrics would probably be banned these days. It's so slinky and cool, I love it
Steve Marriott, born today 1947. A lad I went to college with was really into Humble Pie and as such I started listening to them. So here’s my favourite song by them and of course with the sublime guitar skills of Mr Marriott.
Local band the Panic Buyers ( absolutely superb by the way) do "I dont need no doctor". They were on the Peacock last Saturday.
Wasn't born when she was at the height of her fame but became aware of her when this released. Her vocal backing part makes/completely changes this song. She had an interesting ride by all accounts and claims to have had no regrets. Fair play to her. RIP.
I have taken this contemporary story from below the video on YT. My great-grandfather fought in WW1 for Great Britain (he was Scottish), in 1918 he befriended an American soldier who offered him work on his family's cattle farm in Huntsville after the war. Great grandad was lost mentally and craved a sea change, so he accepted the offer. In the mid 1920s he wrote in his diary about seeing an amazing black musician called 'Rag Rhyme Texas'. His music reached him in ways no other white music had before, and it transformed his outlook forever. He returned to Scotland in the Great Depression, and in 1968 his nephew played the Canned Heat version on his record player. Great grandad nearly had a heart attack and broke down in tears, that panpipe chorus was unforgettable he said. After much research my uncle found the record of Henry Thomas in the 70s, and we learned that his nickname was actually 'Ragtime Texas'. This is a story our family passes down from generation to generation, and we owe Henry Thomas so much in helping our family out of a very dark place. A classy tale about the power of music. a later note informs The name of this song is actually Bull Doze Blues by Henry “Ragtime Texas”Thomas and it was recorded on June 13, 1928. That flute sounding instrument that you hear which sounds so amazingly modern is known as a quill. It’s a black version of the Pan Flute.
Proud dad moment. Our lad came down and as soon as it's started he shouted "break stuff" then sang the opening lines whiles bouncing round the front rol.
