This is the song that our band recorded at Summit Sounds in Dallas, Texas, in 1968. Produced by Marvin (Smokey) Montgomery and Artie Glen. Both Marvin and Artie were Light Crust Doughboys and record producers. Marvin produced the song ” Hey Paula,” and many of Delbert McClinton’s, and Bruce Channels records. Delbert played harmonica on “Hey Baby”. Artie Glen wrote the famous hit for Elvis, “Crying In The Chapel.” Bob Sullivan was the sound engineer on our record, and he also worked as the sound engineer for the Rolling Stones and a few other famous rock groups that chose to record in Dallas. The original recording featured guitars and organ, but Marvin wrote horn parts and added them later, giving it that Chicago and Tijuana Brass sound, which was just emerging around that time.
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Nice vocal harmony! 🙂
Love the arrangement! I liked the song on YouTube and wrote a comment.
Thanks, LE. Appreciate you.
Cool sound! Hearing a mix of the Monkees/Strawberry Alarm Clock/Blood Sweat & Tears … fun! 🎶
We did the original in one day, after the horns were added by studio musicians we came back and polished it up to make it more AM radio friendly. To get the old circus calliope sound, I detuned my guitar a bit. The originl cut was pretty heavy guitar and organ driven.