Sandy Nelson – Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart
Sandy Nelson
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Greetings all.
Today’s selection sees us returning to the “you find groovy music in the strangest places file”, as well as another visit from our friend Sandy Nelson.
Long story short, Sandy Nelson was one of the most ubiquitous instrumental artists of the 1960s. The drummer had his first hits with ‘Teen Beat’ in 1959 and ‘Let There Be Drums’ in 1961, and though he didn’t make much of a stir on the charts after that, he churned out a steady succession of LPs (mostly for Imperial) in the 60s and early 70s, covering rock, pop and soul hits with a fair amount of style and verve, backed by the cream of LA sessioners.
Today’s selection is Nelson’s 1966 cover of my all-time favorite Supremes cut ‘Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart’.
Released on his ‘Superdrums’ LP, Nelson’s version of the tune has enough punch and style to make it on a soul dance floor. He hits that snare drum like it owes him money, and the arrangement, heavy on guitar and sax is a killer.
Nelson had enough style imbue his soul covers with plenty of heat (I really wish I had this one on a 45), and managed to attack garage and pop tunes with the same verve.
His records are cheap and easy to find at your better garage sales and flea markets (or on-line if that’s how you roll), and there is always something cool on them.
So get digging, and I’ll see you on Wednesday.
Keep the faith
Larry
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Themocracy
Did you notice that The cut Hey Joe was credited to Dino Valenti and not
Tim Rose
Neither of them wrote it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe#Authorship
What I find hilarious is that Gloria is credited to Van Morrison twice, once under Van and again under George (George Ivan Morrison)
Hey Larry I see that Tim Rose says his version was inspired by a Scottish folk song. I do remember seeing him play his version at the Bitter End around 1966. His version sounds like it was the one that inspired the Hendrix cover. He played his red Guild Starfire guitar and sang the hell out of it.My brother Jake Holmes took me to his gigs and and was helpful in getting Tim jingle work later. It was a smokey drinky time in 1966 and Thats when Jake Holmes wrote the original version of Dazed and Confused later to be lifted by the innocent Jimmy Page ha ha.
Any way back to the post today I appreciate your phrase ,He hits that snare drum like it owes him money!
Wow! You’re Jake Holmes brother?! I wish I still had my copy of ‘The Above Ground Sound’ (stolen years ago).
I agree that the Tim Rose ‘Hey Joe’ was the model for Jimi. I remember being shocked the first time I heard a fast version of the song (Leaves, Love).
Next to the Bitter End, above the Bar Dug Out was a restaurant where Tim Rose,Richie Havens,Jake Holmes,with his guitarist,musical directorTeddy Irwin and most any up and coming song writer that might be playing a local gig would hang out helping each other with lyrics and chord voicings. Frank Zappa would come in with a scraggly hairy coat that blended into his scraggly long hair. Frank scared me a little I was just a young kid from Huntington L.I. and was more exposed to the folk scene. Buzzy Feiten played bass on his first NYC Gig for Jake Holmes. Buzz went on to play guitar with Paul Butterfield and then with his Full Moon Band and did many sessions with the likes of Stevie Wonder,Don Mclaine, Bob Dylan. Above the Danny Armstrong Guitar Store on LaGuardia Place one of the The very funny Pickle Brothers,formerly the Uncalled for Three,sublet his apartment to Jake Holmes and the local writers of comedy(David Steinberg) would bring a lot to the table between their shows adding a sharper sensibility to the “coffee House ” scene. Eric Weissberg taught the new Yorkers how to play banjo when he wasnt seen on his honda motorcycle with a telecaster on his back!The cafe Au GO GO across the street had the bigger acts like the Blues Project, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, BB KIng. In a short few years the scene moved to the west coast and Bleeker and Mc dougal (Fred Neil) stopped being the center of the (my) sixties musical universe.
That’s very cool! Thank you for your memories!