I first heard this song not by the Kingsmen but by the Hoodoo Gurus. They were playing at the Armadale Hotel. A gig we'd played many times before but also one of my favourite places to see bands. Upstairs, since downstairs was a cover band playing and usually a bunch of drunk suburbanites happily dancing away. This was the early eighties and the Gurus had just released Stoneage Romeos. They sounded brilliant. And they played this old Kingsmen song and to me it just stood out. I think James Baker the drummer might have sang it. Whatever, it started me on a search to find the record. Another one that took me months to find. It even took me a few days to find out who sang it. I had to ring around all my musical mates.
There were hardly any Kingsmen albums around in the first place never mind one with this song on it. When I got the record it didn't have the same punch as the Gurus live performance but it was still a great garage version. And after seeing the Sonics the other night I'm having fun playing all this old garage rock. The sound is lo fi but they've captured magic in the grooves.
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