From 1999, please enjoy The Mavericks (with great lead singer Raul Malo) and their all but perfect cover of Cat Stevens' transplendent "Here Comes My Baby."
I don't think I've ever mentioned this to anybody, but if you put a gun to my head this just might be my favorite song of all time. If you accept that the definition of rock-and-roll is "fun songs about sad stuff" (and I do, often) this one pretty much goes to 11.
I should add that the Floor Models used to do a live version of it, and I never enjoyed my time on-stage more than when we were performing it. Alas, no really good recording of our take on it has survived, although there's a rehearsal tape from a later incarnation of the band somewhere in my archives. Depending on how self-indulgent I feel, perhaps I'll post it on Friday.
In the meantime, that Mavericks video just kills me. I am totally in love with the drummer.
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Love It..was a favorite back in 67
great point about the 3 chords, I remember the Flomes doing this...
Re: FloMo "There Goes My Baby"- Indulge us.
Capt. Al
The Trems version is the shit. They, like the Mavericks, had the good sense to leave Cat's last verse out.
I remember the first time I heard the Trems version on the radio. I was with Sandy and her older brother Vic smokin' a joint in the parking lot of Gazzarri's. We had just seen pre-record deal Iron Butterfly and the Enemys. Me and Sandy had a major crush on IB guitarist Danny Weis. The overnight DJ put "Here Comes My Baby" in the the middle of a set between "Little Games" and "Happy Jack". It was obviously memorable, as was the entire spring of '67.
VR
Love forever !!
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