The Lovin' Spoonful had a handful of hits in their day, but they had their share of over looked gems like this one. One doesn't have to listen too closely to hear Mr Dylan's influence here.
I absolutely LOVE it when I find a connection / inspiration to music I've known forever to an earlier artist and/or song that I never knew about. Case in point:John Sebastian leads off this great Lovin' Spoonful track with a spoken intro that I've known for 40 years. A few weeks ago a CD that came with the Brit music mag UNCUT was loaded into the iPod changer. "John Lee Hooker" I thought.."THIS...
I like America very much......I really like americans........american moggers of course. For some reason people like to make fun of americans. When an american screw up it's great news around the world. Once again I want to point out that I respect you and love you all very much...............but the other day one of you fucked up! BERLIN - A naked American tourist raised eyebrows when he went ...
I'm tempted to just post this list and suggest you head straight to the links ... there are some really good videos this time.1. Fontella Bass, "Rescue Me." Her mom sang gospel with the Clara Ward Singers, her husband was avant-garde jazzbo Lester Bowie, but she's best known for this fine soul hit.2. Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band, "I'm a Woman." I couldn't find video of this, one of Maria Muldaur'...