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Saddest Song of 70s??

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by qtlaw, Feb 3, 2017.

  1. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    It got a little radio airplay in 1980-81, just before and after Chapin's death.

    I always thought that had he lived, the 60ish Chapin would have done an epilogue chapter where oldies folkie Harry returns to SF for Sue's funeral and meets the thirtysomething daughter he never knew he had.
     
  2. terrier

    terrier Well-Known Member

    Whouda thunk this is the same dude who a few years later would give us "Strokin'"?
     
  3. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Don't know why it took me this long to come up with Sail On by the Commodores. There are breakup songs and then ... damn.
     
  4. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    Check out The Wrecking Crew documentary.

    Members of TWC weren't pleased with the final product, but it gives some great insights into the period.
     
  5. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Is TWC the guys from Muscle Shoals? Went from Eagles to this doc on Netflix, just wow, the backing music from Clarence Carter/Wilson Pickett/Aretha were these white dudes from a small town (8000) in Alabama.
     
  6. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    My bad, I mixed them up.

    Apologies.
     
  7. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Muscle Shoals guys were The Swampers, no?
     
  8. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    Yes.

    The Wrecking Crew was on the West Coast.

    Both docs are worth watching.
     
  9. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
     
  10. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    The saddest song and the greatest story song all in one were never in the Top 10.

     
  11. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    "Muscle Shoals has got The Swampers ..." Bassist is the father of DBT frontman Patterson Hood.
     
  12. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    Link:



    Al Kooper's book is a decent read, and he details his work with them.
     
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