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Rating: The Savoy Brown were one of the first blues bands from the United Kingdom, they've been on the scene for about forty years and the terms to describe them have been numerous; some call them legendary, others innovators.
They officially formed in 1966 and their first work, the good Shake Down, immediately appeared like a bolt from the blue in the vibrant musical landscape of foggy London, and songs like I'm Tired and Louisiana Blues quickly became chart-topping hits.
The core of the group goes by the name of Kim Simmonds, a genius and innovative guitarist, as well as a composer and all-rounder in the band's management. The initial lineup remained stable until 1971, during which they composed six albums in five years (Blue Matter, Raw Sienna, Looking In, the most representative) but then lineup changes began, with poor Simmonds forced to recruit new members to continue the journey.
The musical offering of Savoy Brown consists of high-energy and very aggressive Rock/Blues and has always been the band's calling card, although during their career, they have also ventured into Hard Rock, especially from the mid-seventies when their American performances drew massive crowds to their concerts.
Street Corner Talking came out in 1971 and the group was rewarded with their first platinum album, launched like a train on the English charts of that time.
The work in question is structured in eight highly composed songs, resulting in a sound that is at times sharp, at times harmonious and melodic, even venturing into the most captivating boogie, all skillfully wrapped in Simmonds' guitar embellishments. Songs like Tell Mama, I Can't Get Next To You, Street Corner Talking, Wang Dang Doodle are so vigorous and full of melody that trying to resist them is really a challenge, the music reaches inside you and passes through, shaking your soul and warming your heart.
A band in my humble opinion somewhat forgotten and to be rediscovered, especially from their beginnings until the early seventies.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Tell Mama (05:15)
(Simmonds/Raymond-Chrysalis Music Ltd.)
Quit my job, aint got no money
Seems I have to leave this town
Packed my bags, run to the station
Board the train thats eastward bound
(chorus)
Tell Mama
And all the folks back home
Sometimes a man just feels
He's got to make it alone
Tell Mama
Why I'm leaving so soon
Because this life I live
Has got me sick through and through
Nothing to do, thats why I had to go
Seemed no use in hanging round
I can't stop now, the tickets in my hand
Board the train thats eastward bound
(chorus)
Quit my job, aint got no money
Seems I have to leave this town
(chorus)
05 Street Corner Talking (04:00)
Kim Simmonds-Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Came to the city, left my happy home
Came to the city, left my happy home
But I didn't do right, learned my lessons wrong
Street Corner Talking, wonder what I'm gonna do
Street Corner Talking, wonder what I'm gonna do
If you can't get a job, council will take of you
It's the same what a shame, no matter where you go
It's the same what a shame, no matter where you go
People wonder what to do, too much time for me and you
Street Corner Talking, wonder what I'm gonna do
Street Corner Talking, wonder what I'm gonna do
If you can't get a job, council will take of you
07 Wang Dang Doodle (07:15)
Wang Dang Doodle
Original Performer: Koko Taylor
Tell Automatic Slim
Tell Razor Totin' Jim
Tell Butcher Knife Totin' Annie
Tell Fast Talkin' Fanny
Tonite we're gonna pitch a ball
Down to that union hall
Gonna romp and tromp 'till midnite
We're gonna fuss and fight 'till daylight
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all nite long
Tell Poodle I'll tell him here
Tell Albert I'll see him near
Tell old Pistol Pete
Everybody gonna meet
Tonite we need no rest
We're really gonna throw a mess
We're gonna break out all the windows
Gonna kick down all the doors
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all nite long
Tell Fats and Washboard Sam
That everybody's gonna jam
Just shake it Boxcar Joe
We got sawdust on the floor
Tell Chicken Head Till I Die
We're gonna have a time
When the fish head fills the air
Be snuff juice everywhere
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all nite long
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