Wednesday, June 23, 2021

It's Lovin' Spoonful Tribute Concert Week: Part II -- Blown to Smithereens

From that pre-pandemic 2020 Lovin' Spoonful charity tribute concert...

...we were discussing yesterday, please enjoy the Wild Honey Orchestra, fronted by Smithereens drummer Dennis Diken, and a transplendent version of the proto-country rock "Butchie's Tune."

Dennis, besides being a great musician and one of nature's noblemen, is an old friend. I should add that back in our Greenwich Village days, before the 'Reens got signed to a major label and became rock stars (the bastards), Dennis used to fill in on drums for the Floor Models when our beloved pal Glen Robert Allen was otherwise engaged.

Another performance from the Spoonful show tomorrow. And it'll blow your mind.

5 comments:

ChrisE said...

I met Dennis about 30 years ago. He came in one day to shop in the record store - in Toronto - where I work. He was very nice. He explained that when he left Toronto, he was going to stop off in Kingston, Ont. to try to find Chez Piggy, the restaurant owned at the time by Zal Yanovsky of the Spoonful. I told him that one of my co-workers and I were both big fans of the Smithereens; I had been turned on to them by certain reviewer whose name rhymes with Sleeve Nimels. The next day, Dennis came back and gave both of us autographed postcards that the band had printed up. I still have, and appreciate, mine.

edward said...

Sebastian not looking too good, hope he's ok. Of course, John being old reminds me of this (which was about 30 years ago. scary.):
https://fb.watch/6jbbD0qoIJ/

dorethyroad@aol.com said...

30 years ago...more like 45 for me.
Sebastion/ the Doors - does a resume get much better than that - rbn

dorethyroad@aol.com said...

Younger Generation - listen to it again last everything we wanted to give to our children. The only song comparable is the Starships, the Baby Tree.
We lived in a good time in this country
rbm

Jim G said...

This is terrific.