Not bad for a bunch of bozos from New Jersey, I think, although the vocalist (the lovely and talented Lucinda Albiston) was forced to sing it in an uncomfortable key due to the incompetence of the producer (me). And I recently listened to the original Beck/Stewart version and was rather surprised to find that my guitar solo, which I have been referring to for years as "a note for note recreation of the one on the record," is actually missing a couple of Beck's little flourishes. Oh well.
A true story: A few months after we recorded this, I interviewed Rod Stewart, then flogging Atlantic Crossing (the solo album which turned out to be pretty much the last one before the rot and self-parody set in) and somehow I had the brass to make him listen to our version of "Drinking" in its entirety. Stewart endured it with great patience and grace, and when it was over he completely resisted the urge to tell me to get the fuck out of his hotel room, a kindness that I have always treasured.
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Cindy's caucasian skull doesn't interfere with her sounding great on the track. But of course she was a "Divoon"!
ROTP(lumber)
Good story, Steve.
All of Rod's stuff up to "Atlantic Crossing" is good and the Faces are still one of my favorite bands.
Why, Brother Steven, that was just short of syoo-perb.
I can't bring myself to hate Rod the Mod, either, but after reading the news that he's releasing "The Great American Songbook Vol. 5" this fall, I may have to reconsider.
1975 cover of the (then obscure) Jeff Beck Group (with Rod the Mod) b-side "Drinking Again."
Oh, I dunno ... I started listening to the Jeff Beck Group in 1968 ... :-)
But it does amaze me that he has basically flown under the radar. Somehow I think he likes it that way.
Actually, I meant that the the b-side was obscure, not the Beck group.
This is why people need editors.
That makes more sense. :-)
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Well, the key certainly pushes her to the top of her range, but it makes her work hard and sound a little like Janis in that way.
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