Donovan-The making of Hurdy Gurdy Man and the lost lyric by George Harrison

[manco82]

Donovan prefers to remember a fictional history of this song, but only JPJ was there in the sessions as arranger & bassist.

[bellinghammond]

Hurdy Gurdy is a fantastic track but my god, what a bullshitter Donovan is....

[Smooth0vibrations]

Haha, Donovan backed by Led Zeppelin? Awesome.

[1949beatles]

To me Donovan tell a storie his life where he met who ever and I fine it interesting.. I love his music and now am playing it in my band.. I am 62yo now and will rock till i die..peace be safe..larry

[hobartquins]

Keep playing Jimmy! But Jimmy wasn't there! Must have been great drugs (or this guy is a bull shit artist!)

[mrscullen893]

.. had page kept playing this pschcadelic stlyle more often ,,, who knows maybe it would have been to power full ,, too hot to  handle so to speak...., but amazing none the ;less... dp.

[themagicwookster]

Interestingly, though Donovan maintains that it was Jimmy Page, Jimmy says he wasn't there at all and that Alan Parker played the guitar part. John Paul Jones also says it was Alan Parker and it was Jones (after all) who hired Parker for the session.

[stretchmorgan]

@themagicwookster I think Donovan has always been a bit of a star struck ham. You can see it in "Don't Look Back". He's always banging on about his association with the Beatles now its about Led Zeppelin. Don't get me wrong, I like some of Donovan's music a lot. This is a brilliant record. He is super talented. I always understood that it was Jeff beck on this tune. Definitely sounds like him. It sound like a strat to me. Not something Page played much. I also believe this probably Clem Cattini.

[themagicwookster]

@stretchmorgan Like you, for years I thought it was Jeff Beck too but only because I'd been told it was. Jeff says he was in the States at the time it was recorded and so it definitely wasn't him. I agree with you though it's a great record. PS...I think Alan Parker wrote a lot of the music for the Muppet's!!!

[dannon2010]

words true today..."Keep Playing Jimmy, just keep playing."

[aaronscrewme]

THIS IS AMAZING! "Keep playing Jimmy... just... keep playing..."

[wildwitchwoman46]

u hav put 2gether a great video-many thanks