Cool stereo version. Bubble Puppy's name was actually a mistake - the were going for the name of a fictional childs game used in the book "A Brave New World" - The Centrifugal Bumble Puppy. The title of this song is a misheard expression used on the Beverly Hillbillies. Mistakes or not, a great slice of rock and roll.
Was not even played that much in 68.. By then the record the change was on to "Crystal Blue Persuasion" rather than the "Mony Mony" sound. I'm still in denial.
there are some posts of the Puppy playing the Austin Music Awards about a month ago...awesome!!! If you are a bubble puppy fan check it out...they are older and wiser now but man they still got it!!
I heard a band called Asylum play this when I was in Okinawa in 1969. It was at the Kadena AFB Airmen's club. They did a killer job on this with not only the vocals but I think the guitar work sounded a little more Hendrixesque.
Say man,hot smoke and root beer just would'nt sound right; ya'know thats what they make root beer from,the song is totaly awsome.good ol' BUBBLE PUPPY.
@mrchopperking1 Root beer is derived from sasparilla, not sasafrass. When I first began listening to FM radio in the late 60's this song was a staple, and it kicks ass to this day.
fuck yea...when i was 11 yrs. old, this was the heaviest riff i've ever heard.... still does it for me....must admit, the acid made it sound a little bit better...texas rulzzzzzz !!
strange ,very strange...I never heard this music in Brazil 60's age , and in the Brazil the Classic Rock ,soft rock even was very hearded by teenagers richs and poors.
This is a weird song. A hard iron clad riff with clean guitar and pop harmonies? It needs dirty guitar to make it happen. I do tthink theseguys ever had a lead singer, hence the dual lead.
@forgottenoldies While this is probably true for most oldies station, I heard it yesterday on oldies station 92.5 in Austin. I was delighted to hear it, as it not only was heavier than the pop songs they usually play, but it was the last time I heard the song since playing my 'Psychedelic songs of the 60s' compilation CD!
Wow... the feedback intro sounds like the intro to Canned Heat "On the Road", the next few second sounds a bit reminiscent of "Funk 49" by the James Gang, & then the syncopated drum/guitar bit after really sounds like the intro to "In From the Storm" by Hendrix! The Canned Heat song came out first, but "Funk 49" & "In From the Storm" came out well after this. I bet Hendrix actually borrowed that intro, conciously or unconciously...
My mom has this on vinal. I really loved this album too! Have you noticed songs from back then could go on forever and never get tired of hearing them. Now a days the songs are like 3 mins long and you just want to change the station. :)PEACE
when I heard this new song on my local am station it blew my shit away. now you can't even hear it on fm radio cause they're locked into their 'hits' format or whatever.... thank god for satellite radio
Thanx for posting, haven't heard it in decades. With adult ears I think that the bridge in the middle has a kind of Vince Giraldi "peanuts" feel, interesting... kool!
i been trying to find this on utube for weeks - i knew the word "sassafras" was in the title but it didnt hit till it showed in my home tonight - badddasss
stardust rollercade in corpus christi... great show. zz also played there. all around 1969. fever tree, 13th floor elevators, playboys from edinburg... lots of shows at that skating rink! anybody there?
lol...old memory lane.. KILT-AM was kickass! The original Hudson and Harrigan were JIm Pruett and Mark Stevens who went on to do Stevens and Pruitt for many years on KLOL. You can still hear Bill Young's unmistakeable voice today on voiceovers all over Houston radio. He's gotta be pushing 70 by now...good times!
Very late 68 or early 69 the way I remember it. San Antonio group.
I had heard some rumors of it being banned on certain stations as they were trying to read way to much into the title as usual but it wasn't banned where I live.
I was just talking to a buddy about this song - I was a very young teenager of 14, fresh from living overseas in Spain, returning to the south Rio Grande Valley - sucked for me. I had this album when I left in 1969 to Kansas City, where my Pop had to go for work. Very cool album - loved the doodle art on the back of the LP cover. Very tight band. Thanks for posting!
November, 1968, Houston TX. I'm 10 yrs old and this song comes on KILT-AM; I try to nail down the drum licks on a couple of empty Dentler's potato chip cans...good times.
Same here, was also 10 living in Houston when this song was came out, KILT-AM was the cool station to listen to then, just before the FM format took off. Remember some of the dj's there, Rick Shaw, Walt "Baby" Love, Steve Lundy, and Hudson and Herragen in the morning.
I used to put some pillows by the stereo and play drums on them with a set of drum sticks. When great songs like HS&S came on I would go wild on them. This is a cool song all the way through on guitar, drums and vocals. Good drum exercise too. I have not heard it in decades. It is too good for classic rock Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in repetition FM stations. Thanks Bubble Puppy wherever you are.
This is a great post-Thanks. In reading all the posts- FM in 1969 didn't exist for most- the coasts, a few big colleges, so yeah it was an"AM" hit. Then you could hear Zep, Supremes, Spirit,Henry Mancini,Sinatra all on your home town station.This is a great band for the time and always. I'd rather see these guys than Nirvana. not that Cobain sucked that hard.
Great add, forgottenoldies! Heard this for the first time in decades this morning on Philly's 88.5 WXPN while they were doing their fund drive (great station, BTW).
The comment as it ended: "that song rocked my liver!"
I really like this song and I was happy to see it become a big hit (peaking at #13 on the Billboard Top 100) back in the day, I only wish it would be a standard on the classic rock stations.
I have an original 7" 45 rpm of this in very good condition. I know that this isn't eBay, but what did you pay for yours? How much would others be willing t pay for it?
That was great! And I remembered the guy I knew who loved them, in Austin... he was from West Texas and you should have heard him say "that's Bubble Puppy.."
incredible - loving this - all thanks to a sunday morning newspaper reading session with Rob and Veronika - that sorted the hangover for a bit did that...
que tiempos aquellos, todavia lo tengo muy fresco el recuerdo de cuando estaba en la secundaria, tenia 14 años !!!!!!! que linda epoca, todo era mas bello, mas sano !!!!!
the other day i was walking in the woods and spotted some sassafras, and i thought of this song-can't remember when i heard it last. it was played real hard in the late 60's. good job forgottenoldies-thanks.
Of Course I had the 45...LOL...it was HUGE! 52 years old and it seems like...oh hell it wasnt yesterday...LOL..it was a LONG time ago LOL GREAT POST !
actually this came out the same years a LZ's first album (1969)...what I hear in the twin guitar leads is the "southern rock" sound that everyone thinks was invented by the Allmans and others...the first Allman Bros album came out the same year too, but this was a big AM radio hit before anyone decided that the Allmans invented southern rock...not saying that the ABB copied these guys or anything, but Bubble Puppy has never received their rightful due as true pioneers of the genre.
this song is bad ass, it blew me away when my buddy introduced it to me....... with the stero sound in the beggining, this version is lacking that. I am going to try to get my band to cover this. I think people will like it when they hear it; even though it gets no radio play. (people will probably think we wrote it)
Nobody has video of this band ? Saw them many times in Houston , they had a great Album .
This song was the single . Love Street , sitting on the floor in empty wine barrels and pillows , on way to much acid with Bubble Puppy , ahhh , what fun . 13th Floor Elevators ,Fever Tree , Moving Sidewalks, and the Original lineup of ZZ Top ,all Played Love Street Light Circus Feel Good Machine .
I found the "A Gathering of Promises" LP the past year in a little shop in Barcelona. When I saw it I got crazy, I'd never imagined I would found it there. It's one of my all time favourite albums. I hear you guys talking about the times when you saw them on tour, and I feel so much envy!
The one-hit wonders probably felt like flash paper much of the time. But I wonder how many of those bands thought of uniting in, like say, a recognition club, if there is such a thing, and laid down their songs in a compilation. Wouldn't that constitute a progressive string of hit songs in a way? Just a thought. What do you think? Nonsense?
I saw Bubble Puppy in 1960 something. They were the opening band for Steppenwolf. This was in Shreveport Louisiana....it was also the first concert i smelt weed at too!..is smelt a word?
Smelt is a word, but not the way you used it. Smelt is a cold water fish found in the north that you can eat. Smelt is also the process to extract metal by heating, like iron ore. I think you smelled burning weed.
Yeah, I had this 45rpm. Really accomplished musicians for "one hit wonders." And I was a mere child jamming to this! I agree, the guitar work is really hot.
"You, I" is here in a channel of someone called MusicMike2. I always associated "You, I", "Hot Smoke and Sassafras", and an instrumental hit "Apricot Brandy" by Rhinocerous with each other.
Thanks for the great memories! I loved this song so much, I recorded it on a reel-to-reel tape recording machine and played it till the tape was totally worn. These were the days, these were the REAL bands, this genre of music was and, will always be, the best!!!
Thanks for your comments. I had a blast with reel to reel recorders back in the day!! - Brad
BTW, to earn the money for the Steppenwolf / Bubble Puppy concert, my buddy and I worked all day one Saturday at his father's pipe supply stacking pipe LOL.
WOW, when did Steppenwolf play with BP and where, if you don't mind me asking? I would have killed for tickets to that! Out of curiosity, do you remember Montrose? Another "unsung" heroes band! In that day, we ALL worked. Through high school, I had three part-time jobs so I can really understanding stacking pipe - those were the days! LOL
It was in Tulsa, OK around May 1970 I think. BP was the opener. They were great, of course :) Then the announcer said, "Please rise for our national anthem." and Steppenwolf came out and played Born to be Wild haha.
Fantastic song. Hadn't heard this since high school. I had a Wollensak back then. Sure was nice Could tape hours of music without having to change a reel, let alone an album. And could bang around the room all you wanted. No fear of scratching the vinyl. Thanks Forgotten
...great song, I forgot what the name of the group and song was until I played it....
paulpellicci 4 months ago
What a great song. Thanks for posting. Agree with kevhead, it's not dated and could be a hit today, if today's music could be referred to as "music".
pderus 4 months ago
love this song used to hear it on am radio when i was young no one knew or had heard or this band do ya'll know where these guys were from?
johnny888869 4 months ago
Cool stereo version. Bubble Puppy's name was actually a mistake - the were going for the name of a fictional childs game used in the book "A Brave New World" - The Centrifugal Bumble Puppy. The title of this song is a misheard expression used on the Beverly Hillbillies. Mistakes or not, a great slice of rock and roll.
jferg7159 6 months ago
Still have this on 45 very cool label graphics. The original release. Never forgotten it.
wasthere1 7 months ago
I haven't heard this song since it was originally released. Smokin!
powerpaw2 7 months ago
came here from JET forum XD
Guitar4Eva100 7 months ago
Was not even played that much in 68.. By then the record the change was on to "Crystal Blue Persuasion" rather than the "Mony Mony" sound. I'm still in denial.
goldbug66 7 months ago
Masterpiece!
highhorse313 7 months ago
there are some posts of the Puppy playing the Austin Music Awards about a month ago...awesome!!! If you are a bubble puppy fan check it out...they are older and wiser now but man they still got it!!
bubblepupAMY 9 months ago
don't need a video.. best of all , is hearing the Needle Hitting the record.. only sound to put a person in the mood to enjoy
twprasher 10 months ago
this is just awesome, I love it!
freedomchild68 10 months ago
I heard a band called Asylum play this when I was in Okinawa in 1969. It was at the Kadena AFB Airmen's club. They did a killer job on this with not only the vocals but I think the guitar work sounded a little more Hendrixesque.
MrNixplix1947 11 months ago
Just heard this today for the first time by Brit band The Mooche, had to suss out the history. It's all totally rockin baby, love it all.
RadiantsUK 11 months ago
Say man,hot smoke and root beer just would'nt sound right; ya'know thats what they make root beer from,the song is totaly awsome.good ol' BUBBLE PUPPY.
mrchopperking1 1 year ago
@mrchopperking1 Root beer is derived from sasparilla, not sasafrass. When I first began listening to FM radio in the late 60's this song was a staple, and it kicks ass to this day.
problem49 1 year ago
fuck yea...when i was 11 yrs. old, this was the heaviest riff i've ever heard.... still does it for me....must admit, the acid made it sound a little bit better...texas rulzzzzzz !!
jodonte1 1 year ago
@jodonte1 hey, i was 11 yrs old too when this heavy riff came out new on the radio.
57highland 9 months ago
strange ,very strange...I never heard this music in Brazil 60's age , and in the Brazil the Classic Rock ,soft rock even was very hearded by teenagers richs and poors.
ardrack1 1 year ago
souns good to me!!!
youngmindedman 1 year ago
Mindblowing blast from the past!
sirius212ify 1 year ago
I remember this! I might even have it in my 45's.I have a few 45's and lp's.
kygent508 1 year ago
I was looking for this, thanks!
sunbeltcity 1 year ago
This is a weird song. A hard iron clad riff with clean guitar and pop harmonies? It needs dirty guitar to make it happen. I do tthink theseguys ever had a lead singer, hence the dual lead.
genericgeorge 1 year ago
Great song - great memories!
rogerstill71 1 year ago
Forgotten?
I've had this on my iPod for... forever!
Great song, tho'!
raydarfiero 1 year ago 4
@raydarfiero forgotten meaning the local radio stations - even "oldies" stations - don't play it !
forgottenoldies 1 year ago
@forgottenoldies While this is probably true for most oldies station, I heard it yesterday on oldies station 92.5 in Austin. I was delighted to hear it, as it not only was heavier than the pop songs they usually play, but it was the last time I heard the song since playing my 'Psychedelic songs of the 60s' compilation CD!
percypage74 1 year ago
Wow... the feedback intro sounds like the intro to Canned Heat "On the Road", the next few second sounds a bit reminiscent of "Funk 49" by the James Gang, & then the syncopated drum/guitar bit after really sounds like the intro to "In From the Storm" by Hendrix! The Canned Heat song came out first, but "Funk 49" & "In From the Storm" came out well after this. I bet Hendrix actually borrowed that intro, conciously or unconciously...
32Iroomi321 1 year ago
@32Iroomi321 How about the Beatles' I feel fine?
forgottenoldies 1 year ago 2
@forgottenoldies - How about the fedback intro to the Airplane's "You me and Pooneil"
-------.youtube.com/watch?v=d1RgUO5E9fw
AOXOMOXO 1 year ago
@forgottenoldies Weren't The Beatles the first to use feedback or was it Hendrix?
oldtilter 7 months ago
@32Iroomi321
Yeah and sounds like Lenny Kravitz borrowed the intro too....
suzyginmiami 7 months ago
My mom has this on vinal. I really loved this album too! Have you noticed songs from back then could go on forever and never get tired of hearing them. Now a days the songs are like 3 mins long and you just want to change the station. :)PEACE
gypsyqueen1964 1 year ago
What happened to the music of these days?
chrismack8 1 year ago 3
it evolved year by year and now in 2010 folks are tryin to redo these tunes,wonder if they'll find our psycho music from 66 to 70 lol
w9x7cv3vg6 1 year ago
Played this song on our helicopter FM radio in Vietnam in 1969; scared hell out of the Vietnamese we flew over...lol
Greenhornet270 1 year ago 33
@Greenhornet270 thats fuckin awosome...thank you
texassis1 9 months ago
@Greenhornet270 dude that is so fuckin awesome!!! I am going to have to tell my dad this he plays lead guitar..rod prince..he will like that!!
bubblepupAMY 8 months ago
Weirdest song title ever has to be "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman." I bet no one remembers that one!
hendrixzilla 1 year ago 2
I do. It was all whistling :)
forgottenoldies 1 year ago
@forgottenoldies --but was it a rock song title? anyone have a weirdest rock song title?
TheBigjohn527 1 year ago
I do. From around 1967. I think I could still whistle along with it.
northendrat 1 year ago
@hendrixzilla I remember it well!
TowMotorHubba 1 year ago
@hendrixzilla I have the 45. It's not a bad little song.
Mrfunkyfilmore 2 months ago in playlist Forgotten Oldies
Bubble Puppies what a name!!
gerkins1 2 years ago
when I heard this new song on my local am station it blew my shit away. now you can't even hear it on fm radio cause they're locked into their 'hits' format or whatever.... thank god for satellite radio
marcidog 2 years ago 2
for 1968 this song has not dated a bit. so killer.
kevhead66 2 years ago 11
Great song, brings back a lot of good memories, thank you for posting this song.
pookey1951 2 years ago
Thanx for posting, haven't heard it in decades. With adult ears I think that the bridge in the middle has a kind of Vince Giraldi "peanuts" feel, interesting... kool!
chh5555 2 years ago
i been trying to find this on utube for weeks - i knew the word "sassafras" was in the title but it didnt hit till it showed in my home tonight - badddasss
pudd750 2 years ago
forgottenoldies: Do you remember "Rochester River" by Rockin Foo?? (1969?) That's a forgotten one hit wonder also.....
CJurasin 2 years ago
No, I don't. A lot of songs were not played in every region, so I missed a bunch.
forgottenoldies 2 years ago
If I knew how to download the song to You Tube, I'd do it.
CJurasin 2 years ago
This one rocks! thanks
drnrg31 2 years ago
Man, those spanish guitar solos are always amazing.
I love that technique. That's very central to their sound in my opinion :D hehe.
AirHendrix91 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this. It's been years since I've heard it.
baarbear 2 years ago
KILT ..yes, that's when i heard it ... Johnny Goyen, Capt. Jack ... K.O. Bailey ... all DJ's on KILT about that time ...
airplaneguy53 2 years ago
Fabulous song. The playing here is incredible: so perfectly tight. These guys were true professionals!
ProTwoAm 2 years ago 2
Forgot about this one. Great tune! Thankx for posting forgottenoldies!
northcoast69 2 years ago 2
Still a great song!
AlbatrossTweece 2 years ago 2
Their album always brought a few hundred dollars at Record Conventions across the country.
KaptSonic22 2 years ago
I still have this 45
dacat58 2 years ago
They still sell the record online, newly printed too.
AirHendrix91 2 years ago
Damn good song!
Hubs88 2 years ago
Love this cut! What became of them?
whizbang47 2 years ago
stardust rollercade in corpus christi... great show. zz also played there. all around 1969. fever tree, 13th floor elevators, playboys from edinburg... lots of shows at that skating rink! anybody there?
fenderman6950 2 years ago
More KILT dj's: Bill Young (10-Noon), "Michael"(3-6pm) and Ron Foster(weekends)
Walt "Baby" Love has been doing a Countdown Show syndicated on over 100 stations now for 25 years.
miguelofthehillcount 2 years ago
lol...old memory lane.. KILT-AM was kickass! The original Hudson and Harrigan were JIm Pruett and Mark Stevens who went on to do Stevens and Pruitt for many years on KLOL. You can still hear Bill Young's unmistakeable voice today on voiceovers all over Houston radio. He's gotta be pushing 70 by now...good times!
rowdymax1 2 years ago
i heard this at academy at leeds before doves today.
psusquall 2 years ago
KILT...the Big 610-Houston
miguelofthehillcount 2 years ago
Very late 68 or early 69 the way I remember it. San Antonio group.
I had heard some rumors of it being banned on certain stations as they were trying to read way to much into the title as usual but it wasn't banned where I live.
TheSixtiesRocked 2 years ago
I was just talking to a buddy about this song - I was a very young teenager of 14, fresh from living overseas in Spain, returning to the south Rio Grande Valley - sucked for me. I had this album when I left in 1969 to Kansas City, where my Pop had to go for work. Very cool album - loved the doodle art on the back of the LP cover. Very tight band. Thanks for posting!
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beltonian 2 years ago
I heard this when I was 15 and I'm 56 now and I can tell you that absolutely no one played stuff like this back then, no one!
Jay435 2 years ago
Agreed! I had this 45 way back and I thought it was way ahead of it's time.
Excellent Rocker that should be remixed or redone today.
cvidaud 2 years ago
wow! great tune! in 1968 I was 14!
another BLAST...from my past!
verybadsuzy 2 years ago
November, 1968, Houston TX. I'm 10 yrs old and this song comes on KILT-AM; I try to nail down the drum licks on a couple of empty Dentler's potato chip cans...good times.
rowdymax1 2 years ago 4
Same here, was also 10 living in Houston when this song was came out, KILT-AM was the cool station to listen to then, just before the FM format took off. Remember some of the dj's there, Rick Shaw, Walt "Baby" Love, Steve Lundy, and Hudson and Herragen in the morning.
dacat58 2 years ago
LMAO...I used to have the old "KILT DOUBLE GOLD" album that this song and other 60's classics came out on.
rowdymax1 2 years ago
I used to put some pillows by the stereo and play drums on them with a set of drum sticks. When great songs like HS&S came on I would go wild on them. This is a cool song all the way through on guitar, drums and vocals. Good drum exercise too. I have not heard it in decades. It is too good for classic rock Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in repetition FM stations. Thanks Bubble Puppy wherever you are.
Ncharlestun 2 years ago
Dig this! I have not heard this in years
jeffrow1960 2 years ago 2
This is a great post-Thanks. In reading all the posts- FM in 1969 didn't exist for most- the coasts, a few big colleges, so yeah it was an"AM" hit. Then you could hear Zep, Supremes, Spirit,Henry Mancini,Sinatra all on your home town station.This is a great band for the time and always. I'd rather see these guys than Nirvana. not that Cobain sucked that hard.
bobmon54 2 years ago
i own this album and i was told it is worth a lot of money. it means the world to me.
sweetytwome2 2 years ago
im 40 ish and can remember this kinda. Thanx for posting. will get it.
archeeizm 3 years ago
Great add, forgottenoldies! Heard this for the first time in decades this morning on Philly's 88.5 WXPN while they were doing their fund drive (great station, BTW).
The comment as it ended: "that song rocked my liver!"
alphuez 3 years ago
I haven't heard this song since the sixties.
Thanks for posting it.
xo51xo 3 years ago
We all owe a million thanks to Bubble Puppy for being a generation ahead of their time & for being beautifully insane enough to do this song.
telwitcha55 3 years ago 2
I never forgot it, and never will.
problem49 3 years ago 2
I really like this song and I was happy to see it become a big hit (peaking at #13 on the Billboard Top 100) back in the day, I only wish it would be a standard on the classic rock stations.
Doobie1975 3 years ago
Awesome tune, thx for posting it.vtd*****
ckillahertz 3 years ago
song title taken from a misheard line on Beverly Hillbillies.
123laverdiere 3 years ago
One of the greatest songs from that era -I've always heard this playing in my mind but never knew who the band was..
tomk773 3 years ago
Forgotten oldie indeed...thanks for posting!!
mondo56 3 years ago
yeh'but what agreat name too
nomiclas 3 years ago
This is one high energy tune, folks. Lyrics and guitar work pretty incredible....at least to me.
centralparocker 3 years ago 2
You're right...awesome song it is! :)
020338 3 years ago
what a track. picked up a 7" original of this last year sometime. it's become a cornerstone of my dj set.
moonster86 3 years ago
I have an original 7" 45 rpm of this in very good condition. I know that this isn't eBay, but what did you pay for yours? How much would others be willing t pay for it?
semarcus1 3 years ago
I mis-remembered the title as "Hot Mist and Sassafras"; a Google gave me the right title and bingo! I remember it from early 1970.
smwca123 3 years ago
That was great! And I remembered the guy I knew who loved them, in Austin... he was from West Texas and you should have heard him say "that's Bubble Puppy.."
whitefeet1 3 years ago
just got this on vinyl.
got re issued this year
jennahazeispro 3 years ago
its bubble puppy by hot smoke and sassafrass isn't it?
xarton5 3 years ago
Nope. Look up Bubble Puppy on cduniverse or amazon.
forgottenoldies 3 years ago
I saw this band on my 16th birthday!
VagueAnnoyance 3 years ago
incredible - loving this - all thanks to a sunday morning newspaper reading session with Rob and Veronika - that sorted the hangover for a bit did that...
inespo7 3 years ago
Why have I never heard this song until recently?? It's fucking awesome.
jax121467 3 years ago 3
que tiempos aquellos, todavia lo tengo muy fresco el recuerdo de cuando estaba en la secundaria, tenia 14 años !!!!!!! que linda epoca, todo era mas bello, mas sano !!!!!
Cristoteama52 3 years ago
i remember this so well from my dad's car's AM radio in the winter of 1968.
ukkfayooyay 3 years ago 2
If I didn't know any better, I would have thought these guys were the Moody Blues because their voices sound so similar to me. This is fabulous!!!
Farrah300 3 years ago
.... very hot track from the garage psychedelic era ... Love it!
PopPuffandSpin 3 years ago 2
And my kids wonder what I hear in this...Gotta dig out my old 45's!Thanks for the post...
InteriorCommando 3 years ago
Wow, I had completely forgotten about this tune! Sort of reminded me of something Rundgren and The Nazz would have done. Same style. Great tune!
Cliner97 3 years ago
The best rock song from that era ever!!
ritchie56 3 years ago
My 45 has a big crack in it and I haven't been able to listen to
it for many years. What a great song--thank you!
mjtgough 3 years ago
I still have this on vinyl. Great record.
XavieraNezzrek 3 years ago
the other day i was walking in the woods and spotted some sassafras, and i thought of this song-can't remember when i heard it last. it was played real hard in the late 60's. good job forgottenoldies-thanks.
bronsonski1952 3 years ago
this was one of my fave songs back in the 60's great song
barbiejan1 3 years ago
For the life of me, I cannot remember the last time I heard this gem - in fact, I had completely forgotten about it. Thanx for posting.
1400deadwood 3 years ago
Nice memory
hillcrestjh 3 years ago
Texas ASS Kickers!
hillcrestjh 3 years ago
Wish I had the 45... or even the UK version of the song recorded by Essex band The Mooche
sonicred007 3 years ago
Of Course I had the 45...LOL...it was HUGE! 52 years old and it seems like...oh hell it wasnt yesterday...LOL..it was a LONG time ago LOL GREAT POST !
Kenoman29 3 years ago
sounds like a great outdoor band to me
GreatestPotential 3 years ago
My dad did a talent show with the singer John Coy back in high school he said. I thought that was kinda cool.
arande3 3 years ago
some instrumental parts remind me of (yet-to-come)led zeppelin...
bungalowbill969 3 years ago 2
actually this came out the same years a LZ's first album (1969)...what I hear in the twin guitar leads is the "southern rock" sound that everyone thinks was invented by the Allmans and others...the first Allman Bros album came out the same year too, but this was a big AM radio hit before anyone decided that the Allmans invented southern rock...not saying that the ABB copied these guys or anything, but Bubble Puppy has never received their rightful due as true pioneers of the genre.
finallytina 3 years ago 3
well said
Billabromitis 3 years ago
Me too ! Amen AND amen !!!
ssur55 3 years ago
I have not heard this song in a long time i use to have this record in 45 and the cd.
elo9005 3 years ago
Great song! Just special ordered this album, "A gathering of promises." suprised its not outta print
HiWatt101 3 years ago
...my sister ran away to Austin in the mid sixties and when she resurfaced in San Francisco she had this on the album...er,like 40 years ago!
tonfan 3 years ago
BEST air guitar song EVER. Mayhem in under 3 minutes.
JayEmpty 3 years ago
has a great riff, it's very infectious. i figured out most of it on guitar awhile back.
KENVAIL 3 years ago
an old fav from my youth. still have the 45...check out the flip side titled "lonely". the guitar work is excellent...
stratofreak13 3 years ago
Great song!! The flip side of the 45 (as I remember through the haze lol) was great too. Does anybody know what it was?
evamariehunter 3 years ago
The flip side was "Lonely" on International Artists label. Hot Smoke & Sassafras made it to # 14 in 1969.
cutlasjohn25 3 years ago
Into the time machine. WOW!
hillcrestjh 3 years ago
this song is bad ass, it blew me away when my buddy introduced it to me....... with the stero sound in the beggining, this version is lacking that. I am going to try to get my band to cover this. I think people will like it when they hear it; even though it gets no radio play. (people will probably think we wrote it)
jwhoogs 3 years ago
Nobody has video of this band ? Saw them many times in Houston , they had a great Album .
This song was the single . Love Street , sitting on the floor in empty wine barrels and pillows , on way to much acid with Bubble Puppy , ahhh , what fun . 13th Floor Elevators ,Fever Tree , Moving Sidewalks, and the Original lineup of ZZ Top ,all Played Love Street Light Circus Feel Good Machine .
sadhouse 3 years ago
well, i'm 52 and grew up in ohio. funny how you hear a song like 30 years later and STILL remember it!
elektrik527 3 years ago
I found the "A Gathering of Promises" LP the past year in a little shop in Barcelona. When I saw it I got crazy, I'd never imagined I would found it there. It's one of my all time favourite albums. I hear you guys talking about the times when you saw them on tour, and I feel so much envy!
AbbeyKarin 3 years ago
im 55 and know this is it norwich U.K 60S come back please
cyclonetorrent 4 years ago
I'm 52... Amen!
forgottenoldies 4 years ago
Ratings are disabled, so 5 stars from this corner.
bt2tags 4 years ago 2
Thank you! I disabled the rating because there is no video to speak of but I agree, the music is 5 star all the way!
forgottenoldies 4 years ago
I hadn't heard this song in probably 30 years. Thanks for the forgotten oldie!
whatntarnation 4 years ago 2
never heard of it...but i like it. thin im too young (1986) quite psychedelic :)
AequitasAUT 4 years ago
Saw them open for The Grassroots in Abilene Texas around 68. My first concert.
They rocked HARD!
songliter 4 years ago 2
WOW! What a great first concert. AAH the good old days. My first concert was The Doors in April 68'
album52 4 years ago 2
I wish I could have been there. My first concert was CSNY freedom of speech in 2006. (yeah im only 15)
GetBackJack123 3 years ago
The first metal concert I ever went to featured Steppenwolf, Bubble Puppy and Frigid Pink. Lots of trees in the air that night.
smellyschnatt 4 years ago 2
Thank You!!!!! What a timeless, great freakin crank up the volume song!
rollingstones1965 4 years ago 2
Thanks for posting this song!!!! It's been years since I heard it. Around 1968 or '69 I think.
cruiser1947 4 years ago
Saw them years ago at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago
cloojam 4 years ago
If I remember correctly these guys were from Culver Indiana. Great song. I was tripping when I first heard it!
profbrianoblivion 4 years ago
The one-hit wonders probably felt like flash paper much of the time. But I wonder how many of those bands thought of uniting in, like say, a recognition club, if there is such a thing, and laid down their songs in a compilation. Wouldn't that constitute a progressive string of hit songs in a way? Just a thought. What do you think? Nonsense?
9332931 4 years ago
I saw Bubble Puppy in 1960 something. They were the opening band for Steppenwolf. This was in Shreveport Louisiana....it was also the first concert i smelt weed at too!..is smelt a word?
wookter 4 years ago
That was the same tour where I saw them in Tulsa!
forgottenoldies 4 years ago
saw them at luv street,houston in'68.Awesome,mind shattering,gig.I remember with sun shiney clarity!!....those WERE the dayz!!!
flynsnake 4 years ago
Smelt is a word, but not the way you used it. Smelt is a cold water fish found in the north that you can eat. Smelt is also the process to extract metal by heating, like iron ore. I think you smelled burning weed.
Fruth37 4 years ago
la tee da
dpbadkid01 4 years ago
I wish I still had this 45! Great song
Planktontwo 4 years ago
I found it!
I luved this song as a kid!
It made me a moron...
Great Band Name too!
taxiboydrummer
prisongirlvideo 4 years ago
Yeah, I had this 45rpm. Really accomplished musicians for "one hit wonders." And I was a mere child jamming to this! I agree, the guitar work is really hot.
auntsuzie 4 years ago
this is so great!!can you possibly put on "You,I
by Rugby?
stanleytone1 4 years ago
Not familiar with this one, but if I do run across it, I will put it up. Thanks!
forgottenoldies 4 years ago
"You, I" is here in a channel of someone called MusicMike2. I always associated "You, I", "Hot Smoke and Sassafras", and an instrumental hit "Apricot Brandy" by Rhinocerous with each other.
rslitman 4 years ago
Yes, and I did remember "You, I" when I heard it!
It sounds kinda like Rare Earth :)
forgottenoldies 4 years ago
kenny cordray,legendary ,houston guitarist,has released his version of hot smoke & sasafras,.
flynsnake 4 years ago
livin in San Antonio.....grass hut...LSD Factory...great
BFree4USA 4 years ago
i love the guitar riff, what a jam, one of the best one-hit wonders ever.
KENVAIL 4 years ago
pshcyojellic.......are you jellin.......
burningbridgex 4 years ago
I play this song every weekend, some people say are ya stuck in the 60's---i say why not!!
deckape1956 4 years ago
Thanks for the great memories! I loved this song so much, I recorded it on a reel-to-reel tape recording machine and played it till the tape was totally worn. These were the days, these were the REAL bands, this genre of music was and, will always be, the best!!!
By the way, no photo needed!!!
GBU
Wrigley1972 4 years ago
Thanks for your comments. I had a blast with reel to reel recorders back in the day!! - Brad
BTW, to earn the money for the Steppenwolf / Bubble Puppy concert, my buddy and I worked all day one Saturday at his father's pipe supply stacking pipe LOL.
forgottenoldies 4 years ago
WOW, when did Steppenwolf play with BP and where, if you don't mind me asking? I would have killed for tickets to that! Out of curiosity, do you remember Montrose? Another "unsung" heroes band! In that day, we ALL worked. Through high school, I had three part-time jobs so I can really understanding stacking pipe - those were the days! LOL
Wrigley1972 4 years ago
It was in Tulsa, OK around May 1970 I think. BP was the opener. They were great, of course :) Then the announcer said, "Please rise for our national anthem." and Steppenwolf came out and played Born to be Wild haha.
forgottenoldies 4 years ago
Fantastic song. Hadn't heard this since high school. I had a Wollensak back then. Sure was nice Could tape hours of music without having to change a reel, let alone an album. And could bang around the room all you wanted. No fear of scratching the vinyl. Thanks Forgotten
stonedrolling 4 years ago
Check out "Hocus Pocus" by Focus, also here on Youtube, played live by the band in October, 1973.
chrisart7 4 years ago
Thanks for the tip!
forgottenoldies 4 years ago
Chris, thanks for the info.