Band COULDN’T Nail Down TOUGH Vocal…Finally LET Random Kid at Studio TRY…It Hit #1-Professor of Rock
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- In 1967, the illustrious Summer of Love, A psychedelic sunshine pop standard, hit number one on the US charts, Incense and Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock but the song was cloaked in controversy, first of all, it was supposed to be a B-SIDE, then it was found that the song was allegedly based off of an instrumental idea from two of the band members who given credit. One Ed King, who would go on to help compose Sweet Home Alabama in Lynyrd Skynyrd… Then when the band was recording it, they hated the lyrics so no one in the band wanted to sing them, amazingly they were sung by a friend of the band, a 16-year-old kid who happened to be at the recording as a guest! Up next we get the story from An interview with the cofounder of this mystery band, Mark Weitz on Professor of Rock.
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It’s time for another edition of Bottled Lightning. Most call ‘em one-hit wonders we call them Bottled Lightning… where a band’s one big Song ruled the charts but wasn’t able to sustain long-term domination… Here’s the deal. There are certain songs that when played, are more effective than a time machine. They evoke the decade better than any other emotion or feeling outside of being there.
Unfortunately, I never got to experience the 1960s I was born in the decade after. But growing up, I got a first-hand experience of growing up in that wondrous decade from my Dad who told me about all of his experiences coming of age in that time. I’ve also heard hundreds of stories from the many artists from that time who released life-changing music.
I remember my Dad telling me about several songs from the 60s that were so potent, so drenched in the sounds of that era that it instantly took him back. To him, Incense and Peppermint was one of those songs. A slice of Psychedelic Sunshine pop and one of the first #1 hits of that genre by a band with an equally groovy name Strawberry Alarm Clock.
The song went to #1 in the Summer of Love and has lived on since then in pop culture. There’s an interesting story behind it. It was allegedly based off of an instrumental idea by band members keyboardist Mark Weitz and guitarist Ed King. God bless the last Ed King who passed away from cancer a few years ago. Ed would go on to be a charter member of Lynyrd Skynyrd and create one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time.
Mark Weitz and Ed King created the instrumental Idea only they didn’t get any credit for it. It was officially credited to producer/A&R man John S. Carter and Tim Gilbert of the band the Rainy Daze. At the very least Weitz has stated that he and Ed should’ve received a co-writing credit. Sadly It’s an oft-told story from the early days of Rock and Roll... musicians not being fairly credited or compensated. Then their friend a 16-year-old kid named Greg Munford who was attending the rescind session as a visitor to watch was given the chance to sing the song when the band members weren’t big fans of the lyrics which John S. Carter wrote using a rhyming dictionary.
Poll: What is your pick for the best piano or keyboard riff of the rock era?
Jump by Van Halen
I'll nominate the "Prelude" to Billy Joel's "Angry Young Man".
The Way It Is Bruce Hornsby
Downtown One Too Many
Enola Gay OMD
Open Arms Journey
No-one Is To Blame Howard Jones
Head Over Heels Tears For Fears
96 Tears The Stranglers
Looking For Jack Colin Hay
Life Of Surprises Prefab Sprout
Circle Of Life Elton John
Light my fire by the doors
Let it be
Piano Man, Only The Good Die Young, or really anything by Billy Joel
I’m 74 in a few days. Sometimes I just stand at the frig and wonder what I’m looking for. BUT! I remember and can sing every word to every song of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. I lived in an awesome time of the best music EVER!
Yeah, ain't it strange!! I'm soon to be 68 & I'm the same way! I hope we nevet lose THOSE memories!
When that happens, go back to where you were before going to the fridge & you'll remember. Works for me!
@@Paul-ju5px IF you remember WHERE YOU WERE before that, anyhow. yeah it might work.
Hmmmmm......... hadn't thought of that! @@tracyavent-costanza346
You got that right! Happy birthday 🎂
Being a teenager in the 60's was the best. I truly believe I was born in the right year, 1951. I turned 13 in 1964 just when The Beatles came along. You could tell there was something in the air that was about to happen particularly to people under 30 and music became the glue that brought it all together and though it started with The Beatles, the music industry became our catalyst. It was truly a revolution built on peace and love; it was great to watch and great to participate in. We could actually tell the world what we wanted. My Sister, who was 3 years older than me told me about how she had to keep her mouth shut when she was 13-16 because no adult wanted to hear it. Adults still didn't want to hear us, but our voices became so big and so loud that they couldn't stop us. If you weren't a teen in the 60's, man, you missed an unbelievable era. The 70's were cool, but the 60's were supreme.
Some selected words from your post: "Something", "Revolution", "Supreme(s)"
Could not agree more. I was in high school and college late 60s through the early 70s. Amazing music. Still listen to it.
I agree, 1951 was an excellent year to be born. Don't know about you, but the summer of 1969 was the best!
I would love to go back and experience the 60s. The Summer of Love, Woodstock, everything.
Also born in 1951. It was a good vantage point to take in some great foment in music, and all art really. But it also put me at prime fodder for the draft upon graduation.... class of '69.
In 1967 I was 9 years old. My great-grandmother passed away one night, and my brother and I rode in the back seat of my mom's car as we drove over to my grandmother's house to gather. This song was playing, and every time I hear it I am instantly transported back to that car ride. Bittersweet memory tied to a great song.
Oh I’m sorry about your grandma. Yes bitter sweet.
the real memories of the period were mixed. that much I can directly relate to. we are the same age. I also lost a gramma in about 1970 but she lived in chicago and my folks
went there to the funeral. my brothers and I stayed home. I don't even remember who watched us, maybe my surviving gramma who lived until 1988. She lived in the valley (north side LA LA land when we were southwest) so I knew her a lot better.
Bittersweet for sure, but you can count yourself lucky to have had time with your great-grandmother as a lot of people only have stories and pictures of great grand parents.
Our good Professor may be the luckiest man in the world, having one-on-one time with all these musical greats.
I don't know if you covered this or not, and perhaps it was only a huge hit in our region (? the Detroit metro area), but In-A-Gada-Da-Vida was definitely a psychadelic rock hit that was part of the soundtrack of my very early years.
Another eponymous hit from my preschool years was Blood Sweat and Tears' "Spinning Wheel".
Iron Butterfly...major...major hit with that song. OH YeaH.
My high school band played “Spinning Wheel”. It had some of the most difficult time signatures within it, continuously changing. The saving grace was being able to listen to it while the sheet music was in front of me. Finally got it, though. Funky!
I,too, grew up way back then and my friend told me that they were trying to sing, “In the garden of Eden,” but were too high to sing it correctly.
EVERYBODY owned Innagaddadavida when I was in high school. All these songs were the background of my life. Memories.
@@monicacollins8289 I was a preschooler at the time and I remember it (although I liked Blood Sweat & Tears more at the time).
Not only was music from back then better , the stories behind the songs were even more amazing. Thanks for sharing.
The 60s, the most influential decade in music.
Oh gosh yes, you should watch the Documentary on The Muscle Shoals , it was so interesting the stories they have on the songs and artists they worked with.
We barely even got to hear the STORIES behind the music back then. You got some snapshots of rumors written by journalists in music magazines and such. I'm grateful for nowadays when you can see so many in-depth interviews like THIS ONE. You then find out that the real stories are so much better than the rumors you were fed way back when.
What, you don't love WAP from Cardi B?!?
Maybe you’re listening to the wrong music. There is a lot of really good stuff out there: The Dip, Heavy Heavy, Fruit Bats, Vampire Weekend, Jukebox the Ghost, Black Keys, Revivalists.
I remember creating a dance routine with a friend in 6th grade gym class with this song in 1967. You are 100% right that this song embodies the ‘60s to the point that you can almost taste it!!
It is a decade defining smash.
I love dancing to that song!
In July 1969 for my 18th birthday I received tickets to see Steppenwolf in Louisville, KY. The opening band was Strawberry Alarm Clock. I can close my eyes and still hear them play Incense and Peppermints. Great music.
Uriah Heep had some of the best keyboard riffs ever. Some of their best ones include 'Look at yourself', 'The macician' s birthday', 'Sunrise', 'July morning' and 'The hanging tree'.
I love Uriah Heep, he should talk about them!
Salisbury!
I was lucky enough to hear uriah heep as the opening act to Mason Profitt. The whoe auditorium was in amazement. Speak8ng of one hit wonders.. Two Hangmen.
Being born in 1955 I am thankful for being immersed in 3 decades of the greatest music written. From the birth of rock and roll to the beginning of disco in the 70's. The development of the transistor gave us pocket radios in the 60's where we could take our music everywhere. I still love do-wop and everythying that came after. The memories that are triggered by certain songs make me smile, sad, and every emotion in between. I remember that red haired girl who was my first love, cruising, hot summer nights, driving up highway 1 in the rain to my first Army duty station. The sights, sounds, and smells of places and events fill my mind when I hear these songs. It was a magical time to grow up.
"Crystal Blue Persuasion" by Tommy James & The Shondells is another defining song of the 60s.
And Sweet Cherry Wine.
Crimson & Clover
Love that song.
Me too! Love Crystal Blue Persuasion! Peace and love, brotherhood!
Dude, there were literally hundreds of songs that defined that era. If I wanted to spend all my time at work, and piss off my boss, I could name at least 300 to 400. But getting fired sucks,
Whoa...'little to win and nothin to lose' our refrain as young hippies or trying to be. This was such a cool sound. Great interview. RIP Ed King. Thanks, Mark Weitz! ❤
R.I.P. to a legend.
I am glad I was born in 1970. 50s and 60s music was still playing on the radio.
Seeing Mark Wieze playing the melody of Incence and Peppermint on the piano, I have to learn to play this song! 😊
Cool! Do you play? How many years?
@@ProfessorofRock Started piano lessons in the first grade. I still practice. Here is a video about my piano.
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I was born in 1966 but didn't really start listening to popular music until 1977. I loved the music that was popular at that time, but as you said the music of the 60s was still prominent on the radio also. It was so cool to listen and learn about songs and artists of the previous decade, many of which I enjoyed just as much as the contemporary music of that time.
@@chrisoakley5830 Me too. Thanks for your comment.
My dad was born in 1970 and ABC was the #1 song in the country! My mom was born in 1969 when Get Back was at #1.
Great episode!! I always love when the artist plays a bit of their classic like Mark Weitz just did. Never knew how hard the SAC to work to get their single on the airwaves, amazing too it was never recorded in stereo yet it sounds like it. To think a young guy who was just sitting in took the lead vocals. Great episode professor! This song definitely captures the whole summer of love feel.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am surprised at the fact that it wasn’t recorded in stereo. It’s the quintessential psychedelic 60s song.
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Sunshine psychedelic pop. Indeed it was. It was uplifting, even without any "outside help." 📻 🪻 ☮️
Yes it was!
Guaranteed to brighten your day.
My handyman in Palm Springs used to be part of Strawberry Alarm Clock, or so he told me. My plumber in Venice was in the movie Gasssssssssssssssss, and I was able to confirm this when I bought the DVD and saw him in it.
I knew the sister of a Boston band member when I lived in Ca in the 80s
Strawberry Alarm Clock a six piece band, drummer, keyboardist, two guitarist(one of them Ed King - Lynyrd Skynyrd) and two bass players, YES! TWO BASSIST 🎸🎸☮️......Another great spacey song, "Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow" 🌧️🍄🎭
This song really captures the psychedelic sound and while the lyrics are unusual, it is very catchy. I also associate it with the opening scenes in the first Austin Powers movie where he was dancing to it prior to being frozen. The back stories to these songs are always very interesting.
Great song. Couldn't do a sound track of the 60s without this song.
The AI brought me to your channel. I grew up in the 60s, a Vietnam War veteran. Came home couldn't find a job, who hires x special forces veterans who are mentally lost? Rock bands looking for stage security. Quite journey through the 60s and 70s. I met a lot of famous people and made a lot friends. It's amazing world back stage.
The moment I heard this song on the radio I raced down to the "five and dime" and bought the 45-single, and then played the grooves off of it. I was in eighth grade and loved the psychedelic sound that was infiltrating EVERYTHING (including toothpaste commercials). I wasn't fully knowledgeable about the term "psychedelic" yet... just give me another year to get the full meaning.
Supposedly "mind manifesting"coined by Dr Timothy Leary.
But that's delusory. Psyche is the Muse or goddess of thought, and Delphi, from whic he extracted delic,
Was the Temple of Apollo where priestess would interpret your dreams and make Oracular statements.
Upon the marquee of the doorway was carved
" Know Thyself"
BUT,
As i learned surfing and in ballet,
The struggle to mastery is the route through which you WILL know yourself.
Annold sculptor told me, one day when i was wandering, broken: " The Universe is contained in ANYTHING you do.'
Just as my old yoga teacher told me: he took lsd, and found he felt nor saw anything different.
Neither, later, did I.
Your Dreams are you at pure Play.
Make a practice of contemplating your dreams, and you will experience the same.
This is fact, although of course, you must apply concentration and Attention to find what your inner Play is About.
Wow. You reflect the philosophies of your time.
In the mid 50s it was Humphry Fortescue Osmond who was a friend of Aldous Huxley wrote a little jingle..."To fathom Hell or soar angelic just take a pinch of psychedelic". The word stuck and was way better than the one Huxley came up with "phanerothyme".
Yeah... I started my self-inquiry process with LSD long before I knew the origin of the word "psychedelic".
Yes, I was an avid surfer and professional artist until recently... getting old... but to "know thyself" makes it all real.
good one!
"Incense and Peppermints" has always been one of my favorites. Typically, I combine it with "I had too much to dream last night" , "white rabbit" and "Lather".
To go back to the 60's, I also add "Pipeline". I have collected over 200 versions of "Pipeline" and only a few covers (like the Humans) measure up to the original. Wild arrangements like the Bombay Beach boys prove how versatile the song is.
The Chantays original will always be my favorite.
Agreed!! Being born in the 70's, when you hear that song on oldies radio, that is definitely one of those songs that is completely different from anything you might have heard in the previous hour or so. Even without the rock history lesson, you know that thing doesn't quite fit on a playlist featuring the Beach boys or the Troggs.
This song is in a league of its own compared to the Troggs and Beach Boys.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 yes indeed! That was my whole point, God bless.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 so what the heck is my point, I know. That even without knowing your rock history, how sharply you can hear the psychedelic shift change in the sounds packed into this semibubble gum song. Definitely a huge step forward in them days.
Randy was or is still living in Baja California. He put together a group with a bunch of really good players, and in 2015 they were covering this song in local clubs. Baja Ca is mostly retired Americans. It was great to hear him sing and perform this song so close to the record!
I always loved Strawberry Alarm Clock. It's woven into the tapestry of my young teen years, along with CSN, Jefferson Airplane and the like. It was a fantastic time to be young!
I'll bet! Thanks for sharing!
The free lovin’ 60s!
Being born in October 1962..along with The Beatles, the Cuban Missile Crisis and a couple of teenaged uncles and next-door neighbours..I feel incredibly blessed. Music was the centre of everything else that was going on, but to have the ‘60’s, ‘70’s and ‘80’s as the soundtrack to one’s youth really was something special.
Yet another stunning surprise this very youthful group, who are being self disciplined, and yet are pop artists somehow found themselves singing on a unique 10 track! That deserves three! I had no idea truly startling 🎉
Great interview Adam. I always liked this song and remember it playing on the radio in my childhood in the 60's. Ed King. What needs to be said about such a great guitar player and gentleman. Sweet Home is iconic and a testament to Ed's talents. I was fortunate enough to see Ed play a few times when he rejoined Skynyrd in the late 80's and into the 90's. Sadly, I didn't get to see Skynyrd before the crash. They played within 2 hours of me several times but at 14-16 years old, I couldn't drive and no way my parents would have let me go anyway. I saw them 8 times after they reunited in 1987. One of my all-time favorite bands.
I would have snuck in a ticket or two…just sayin’.
I saw them after the crash in 1987 or 1988. Lead vocals by the youngest Van Zant (Johnny). They did Freebird as an encore with no vocals, just as an instrumental as a tribute to the departed Ronnie Van Zant. It was strange, but powerful.
Wow! Another cool story dude! I have always loved this song since I was kid. I remember my older sister blasting it when it came on the radio. She was 7 years older than me, but her taste in music was great! She worked 2 jobs in HS. She drove a bus and then worked at a Snack Bar at a 5 and Dime called Roses. They had records there. She bought them. The Guess Who, 3 Dog Night, Rare Earth, Led Zeppelin, Tommy James and the Shondells, J Geils Band, Elvis, Jackson 5, The Grass Roots, Beatles, The Monkees, CSN, and many others that I could keep going on about...
I guess it was like Woolworths lunch counter ?
When Homer SImpson was prescribed marijuana for eye pain, I&P was the soundtrack song of his "high".
I was literally born seven days into the start of the 70's. I grew up listening to Linda Ronstadt, Everly Brothers, The Righteous Brothers, and wore out my mom's 8 track tape of Queen's Night at the Opera. My mom had quite the library of vinyl albums when I was a kid, and I had a small collection of my own as a teenager which included Duran Duran, the soundtracks for both Grease and Xanadu, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and a plethora of other great bands. I still love the music from my younger days, and now that I have a record player once more, I will hopefully be able to get some of my old favorites once again and add on some others that I didn't have before. I love that the music from our childhood is coming back with an all-new audience ready to experience what we felt listening to some of the most classic rock songs of the 60's through the 80's. Rock on and keep telling these great and awesome stories!
This record, and Bubble Puppy's "Hot Smoke and Sassafras" are standout pop-psyche records in my jukebrain.
How about Journey to the Center of the Mind?
Really enjoyed this interview. Could listen to him all day.
Yes, this Is the song that reminds me of the 60's in a nano second and it takes me back, as you said, like a time machine..and BOOM
..I am there
Strawberry Alarm Clock play the soundtrack of my youth! I love this song. It's so playable and fun. Great video on it's making, Prof!
What a great interview! I really enjoyed the story behind the song. Btw, it still sounds just as good today!
Absolutely ICONIC song of the 60s psychedelic music scene! I played in a 60s band that covered this amazing song!
Loved the 60s and feel blessed I could experience the music. I saw the Beatles in 64 in San Francisco. And went to Monterey Pop Festival in 67. I saved my money to buy Jimi Hendrix first Album. Loved the Doors and Tommy James. Led Zed was such a joy. Musically such a joy.
To me one of the most interesting things about this channel is discovering songs which to you (and, I expect, to most Americans my age) are "iconic" but which never reached Spain. This is one of those.
Sorry you missed the sixties! Then FM was elevator music only. We listened to AM stations and were lucky to find contemporary music during the daylight hours until after dark when the clear radio stations could be received, then it was song after song coming year after year of what are now considered classics. Just a steady dose of bliss! We would sometimes stop on the side of the road to not lose reception in order to listen to our favorites. I reminder doing that the first time I heard the full rendition of Alice's Restaurant, in my old/then new mustang. Whow, what a time!!! Just invision hearing these tunes for the first time, and in the day!!! Thank-you for the memories!!!
Loved "Incense and Peppermints" the first time I heard it ('67?)..... Moved back to Santa Barbara after the Navy in'69...... Listened to KIST until I retired .... About early/mid (?) 70s, KTYD, kind of a pirate FM station at first, came on air, so split between KIST and KTYD until 2004.... Mannnnnny great memories! .....Defected to SW Florida when I retired from local FD....
Love R&R history..... subscribed quite awhile back...
Made me smile when they showed Johnny Fairchild as he had a dance show in El Paso Texas My sister and I danced on the show when I was 8 and she was 10. He interviewed us on the show.
I am 80 and can sing along with the songs of the 60’s, 50’s and even my parents favorite Old Blue Eyes!
Can you please do Shocking Blue’s “Venus” one time Professor of Rock?
Yes I can!
I saw them play in Brockton, MA. They sounded exactly like the record. Very smooth and polished. Got to hold Ed Kings Gibson SG Special for a moment at end of concert and speak to him. What an experience.!
I saw the band at the Magic Mountain Music 'Festival June 10th 1967, First time I heard the song. The doors were there that day too!
Great interview!!! Thank you for the back story of this one. When I saw the beginning of this and watch the title, I was thinking it was going to be The Boxtops The Letter.
I never get tired of this song.
Incense and Peppermint was my fav, me and my mom used to cruise around and play the radio, I would always want to hear this,
They completely fooled me with the British imitation. I always thought this was a British band. It definitely has that feel.
The Sixties, When Tiny Tim sang Tip Toe through The Tulips, The New Vaudeville Band sang Westminster Cathedral, Quick Silver Messenger Service, Hot Tuna, Burrito Brothers, James Brown, the British Invasion and the US and Canadian response in short Transistor radios and Television were at the forefront of one of the most Creative Periods in the 20th Century in music, art, fashion, and literature. Was an hours drive from San Francisco…
Not just SF and LA, smaller cities such as Santa Cruz had local talent local bands, Battle of the Bands…Where The Action Is…Shindig…Hullabaloo…even American Bandstand, Ed Sullivan, Hollywood Palace, even Milton Berle Show had musical acts (Yard Birds). Three Networks, AM and later FM (before it went completely commercial). A time when a record company would take a chance and before (gags) Disco was on the Horizon.
Excellent report and interview, Adam! Thoroughly enjoyed this!
I remember driving over to the Winchester Mansion in San Jose in 1969 listening to Incense and Peppermint on the radio. It wasn't on KSJO either as it was too bubblegum. It was the Hurst station in San Fran.
One hit wonders: The Grateful Dead: Touch of Grey, Norman Greenbaum: Spirit in the Sky, Mountain: Mississippi Queen, Malo: Suavecito, Gnarls Barkley: Crazy. Ain't NOTHING wrong with one hit wonders!😍😍
Greatful dead??
A one hit wonder????
WTF???????????????
At the time -- and still -- I was playing in bands (including for awhile in Haight-Ashbury) & everyone we knew called this "Psychedelic Bubblegum." Hardly in the group with For What It's Worth & Turn, Turn, Turn. SAC's continued distancing themselves from "drug references" pretty much confirms it. A fun piece of nostalgia that sparks memories, but same thing for I'm A Believer. ❤
Although "INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS" (1967) by THE STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK was recorded and mixed down to mono , it has been converted to DES ( DIGITALLY EXTRACTED STEREO ) and can be listened to on TH-cam . In regards to STEREO 45's , there were a few 45's came out in STEREO in the very late 1960's notably THE WHO song "PINBALL WIZARD" on DECCA RECORDS .
Remember this song as a 2 yr. old. It was on my moms am radio every hour, the keyboard ingrained in my young mind.
I seen e and Peppermints. I met the drummer on that recording back in the 70s. I loved that song!
I don't remember a time in my life this song hasn't been part of. What a wonderful period of time.
It was an early Saturday afternoon, and American Bandstand was on. They played two songs so the audience could vote on which song was better. One of the songs was Incense and Peppermint. It lost because they said you couldn't dance to it. I was dumbfounded. This was one of the best new songs I had ever heard. Who cared if you couldn't dance to it. It was an intro to new music.
Teenager of the 60s, born and raised in Hawai'i...I love this song.
I hooked school in New York for the First Teen Worlds Fair in Manhattan. Free music All Day. Every instrument for you to try; every manufacturer for any music. Even testing out your EARS to see what you could distinguish between sounds. It was an amazing time the late 60s. So many memories of bubble gum music. Hard acid Rock. The Real Woodstock. PEACE and ❤ to All.
Something in the air Thunder clap Newman ! Had a huge hit that was in the movie "Magic Christian' that Paul McCartney was involved in. Very short lived band & one member ended up with wings !! It also got Badfinger in the Lime light. Great band & one of the saddest stories in Rock & roll.
Ed lived in Panorama City...growing up, and when he hooked with Allen Collins and Skynyrd.. Wellllll...history.
Great story! Seems things were a little more loose in the sixties. And when you had a record, you had to go door to door, connecting with DJ's and radio stations, spreading your sound club to club, connecting and meeting people on a grass roots level. They were featured on the movie Psych Out and a few other sixties movies too. My sister was part of a go-go troupe who danced for them when they visited San Diego as the song was released. I still have drummer Randy Seol's album from his first group the Goldtones. Last I heard he was still going strong and playing with top Mexican psych group Los Dug Dugs. Thanks again for another cool video, love the Bottled Lightning theme. Cheers
This episode brought back a lot of childhood memories, my father was a good friend of Johnny Fairchild, I remember playing in the dj booth while he and my dad spun records at KIST, my dad brought home a lot of promo records back then. Good memories
Liner notes...a long lost journalistic art.
Keyboard riff...has to be the second movement of, "Layla". That gorgeous piece stolen from Rita Coolidge.
Ed King was so underrated an artist and guitarist, and a really beautiful human being. He's dearly missed...
This was a nice video...thanks!❤
HEY PROFESSOR!!
SUGGESTION FOR YOU: radio stations & labels that pushed music forward so we're not just reminiscing about "how much is that doggie in the window" type stuff. Do a show about how amazing CKLW was!!! (Thanks in part to Rosalie!)❤️
I was in elementary school at the time but I remember it well and always wished I was older
And those harmonies on the outro? Beautiful.😘
I know Mark. I used to work out with him. He owns a tropical fish shop in Studio City. Nice guy. They opened for the Rolling Stones.
I knew it! Before your video started I said " Strawberry Alarm Clock'...WOW!
Great interview! One of my favorite songs. I have always loved psychedelic music... I was a toddler when this song came out.
Paul Buff who is mentioned at 8:58 would be an interesting subject for an episode. I first heard of him when buying his “Alien Bee” photographic lighting equipment in 2004 then learned he had been a pioneer in the Rock & Roll recording industry as mentioned here, building his own equipment. If I recall correctly he was the engineer and may have played on the rock classic ‘Wipeout’ and later recorded Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - a favorite of mine - selling his studio to Frank when he moved to Nashville, which is where he got into photographic lighting.
Love this song. I was 14 years old when it made it big.
Terrific episode. Thanks for making it!
My exposure to the 60's was this and Paul Revere and the Raiders via my parents.
Great guest and back story on this GREAT track from '67.... Sha-la-laaa.... such cool vibes and great harmonies!
Couldn’t believe I wasn’t subscribe to this fun and informative channel. Rectified! I was 10 when this song came. Heard it on WKBW Buffalo. Such a cool story!
I was born in the 1960s. I remember some of the music, but I was too young to properly appreciate it.
Don't know him, but he is sharp and well spoken. Hope my mind is half as sharp at his age.
Good good song . They deserve more recognition. You should do one about the Chamber Brothers Time has come today, very popular psychedelic song in the late 1960’s
Great story and interview!
I always wondered who the keyboardist was on "Sweet Home Alabama!!" I even remember a (loose-rumor) that it was Billy Preston, sitting in for the band's keyboardist @ the time. 🤔
I dont know how I missed this video. Excellent!
Thanks, Professor- I have loved this song ever since it was released- hauntingly beautiful. Some other one-hit wonders to consider: The Letter/The Box Tops, Little Girl/Syndicate of Sound, Psychotic Reaction/The Count Five, Summertime Blues/Blue Cheer, Talk Talk/The Music Machine, Pictures of Matchstick Men/Status Quo.
I remember watching one of the afternoon variety shows and Strawberry Alarm Clock was a guest. Part of the interview was about the name. I believe the host suggested the name was picked from a hat full of nouns and another with adjectives. I don't remember which show it was.
Wonderful story! Definitely a song of my youth....loved it....still do!
As a Boomer, I cut my teeth on music from the 40's, 50's and 60's ....... but as a veteran, the sounds that continue to penetrate my soul are the songs from the Vietnam era.
You’re an older boomer
They were on the ABC TV show Primrose lane with Henry Fonda and Ron Howard. I remember it like yesterday. I have the album and Barefoot in Baltimore also got some air play.
After reading the header, I thought this was going to be about The Letter by the Box Tops. The singer, Alex Chilton, was 16.
Awesome video! Thank you. 😊😊❤❤
The song that always takes me back to the 60's is Scott McKenzie- San Francisco
Incense and Peppermints is such a great song!
Ohhh man I forgot all about this song! *added to playlist
As a song writer and someone that spent my life in a band and touring recording etc I must say that JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE CRIES THAT THEY THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A SONG WRITING CREDIT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THEY SHOULD". Honestly if people knew the way some band members start to act when the day the song writing credits are to be cut up or not cut up etc they wouldn't believe what some do and how some act. I've had songs that I wrote in an entirety alone in my Hotel room and brought it to the band then arranged it and sang it then on the day when people realize how much more money someone that has songwriting credit gets over someone who's a musician only they CHANGE. Suddenly the drummer says "I wrote that drum line so I should get a writing credit". What are we in Santana that there's a specific drum line that is dominant in the songs structure that there should be a credit for the BEAT?? Or the manager says "I told you guys to name the song that name so I should get a credit". The songs whole Chorus line is "Baby I love you" so we sing "Baby I love you" all through the song and it's the HOOK OF THE SONG. It Named itself!! You didn't do anything! Etc that stuff goes on and is nuts!
But when they write the song, or the words, or the music, or even part of any of those (I don't mean 1 drum beat or frill; or a couple pf words;) they are entitled to a writing credit.
I've had these arguments for decades. You CAN'T copyright an arrangement; you can only copyright a melody and lyrics. The only way an arranger can get a songwriting credit is if the person who actually wrote the song wants to give them credit, OR you can do what Colonel Parker did to songwriters that had songs that Elvis wanted to record and extort a part of the publishing from them. Parker would tell songwriters that if Elvis recorded their song, it would sell a million copies, but if a nobody recorded it, they might sell a few thousand copies. They could either get 100% of a few thousands in sales, or 50% of a million. Almost every person signed over 1/2 of their songs to Elvis. That's how Elvis, who never wrote a song, got credit on a number of songs. Please understand, it was NOT Elvis' fault, it was the Colonel. Elvis didn't really understand how the underside of the music industry worked, but Colonel Tom Parker was a crook from beginning to end.
A town around Chicago during the summer has a strawberry festival. In 2009 Chicago's own crazy DJ Johnny B brought up the subject of inviting the ...Alarm Clock to the festival. Saying they have nothing going on. Come on over. I need to find that on my first gen Ipod player.
Ed got out of Skynard as the band was beginning to implode,probably saving his life from that fateful night of the plane crash. Loved that band.