Thank the Electric Flag's butchering of Stick McGhee's "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee". It's from a clip of bonus Monterey Pop Festival footage that didn't make it into the film. ( The whole thing is here. Click on "show more" to see the band and song listings.) To be fair, I'm sure if you were there at Monterey, it might have been a hoot, particularly because there's a good chance most of the people didn't know McGhee's version, never mind the fact that hardly anyone in 1967 was really all the into hearing old rhythm and blues. Plus a good percentage of them were likely stoned out of their hippy skulls. Regardless, it just made me want to here Stick McGhee's version. Beware of the Blog has the earlier, pre-Atlantic version. It's all scratchy, perfectly beat, with brother Brownie McGhee on guitar.
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Listen:Stick McGhee and His Buddies - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee mp3 at Beware of the Blog A pre-Atlanic version, 1947
Stick McGhee - Drank Up All the Wine Last Night mp3 at Beware of the Blog
Video:
The Electric Flag - Wine at YouTube Monterey Pop Festival 1967
Monterey Pop Festival - Bonus footage at YouTube Over two hours of performances that weren't in the original version. Click on "show more" to see the band and song listings
Visit:
Sticks McGhee at Wikipedia
Sticks McGhee Bio by a fan Better than Wiki
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