Guests: Bent Wind band members Marty Roth and Ed Thomas.

When the Beatles hit, bands started cropping up everywhere. Sure, the most successful groups came from the US or the UK, but that doesn't mean smaller countries weren't immune to "cool". Bands from these countries had a difficult time breaking through as they were on smaller labels, with smaller budgets and a reluctance from American radio at the time to take a chance on playing "outsider" music. As a result we have a ton of high quality albums that never achieved any level of commercial success at the time of their release, but now are considered classics.

Bent Wind's "Sussex" falls into that category. In 1969 the Canadian band couldn't give them away. Now original copies fetch over $10,000.

If you like your psych hard and heavy, this ramshackle album is going to be right up your alley.

I hope you enjoy Sussex as much as I do.

-FJ

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With permission, I used a portion of the podcast "The Ongoing History of New Music with Alan Cross" in this episode. To hear that show's episode in full (#360 titled "The History of the Record Store"), click here:

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==SONGS==

Here's a list of all the songs used in this Epysode in order of appearance. Normally I add a link to a Spotify playlist, however in this case none of Bent Wind's material is available.

THE BLUES MAGOOS “(We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet”

BENT WIND "Castles Made Of Man"

BENT WIND “Sacred Cows” (single version)

BENT WIND “Touch Of Red”

BENT WIND “Riverside”

BENT WIND “The Lions”

BENT WIND “Going To The City”

BENT WIND “Hate”

BENT WIND “Look At Love”

BENT WIND “Mistify”

THE DOORS "Roadhouse Blues"

BENT WIND "Sacred Cows" (album version)

BENT WIND “Leroy Goes West”

BENT WIND “It’s Not Jazz”

BENT WIND “Beautiful Lady”

??MYSTERY ARTIST?? Tune in to the next Epysode to find out...

NEWPORT ELECTRIC “If Wishes Were Horses”

~~"We're Gonna Groove" is a song by Led Zeppelin featured on the album Coda. It was a cover of Ben E. King's "Groovin'". Listen to both and thank me later.~~

Guest: Blues Magoos singer/guitarist Peppy Castro.

At the tender age of 14, Peppy Castro was taught the famous E minor chord on an acoustic guitar. "The minute I played that chord, it was like the heavens opened up". He left home, dropped out of school and pursued a different path.

A chance meeting introduces him to Ronnie Gilbert and Ralph Scala and the seeds for The Blues Magoos were planted.

"We Ain't Got Nothing Yet" is ubiquitous with 60's American garage/psych rock. It's two minutes of rock 'n' roll perfection. The rest of the Psychedelic Lollipop album proves that these guys - kids really - had some serious skill. The album is a mix of fantastic originals along with choice covers.

Sadly all momentum was lost when their first single from their follow up album was banned. One more fantastic album followed before band politics reared it's ugly head.

What we are left with is some fantastic music highlighted by this killer album - a necessity for any collection.

I hope you dig "Psychedelic Lollipop" as much as I do.

-FJ

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Catch The Blues Magoos performing "Tobacoo Road" on the Jack Benny program here:

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===SONGS===

Here's a list of all the songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. A Spotify playlist is available here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5esSavBWaN1DA4xB4I33wF?si=8462b4a139164712

*denotes song not available on Spotify.

BRIDGET ST. JOHN “Early Morning Song”, THE KINGSTON TRIO “Greenback Dollar”, TOM AND JERRY “Dream Alone”, THE BLOOS MAGOOS “The People Had No Faces”* , “So I’m Wrong And You Are Right”, THE BLUES MAGOOS “(We Ain’t Got) Nothing Yet”, PORGY AND BESS “Summertime”, BILLIE HOLIDAY AND HER ORCHESTRA “Summertime”, SAM COOKE “Summertime", RICKY NELSON “Summertime”, THE LIVERPOOL FIVE “She’s Mine”, DEEP PURPLE “Black Night”, THE SPECTRES “(We Ain’t Got) Nothing Yet”, KISS “Love Gun”, JOHN D. LOUDERMILK “Tobacco Road”, THE NASHVILLE TEENS “Tobacco Road”, THE BLUES MAGOOS “Psychedelic Lollipop" (full album - 10 tracks), “Pipe Dream”, “Life is Just A Cher O’Bowlies”, “Yellow Rose”, “Sybil Green (Of The In Between)”, “There She Goes”, “Let Your Love Ride”*, “Who Do You Love”, “Never Goin’ Back To Georgia”, THE DEPENDABLES “I Don’t Know”, EXUMA “The Obeah Man”, BARNABY BYE “She Was Pleased”, BARNABY BYE “The Way”, WIGGY BITS “Place In The Sun”, BALANCE “Breaking Away”, THE BLUES MAGOOS “I’m Still Playing”, THE TROGGS “Love Is All Around”, ??MYSTERY ARTIST?? tune in to the next Epysode to find out...and finally NEWPORT ELECTRIC “If Wishes Were Horses” (single release date Dec 6)

~~I wish you were a twin.~~

Guest: Bridget St. John.

When the most famous DJ in the world champions you and decides to open a record label specifically to record and market your music, well, you're doing something right.

Bridget St. John's name may not be as widely known as some of her British folk contemporaries, but her music is deserving of attention for any fan of the genre.

Recording her first three albums for John Peel's Dandelion label between 1969 and 1972 she released consistently high quality work, garnering excellent reviews. A fourth album followed for Chrysalis a couple years later and then...silience. Nothing for 20 years. After a long delay, she's back recording and touring again and sounding better than ever.

Bridget recalls stories of meeting John Martyn, playing with Michael Chapman, recording demos at Al Stewart's house, hearing David Bowie's acetate of a famous song before it was released and being in an uncomfortable car ride with Jethro Tull when they fired Mick Abrahams.

It's a shame Bridget's work didn't find a wider audience as her songwriting and guitar skills are only outshined by her exquisite voice.

I hope you dig Songs For The Gentle Man as much as I do.

-FJ

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==SONGS==

Songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. To listen to a Spotify playlist of these tracks, click here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0AvWIlxZ7vPZ92IPbRsDyV?si=04cf0e03949840ae

(*denotes song not available on Spotify)

*HENRY SCHIFTER “Green Rocky Road”

*THE MILLS BROTHERS “Window Washer Man”

CLIFF RICHARD “Living Doll”

ELVIS PRESLEY “Old Shep”

THE BEATLES “She Loves You”

DONOVAN “Colours”

HELEN SHAPIRO “Don’t Treat Me Like A Child”

NICK DRAKE “I’ve Been Smoking Too Long”

JOHN MARTYN “London Conversation”

BLODWYN PIG “The Change Song”

DAVID BOWIE “Space Oddity”

AL STEWART “Year Of The Cat”

T. REX “Jeepster”

BRIDGET ST. JOHN “To Be Without A Hitch”

BRIDGET ST. JOHN “Ask Me No Questions”

BRIDGET ST. JOHN “Curl Your Toes”

KEVIN AYERS “The Oyster And The Flying Fish”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “A Day A Way”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “City Crazy”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Early Morning Song”

JOHN MARTYN “Back To Stay”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Back To Stay”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Seagull Sunday”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “If You’d Been There”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Making Losing Better”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “The Lady And The Gentle Man”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Downderry Daze”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “The Pebble And The Man”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “It Seems Very Strange”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “Lazarus”

*BRIDGET ST JOHN “Song For John”

*BRIDGET ST JOHN “The Aviator”

BRIDGET ST JOHN “I Don’t Know If I Can Take It”

??MYSTERY ARTIST??...tune in to the next show to find out!

NEWPORT ELECTRIC “If Wishes Were Horses” (single being released Dec 6 2024)

~~Do not ever forget this simple fact: that you are groovy.~~