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Wednesday, September 01, 2021
Songs I'd Forgotten That I Loved (An Occasional Series)
From 1969, please enjoy the vastly underrated The Association and their should have been a much bigger hit "Dubuque Blues."
The eponymous album that's from is, if memory serves, also quite good. I'm gonna revisit it ASAP.
I am a big fan of the Association, and in particular that album. "Goodbye Forever" is a killer catchy song that should have been released on 45. Several of the songs have on it an enjoyable country-rock/CSN flavor ("Look At Me, Look At You", "What Were The Words?", "The Nest"). And those stacks of harmonies...
I will give you this about the Association- they had a member who was a desendant of Chinese Spanish, Hawaiian races. No other band of the time had a mixed race member up front. rob
Good tune, Steve. I agree completely that the Association is vastly underrated.
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan of the Association, and in particular that album. "Goodbye Forever" is a killer catchy song that should have been released on 45. Several of the songs have on it an enjoyable country-rock/CSN flavor ("Look At Me, Look At You", "What Were The Words?", "The Nest"). And those stacks of harmonies...
ReplyDeleteI will give you this about the Association- they had a member who was a desendant of Chinese Spanish, Hawaiian races.
ReplyDeleteNo other band of the time had a mixed race member up front.
rob
True dat.
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