I couldn't resist. Thee Midniters "I Found A Peanut" is one of those twisted songs that I can't get enough of, more so because it seems kind of uncharacteristic. As you should already know, Thee Midniters ruled East L.A. in the sixties, and their standard fare was garage-ish R & B and ballads. They were good at it. Hugely popular. Anyways, I'm not quite sure what "I Found A Peanut" is about, but my guess would be that the singer found something at a party that he thought was a peanut, but turned out to be some sort of barbiturate. You'll see what I mean, and you'll know why it was a bit tough to decipher the lyrics (about a third of the way into the song). One thing to point out, Raven Sings the Blues' post that hosts the second song below, does so in a post of five cuts of lesser known garage songs, all worthy. Git!
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Listen:Thee Midnighters - I Found A Peanut mp3 at Api.ning.com
Thee Midniters - Jump, Jive & Harmonize mp3 at Raven Sings the Blues
Thee Midniters - Sitting On the Grass mp3 at Like Dynamite to Your Brain
Thee Midnighters - Chicano Power mp3 at Concordia Click on small arrow right underneath "info" on streaming bar for download link.
Visit:
Thee Midniters at Wikipedia
The Birth of the Lowrider Sound at Lowrider Magazine
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