The Little Black Egg - The Nightcrawlers

[fuzzypige222]

lol turtle I thought the same thing...i was the bigger kid...9....!

[jackif60]

Goodtimes!

[turtlemtbaker]

The first time I heard this I remember saying to my little 6 yr old self - this is a perfect song! Thanks to CKLW and WIXY 1260 and my older brother for sharing this back in 1965!

[ERIMATT]

@turtlemtbaker wixy 1260?? you must be from n.e.ohio

[jcjpix]

Sylvan Wells, Tommy Ruger, Rob Rouse, Chuck Conlon and Pete Thomason, were the members in this Daytona Beach band in 1964-1967. Wonderful gentleman in this band, that's when you could play at the Seabreeze Rec and school dances. It was a magical time, this song takes me back to 1964.

[MikeDial]

This has to be the worst song ever written, but when I was in a band in the 60's, you could hardly avoid playing it.

[anovak57]

This song was coverd very well in Elyria Ohio by Hopkins on vocals and bass, Bakos on lead guitar, John Glover on drums and someone else I can't remember. It was on Third Street at Bakos' house way back in 1965. We thought they did it. They did it very well looking back. Elyria rocks!

[Tf2junkie]

God i havn't heard this in awhile.

[bardinbooger]

I remember this song. It played in north Florida on the Big Ape, from Jacksonville.

[masonbell2002]

This has some extra guitar parts that my 45 doesn't have. How about that!

[hoss73ford1]

In Phoenix, our radio stations played this thru the years as if it were a top 40 hit. I was shocked when I got my first Joel Whitburn chart book to see it only went to #85. Like Ive said for years, chart peak often doesn't reflect a song's true popularity.

[Gundog2011]

I remember this from way back. It got air time in Florida, must have been in the mid to late 60's.

[sgtbarone]

Love thissss!

[jamaral81]

Wow, the singer sounds a lot like Ray Davies of the Kinks

[kattzyze]

back in 6th grade, every dude who played guitar learned this little riff, and played it to death (1966) (bass line is pretty decent too)

[kattzyze]

back in 6th grade, every dude who played guitar learned this little riff, and played it to death

[mickbrian1231]

I think this band played at my high school in Live Oak, Florida about 1966/1967. I think.

[Rumblerod]

@mickbrian1231 They more than likely did since they were from Daytona.. I saw them many times during the sixties..

[USMCcolombia1]

did anybody else sing this song?

[garagerawk27]

@USMCcolombia1 the lemonheads do a really cool cover of this.

[Catdude5000]

Melodic garage rock forever!

[almightiestone]

I discovered this song years ago, and amazingly I heard it on the radio today. It totally made my day. Great song!

[jelf48]

Like musictflo, below, I grew up in Florida....Miami to be exact. This video brings back great memories while in college. Thanks for this vid, VERY much.

[UTFRG]

listen to little black ache by bishop allen its its own song but similarly good

[Mechanic1307]

Sweet



[UTFRG]

@Mechanic1307 60s 70s 80s when music was good

[musictflo]

I grew up in Daytona and the original lp was floating around local stores for a good chunk of change. Fun song-almost a ska feel in the guitar. Got a little bit of the old Florida vibe to it-that is almost gone..... laid back kinda country.

[The1truesushiboy]

I just keep hitting the play button and then only realizing it afterward. It's that good.

[SlimTwisted]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting this rare gem!

[pgh45rpms]

A great garage band staple from this Florida band. The Music Explosion, known for "Little Bit o' Soul", also recorded this song as "One Potato, Two Potato" on their 1967 debut album.

[wc4dblues]

@pgh45rpms WOW......THANKS, I'd forgotten all about the song 'little bit o' soul'. I'm

starting a new band and am looking for some of these old songs to revamp, this one will be on the play list!

[rorydaddy]

What a KOOOOOOOL Sound!!

[Andymanpr]

great '60s garage rock...or maybe incubator rock!

[JenHOOKAH]

This is the last song my dad played on his guitar 5 months b-4 he died! he loved this song! i love it too! Ya do know the litle black egg is dont ya?! ...el oh el ;) thanx for posting!!!

[simpsonwizekid]

@JenHOOKAH No, what is it?

[JenHOOKAH]

@simpsonwizekid lol i believe it's cocaine!