Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Aah…The Peddlers. I have to say I used to think – when I was a youngster - that these guys were a joke. They were on mostly terrible TV shows in the UK doing really bad organ-based “jazz” and the singer had a terrible voice. Tuneless was how I remembered it. But I guess I’ve changed and it all sounds terribly post-modern now and kind of fun. It’s still cheesy, they still did bizarre versions of ‘where have all the flowers gone’ and ‘by the time I get to Phoenix ’. But I have to say I kind of enjoy it somehow now. Why is that? Is it just that all music has something in it and it takes a certain frame of mind to really appreciate it? It’s actually pretty mad stuff. A very English idea of what American cool should sound like. One of the guys ended up in Atomic Rooster I think. And they were multi-racial in a time when that didn’t happen much – at least on Saturday night TV. I’d start with their version of Little Red Rooster to get a good idea of where these guys are at. I wouldn’t recommend it – unless you have time on your hands but one day, believe me they will be recognized – I’m not sure what as or what for but they will be recognized.
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