Apart from the above being a great piece of garage pop, I should add that it was actually written by two of the guys from the band, unlike "Boat," which was the work of the same Brill Building pros who earlier penned "Hang On Sloopy."
I should also add that Bruce Milner, the band's keyboard player (that is he far left in the cover photo), went on to be an extremely successful dentist with a practice on the upper West Side, and that his patient roster had a high percentage of mid-level rock stars. A very nice guy -- he hung out at one of my old watering holes, and apparently he is still plying his toothy trade to this day.
Coming tomorrow: A song from the band's second album that is the most blatant piece of plagiarism to ever achive minor hit single status.
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SpIeaking of Dentists, my best friend growing up was one in New Haven, CT.
He received phone call one afternoon that.was an emergency.
It turned out to be from Diamond Dave's road manager. Anyway - Greg received 2 VIP backstage passes.
We got to meet and chat but who most impressed me was Steve Vai. His grandmother was there and he dored all over here.
It gave you a different take on a life like his-
No groupies, just Grandma
That’s a great story.
ps - the patient was Diamond Dave
In his posthumous memoir Dave Van Ronk recalls that several of the more prominent Washington Square folkies of the 1950s later became dentists.
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