Never understood that strange little segment from 2:29 to 2:44 which sounds like part of a different song from a different session, but nevertheless, this was a great song from a great album by a great band!
I was at the recording sessions, some of us bystanders got to sing on Get High. I have some artwork on the cover. Columbia discovered a "bad word" on the cover and had to scratch it out.
Never a fan, but proud to have known how remarkably well liked and influential these guys were all over California, back in 1969! Rick Erhart asks me to send a Big up! to Bill. - I must say, Rick's sure done his best to bring this music back to life here in Arkansas.
Still have this incredible double album, as well as a CD, They were truly High at this point. Saw them in Santa Cruz and Marine many times.Wow, What amazing energy !!! And what a Preacher Bill was !!!!! Our Hippie generation sure had something special, Yeah The Real LSD 25, Thank you very much. Where the HELL[o] is it Now , when we really need it ???????
I used to always listen to this tune on the stereo, but right now, I'm listening to this on headphones at work. Just noticed the audio edit between 2:43 and 2:44 at the end of the vibes solo, right before Bill says, "We all know it's coming..."
This blows Serious Smoke.I have the wax and always play it for my neighbors on warm summer saturday mornings..After 30 years in the same house they never complain about my music.Loud is beautiful............As long as it's clean!!!!
I saw the Sons peakn on acid in Portland 1970. I forgot where I was....I still do! They changed how I look at life!!! I finally met Bill later down the road. Not the friendliest guy in the world but I won't let that spoil the memory....DR
Thanks - sounds great! Great album, great band, great music. Champlin's still doing it, too - his voice sounds even better today.
Trivia for a 1000 Alex - what two words were on the original first print run of the album, then scratched out by the label once it was discovered, then removed from the artwork on subsequent printings...?
Hint - the second word was "you". Ahhh, those hippies! : )
I bought loosen Up Naturally in June 1969 brought it into band rehearsal and pretty much insisted we learn a couple of the songs... was met with indifference, quit the band the following week, been playing professionally ever since. Owe much to hearing this album, seeing them live and watching Terry, sitting on his stool with the L-5 and the Twin cranked wide open.
Me. Darbacour it IS available on cd. I own it on cd unfortunately it is remixed and with the vinyl version burned indelibly into my brain the remix just doesn't quite sound right.... just my opinion..... Hey Bill, BRING TERRY BACK!!!
Can you say Chateau Libertay?Summit Road Santa Cruz Mtns. The Sons played there often in the 70's. My first concert, 1975! Yeah. Sons fanatic ever since.
Oh Yeah!! I remember going there often, late 60's and early 70's...was one of my favorite places for concerts! And I followed The Sons wherever they played..loved them so much. Ever go to The Bodega in Campbell? They played there a few times too!
This is the only Sons tune that actually got AM radio play. When I heard it at 16 years old...I had to stop my car and fall out in disbelief that something this cool could exist. I then went and saw them live in Portland....I learned to play guitar from Terry Haggerty's stuff on the Son's recordings......The rest is history!!!!! DR
Did you use to work for the Sons as Jack Rabbit and be my long distance boyfriend. I'm Celeste and if you are who I think you are you use to be the love of my life.
I'm into WAY younger guys these days so no worries about my intentions. would just like to know if you're the guy I use to hang out with when I was with the Sons
Not Jack, who came after me and left before me. I've given the band notice that after 40 years I have other priorities, but they begged me to work one more show next month in Santa Cruz. I'm Charlie.
I traveled with the band - was the girl friend of the road manger, Jack Rabbit. Most of the band HATed me. Bill was always the perfect gentleman. Micheal Andreas who played horns in a later incarnation was my defender since the rest of the band hated me.
Michael for a short time joined the Beach Boys and FORCED me to go to a BB concert. I whined and cried ... but in the endI actully found the concert enjoyable
I have been the roadie for The Sons since 1968. I was in the studio when this was recorded. The song was so new they didn't have a title for it, and the index number on the tape box became the title.
Were you the guy that drove that greenish truck with the white cabover body on it? As I recall that was the truck they always had all their equipment in and it would often be parked along Center Blvd. in San Anselmo...
Yep. I was the Sons' roadie for 42 years, in that time I missed 4 shows. One was when Bill Graham threw me out of the Fillmore in 1969, the other three when we blew a truck engine in Nevada in 1974.
I first heard this song on WEBN FM radio in Cincinnati Ohio.That station was the first to pioneer album rock and I was there from its change from classical music to its first Jelly Pudding broadcast.This was the first time I heard this in 30 years.This is GREAT,I did not think I would hear again
The Sons with Terry were my favorite incarnation of the band. Loved his wild solos amid Bill's songs, vocals, and Hammond wail, Shallock's perfect basslines, Palmer's keyparts, Preston's kik and snare Saw them play many times in small bars in Omaha as well as on stage with Tower Of Power in larger venues and at the Keystone Berkley. SOC was such an important band to many back in the 70's and was the horizon for music for thinking people. Glad you're back Bill.
this is such an amazing tune. just stumbled across it, never heard this band before until I met Terry recently. Kind of embarrassed I didn't know his band. This song is so far ahead of it's time, and of it's time too
i was lucky enough to be around the bay area in the early seventies. caught these guys many times as well as Cold Blood and Tower in their best days... those were the days...
This is Bill's main squeeze! I used to watch local bands in San Diego play For Joy, Lightning, Hold On, & Welcome to the Dance back in the late '70's. I play along with a couple of those tunes on bass on my youtube page. Great stuff!!!
I never got to see this great band in their heyday but I was fortunate enough to see and hear Terry Hagerty at Golden Gate Park Sept. 2, 2007 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love, Man he JAMMED!Long live the SONS OF CHAMPLIN
Loved going to Avalon to see the Sons. Garunteed a great night.
eastie011 1 month ago
the jazzy interlude from 2:29 to 2:44 is just part of the tune...as are other change ups. The Sons followed their heart, always
GuiitarBilly 1 month ago
Never understood that strange little segment from 2:29 to 2:44 which sounds like part of a different song from a different session, but nevertheless, this was a great song from a great album by a great band!
JoeSzilagy 1 month ago
great band very accompolished musicans more so at the time then even the dead or airplane.
newspapertaxis1 2 months ago
Ahh, well do I remember the Sons. And before that, the Opposite 6. And maybe The Blue Tones in 8th grade. I'm not certain it was Bill in that band.
OldUncleDave 2 months ago
I used to own this double vinyl album. This was my favorite track on the album. Great song and band. I miss the old days sometimes.
BBINGHAM032352 3 months ago
Great music. Wonderful memories, Rest in peace Rocky....I always loved you.
swordplay1588 5 months ago
is everyone afraid to post their classic "Get High"?
fanofprotopic 5 months ago
I was at the recording sessions, some of us bystanders got to sing on Get High. I have some artwork on the cover. Columbia discovered a "bad word" on the cover and had to scratch it out.
sdelaet 5 months ago
@sdelaet
It was Capitol Records, not Columbia, and I was also at the session. Who are you?
DocBogus 4 months ago
One of the Lucky ones to be able to grow up with the Sons
charlespiro 5 months ago
I wore this record out...am on my third copy !! Have a CD copy too !!
pkneall 8 months ago
Wonderful stuff......I need to dust this great album off & give it a listen, it's been too long!
jeffthrow6892 10 months ago
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Never a fan, but proud to have known how remarkably well liked and influential these guys were all over California, back in 1969! Rick Erhart asks me to send a Big up! to Bill. - I must say, Rick's sure done his best to bring this music back to life here in Arkansas.
ChezKiva 10 months ago
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ChezKiva 10 months ago
Still have this incredible double album, as well as a CD, They were truly High at this point. Saw them in Santa Cruz and Marine many times.Wow, What amazing energy !!! And what a Preacher Bill was !!!!! Our Hippie generation sure had something special, Yeah The Real LSD 25, Thank you very much. Where the HELL[o] is it Now , when we really need it ???????
towne777 11 months ago
Ditto, thanks for posting. This was the greatest gift to our little rock n roll souls back in the day. Still makes me feel good!
publiccitizen1 1 year ago
Bless you for posting Sons clips. One of the best bands ever and so hard to find anything by them here. Thank you!!!
SharaPoet1 1 year ago
I used to always listen to this tune on the stereo, but right now, I'm listening to this on headphones at work. Just noticed the audio edit between 2:43 and 2:44 at the end of the vibes solo, right before Bill says, "We all know it's coming..."
Never heard that before.
Great song though. Now back to work.
TheRealRVG 1 year ago
This is a very VERY VERY great song and yes,i remember it from WNEW here in the Big Apple.
crosscoupled 1 year ago
Great rewind in musical time!
photobywayne2004 1 year ago
This blows Serious Smoke.I have the wax and always play it for my neighbors on warm summer saturday mornings..After 30 years in the same house they never complain about my music.Loud is beautiful............As long as it's clean!!!!
crosscoupled 1 year ago
A desert island album...one of the greatest EVER!
hashachar70 1 year ago
I saw the Sons peakn on acid in Portland 1970. I forgot where I was....I still do! They changed how I look at life!!! I finally met Bill later down the road. Not the friendliest guy in the world but I won't let that spoil the memory....DR
mstrwooley 1 year ago
ONE OF THE BEST DOUBLE L.P.'S EVER B.
BEARGUITARJAZZ 1 year ago
One of the 1st bands I was in was a horn band, and we used to do this song...always loved it.
lunastrat 1 year ago
Thanks - sounds great! Great album, great band, great music. Champlin's still doing it, too - his voice sounds even better today.
Trivia for a 1000 Alex - what two words were on the original first print run of the album, then scratched out by the label once it was discovered, then removed from the artwork on subsequent printings...?
Hint - the second word was "you". Ahhh, those hippies! : )
northbayguitar 1 year ago
@northbayguitar Haha. I have that album. Always thought it was funny (and weird)that somebody actually scratched out F*** with a red pen.
Anyway, yeah....GREAT album!
CherrySlush1 1 year ago
@CherrySlush1 - right on, as we used to say. : )
northbayguitar 1 year ago
mstrwooley...
Pretty much the same experience.
I bought loosen Up Naturally in June 1969 brought it into band rehearsal and pretty much insisted we learn a couple of the songs... was met with indifference, quit the band the following week, been playing professionally ever since. Owe much to hearing this album, seeing them live and watching Terry, sitting on his stool with the L-5 and the Twin cranked wide open.
CHW
ClarenceHW 1 year ago
Me. Darbacour it IS available on cd. I own it on cd unfortunately it is remixed and with the vinyl version burned indelibly into my brain the remix just doesn't quite sound right.... just my opinion..... Hey Bill, BRING TERRY BACK!!!
michaeljamesca 2 years ago
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michaeljamesca 2 years ago
Can you say Chateau Libertay?Summit Road Santa Cruz Mtns. The Sons played there often in the 70's. My first concert, 1975! Yeah. Sons fanatic ever since.
jimmybfan 2 years ago
@jimmybfan
Oh Yeah!! I remember going there often, late 60's and early 70's...was one of my favorite places for concerts! And I followed The Sons wherever they played..loved them so much. Ever go to The Bodega in Campbell? They played there a few times too!
SaintNimmy 1 year ago
This is the only Sons tune that actually got AM radio play. When I heard it at 16 years old...I had to stop my car and fall out in disbelief that something this cool could exist. I then went and saw them live in Portland....I learned to play guitar from Terry Haggerty's stuff on the Son's recordings......The rest is history!!!!! DR
mstrwooley 2 years ago
What a fucking amazing song - recorded in 1969!
What an amazing album buy it if you can. Thank GOD jack replaced my lost copy of 'Loosen up Naturally' .
It is such a KILLER potential CD but it's not n CD or available ANYWhere EXCEPT Limited ownership LPS
darbacour 2 years ago
Actually recorded in December 1968, and released in January 1969.
DocBogus 2 years ago 3
@darbacour
Okay released in ' 69 ... still beyond progressive.
I'm currrently featuring ' Volunteers of America' on my website. I'm guessing I'm not the only one SERIOUSLY ready for a TRUE revolution
darbacour 2 years ago
Did you use to work for the Sons as Jack Rabbit and be my long distance boyfriend. I'm Celeste and if you are who I think you are you use to be the love of my life.
I'm into WAY younger guys these days so no worries about my intentions. would just like to know if you're the guy I use to hang out with when I was with the Sons
darbacour 2 years ago
Not Jack, who came after me and left before me. I've given the band notice that after 40 years I have other priorities, but they begged me to work one more show next month in Santa Cruz. I'm Charlie.
DocBogus 2 years ago
where is the vid for 'Turn on the Lights in LA'
Off the same album it was ALwAYS my fav next to 1982-a
darbacour 2 years ago
I traveled with the band - was the girl friend of the road manger, Jack Rabbit. Most of the band HATed me. Bill was always the perfect gentleman. Micheal Andreas who played horns in a later incarnation was my defender since the rest of the band hated me.
Michael for a short time joined the Beach Boys and FORCED me to go to a BB concert. I whined and cried ... but in the endI actully found the concert enjoyable
darbacour 2 years ago
I have been the roadie for The Sons since 1968. I was in the studio when this was recorded. The song was so new they didn't have a title for it, and the index number on the tape box became the title.
DocBogus 2 years ago
@DocBogus
Jack Rabbit?
darbacour 2 years ago
@DocBogus
Were you the guy that drove that greenish truck with the white cabover body on it? As I recall that was the truck they always had all their equipment in and it would often be parked along Center Blvd. in San Anselmo...
jleydeck 4 months ago
@jleydeck
Yep. I was the Sons' roadie for 42 years, in that time I missed 4 shows. One was when Bill Graham threw me out of the Fillmore in 1969, the other three when we blew a truck engine in Nevada in 1974.
DocBogus 4 months ago
Ahhh, Michael Xanadu and Brute Force Cybernetics. Them were some fun times.
stephenhait 2 years ago
Yup ... WEBN and the Jelly Pudding show (came on at 4:00pm?). This album is most memorable as was the broadcast.
SenatorBulworth 2 years ago
The first broadcast of the Jelly Pudding came on at 10:00 pm and as got more popular came on sooner and finally rock took over the Classical station
foxlincoln1 2 years ago
I first heard this song on WEBN FM radio in Cincinnati Ohio.That station was the first to pioneer album rock and I was there from its change from classical music to its first Jelly Pudding broadcast.This was the first time I heard this in 30 years.This is GREAT,I did not think I would hear again
foxlincoln1 2 years ago
The Sons with Terry were my favorite incarnation of the band. Loved his wild solos amid Bill's songs, vocals, and Hammond wail, Shallock's perfect basslines, Palmer's keyparts, Preston's kik and snare Saw them play many times in small bars in Omaha as well as on stage with Tower Of Power in larger venues and at the Keystone Berkley. SOC was such an important band to many back in the 70's and was the horizon for music for thinking people. Glad you're back Bill.
dragongoff 2 years ago 2
I saw them at UC Davis in 1969 and they blew my mind . . . . . . .
ajhidel 2 years ago
this is such an amazing tune. just stumbled across it, never heard this band before until I met Terry recently. Kind of embarrassed I didn't know his band. This song is so far ahead of it's time, and of it's time too
misisipimike 2 years ago
Hey Children!
christophe555 2 years ago
I can't believe there is so little footage on YouTube of The Sons, arguably one of the best live acts to ever come out of the Bay Area.
srhs420 2 years ago 2
i was lucky enough to be around the bay area in the early seventies. caught these guys many times as well as Cold Blood and Tower in their best days... those were the days...
bluen0te 2 years ago 5
@bluen0te I envy you , I can't even begin to imagine how priceless this must have been
campdav2000 1 month ago in playlist The Sons of Champlin - Loosen Up Naturally (1969)
This is Bill's main squeeze! I used to watch local bands in San Diego play For Joy, Lightning, Hold On, & Welcome to the Dance back in the late '70's. I play along with a couple of those tunes on bass on my youtube page. Great stuff!!!
bassandguitarguy 3 years ago
this sounds so much like Chicago....no wonder they asked Champlin to join!
HenryFussy 3 years ago
I never got to see this great band in their heyday but I was fortunate enough to see and hear Terry Hagerty at Golden Gate Park Sept. 2, 2007 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love, Man he JAMMED!Long live the SONS OF CHAMPLIN
1960jack 3 years ago
I fell in love with them at the Fillmore East... on acid! They blew me away and I'll never forget
'Why do people run the rain'. WOW.
shastasladybear 3 years ago
you prefer that to "You Can Fly"?
HenryFussy 3 years ago
I not only wore out the vinyl albums, bu trashed out a few 8-track tapes, ALWAYS listening to the SONS! Thanks for the memories and the post!
jettbugg 3 years ago
Ber-serk-ley 1970. UC party. My indoctrination into the world of Bill Champlin
and the Sons. WOW!! I wore out 2 copies of LOOSEN UP. Pete Cetara, who?? Bill was the driving force in the advancement of CHICAGO,
in my humble opinion, as worthless as it may seem. Enjoy people. Ths IS the shit, man!!!
tehama53 3 years ago
bro, this band is as tight as a fetus' asshole
peacejames20 3 years ago
ugly picture
woodsrider117 3 years ago
Great photos. Great song. Great band. Great album. Still sounds fresh 40 years later.
Thanks for posting.
maida1982a 3 years ago