Monday, April 22, 2013

WHEN ROCK BANDS DID POP

If you didn't listen to AM radio in the seventies, you probably don't know these guys. It's Crabby Appleton. Even if you did listen to AM radio in the seventies, you probably know only one of their songs. "Go Back" was their big hit. Make that only hit. Man, these guys came and went so fast it was years before I heard another song by them (thanks again 99 cent bin). If you haven't heard it, listen to "Go Back". Hell, even if you have heard it, how long has it been? Listen to it. Is there any question why it was a hit? The Tommy James plucking that begins it, and, man oh man, when the fuzz comes in, and just listen to the drums as the song builds. Good God, do they give that guy some legroom. As awesome as this sounds (digitally, much as it did on the radio), this is one instance where to hear it on vinyl brings it to whole another level. Watch the bins for that album cover above. It's worth it. This is a good song. It would never find a home on the radio now.


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Listen:
Crabby Appleton - Go Back mp3 at Newer
Crabby Appleton - Peace By Peace mp3 at 30 Milkshakes
Video:
Crabby Appleton on American Bandstand, 1970 at YouTube
Visit:
Crabby Appleton at Wikipedia

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

thanks for the shout out, Tom...

Michael Fennelly

Tom G. said...

Let's just get this out of the way right now. You people reading this, Fennelly is the lead singer of Crabby Appleton. Not sure if that comment above is a joke, or the real thing. If it happens to be the real Michael Fennelly, dude, that is one baddass song, and I mean that. Hat's off.