I had this song on an 8track player in Holland back in 1973/4, while in the army. I used to listen to this song and others while high on hash. A really wonderful time; I miss it alot. I may go back soon.
@dangerbooboo, not always, but I rarely not miss the rush and nod of days gone by, its been 22 years since those times, being strung to the hubs wasn't any fun or romantic, but damn! when your high, your superman and your happy you just got feet. Ive never heard a better song that sums up the feeling of being a junkie as "needle and spoon"..............G
@dangerbooboo that's right homes, didn't mean it to sound like I was bragging, it'll always be with us like the plague or ice cream, however you view it. Had I been able to control it I'd have a big bowl right now................G
@hirokofalkenstein Don't get me wrong, man. I don't even know you and I'm happy for you. I've been off dope for almost 14 months now and if you put a full fit down in front of me, I'd probably have it in my arm before you could say "off the wagon." I was clean for almost 7 years before my last addiction. Only now do I truly understand that it's going to be with me forever.
@dangerbooboo cool danger, that's the hardest period of time as I remember, you can exhale a little now. It still calls to me from time to time, but I dont listen. The only other song besides "Needle and Spoon"which I thought captured the spirit and tension of an addict was "Desire" by U2, "over the counter with a shotgun, pretty soon everybody's got one, deeesiiirrreeee". Lou Reeds "Heroin, stone's "sister morphine" and Youngs "needle and the damage done", just didn't quite make it
@hirokofalkenstein How about Dirt by AiC? About half the songs on that album speak pretty loud and clear to me about a dope habit and what it's like to live with.
@dangerbooboo , never heard an AiC song before now, but I just got done listening to Dirt, Junkhead, and God smack, definitely has it, in fact I'd say they model there whole style after it, or maybe just this one album: distorted, garish, suicidal and down, I think you hit on a winner.
@hirokofalkenstein I'm the wrong guy to ask about that. I strongly dislike Nirvana. As a professional jazz musician, I can't help but require more of the music I listen to. I am admittedly somewhat of an elitist snob, but I've been known to overlook a lack of musical proficiency for an artist whose need to communicate a message via music is genuine enough. Nirvana does not fall into that category.
@dangerbooboo, I was never a disciple of Nirvana, but had a certain respect for them. A professional Jazz musician, you have the right to be an elitist snob, jazz was always beyond my understanding, but damn what a following it has with our piers. Once in the 70s I was living in LA going to art school, and on weekends I would always catch the current shows downtown. I went to a Dave Brubeck show, he did an improvisation of "Where is the Love" sweetest 2 hours I ever spent
@dangerbooboo how about Ronnie Van Zant and original Lynyrd Skynyrd of the 70s, nobody got a message across as good as that man. Pick any song let me know what you think.
@dangerbooboo I live near the border and was down in the red light district of Tijuana, talking to one of the working girls: Gabriela, as she spoke English. One of her girlfriends walked up and joined the conversation, I noticed she was wearing short sleeves and had the worst tracks I'd ever seen, like lines of burns going up and down her arms I commented:" Wow, Brasa de Oro" (Arm of Gold) to which Gabriela replied:" Se, Francisco Sinatra" and laughed
I've seen a bunch of great concerts since the 60's in many venues, but I have to say that seeing Savoy Brown in a little bar in Orlando FL in 1991 was probably the best one of all. We sat six feet from the band. They blow the roof off the place. Astonishing performance.
Going on 40 years and my ears still love this rough-edged blues band. Thanks for this posting. One of my favorite albums too. Sounds better on vinyl (doesn't everything?). Peace brothers and sisters. It ain't the drug - it's how and why and where and by whom the drug's used, eh? Like somebody said once : "Reality is for people who can't handle their drugs!" Answer here __________. Rock on lorjim58
@arhatyellow aww haww haww thats cool man i have to agree!!! i'm 36 so i missed the 60's and 70's but these are the tunes i listen to and it's pretty much the way i live my life!This is an awesome tune,kim simmonds was born near where i live!
One of the best British Blues albums among many great British blues. Chris Youldon had such a perfect voice for interacting with Lonesome Dave and crew.
well having heard many a Canadian play, i realize they have a special Hoser Groove that only Canucks can create (me, i actually can even dig BTO at times)
- however, at the end of the day, this tune should be heard in context-
i say this as someone who has earned my living playing music & apparently got my previous comment removed for speaking like someone who does-( yea these comment boards are a joke anyway )
Meanwhile i recommend listening to Magic Sam & Blind Willie McTell-
just because the last comment showed ignorance,callousness, and in general a lack of sensitivity - i can only say, is the 5 or the 7 what you really be- or are you just dm? This may not be the greatest guitar solo ever played but it holds up to repeated listening for a lot of folks & that resonates more deeply than some little wanker holding court on it- i love this record- period
haha first time I've been called a wanker that I know of. Since I was not a junkie or did not listen to this in the60's, I give everybody their personal props for what meaning the music might have for them. Fair enough.I am putting it in the context of many blues guitarists/rhythm sections I have heard over the years and this would barely crack the top 100. I promise you could go to a jam session on Sat in Halifax N.S. and start a band that grooved better with a guitar player with better time.
@dm7b5 Maybe you don't get what it is that's being related by way of Kim's guitar solo. Those stinging notes and intentionally harsh dissonance is all about the pain, conflicts, cravings, and consequences of addiction. I'd say he did a masterful job of getting it across.
the red dodge was jumpin goin down Tulane avenue to the methadone clinic to sell some spitbacks and get stoned and rob some decent folks and beat down some punks for some money aaaaaaaaaaaaaa the good ole days
A warm dimly lit room, cigarette smoke hangs heavy, but not as heavy as the heads of the ten or so "junkitas" sprawled around like dirty laundry. The Nam vets were back and H was EVERYWHERE. We were the latest batch of suburban teenage addicts in training, fooled and foolish. Much of that crew is gone, hep C. But I'll tell ya, we wore this record out, and I love it as much now as ever. We must remember that the music described the times. It was descriptive, not prescriptive. SB is not to blame
I know this song is about the big H - but the Main point is do not Do Drugs or start Alcohol or start anything ! PLEASE! this is from a Alcoholic now!
@MsPokeyman its funny, i'm not an anti-alcohol or anti substance abuse person or anything like that, but someone told me in warning, that alcohol is the universal solvent. It dissolves money, your car, your relationships, and your life.
Great! Thanks for posting. To see photos of Savoy Brown on tour as "The Boogie Brothers" with Stan Webb and Miller Anderson in 1974 go to - britrockbythebay.blogspot.com
"When you're married to H then you're married for life".Would make a great public service announcement wouldn't it ? Beats "this is your brain on drugs..." crapola
@tsugacan1 me too. one of the best british blues singers ( James dewar from Robin trower was up there) and one of the best guitarists. These guys stayed blues. All credi to them.
The needle and spoon ultimately didn't make Rivers Job (brief Savoy Brown member) feel so "alright" though. He leapt in front of an incoming tube train.
That wasn't the REAL Sister Morphine, bozo. The Sister Morphine that had cultural impact was fronted by Ron Kustes
ref.: First call was at 2:19am... I had a pretty god idea it was him so I just let the radio keep playing, he called four more time after that.... Was listening to the Vox Illuminati on the Alex Jones show.
Yeah Methadone is no joke. It had me stuck on the couch for two days. I got up eventually and flushed it down the toilet in order to keep myself from getting drunk and thinking it was a good idea to take some.
A really good song about a really bad drug. When this album came out a lot of soldiers returning from Vietnam were hopelessly hooked on ''China White'', a synthetic version of lady H.
Many of those boys are a long time gone. I saw far too many check out in a horrible fashion. I guess that's one way to win a war.
Anyone who plans on usen methadon as for any purpose, heres something you must watch foor it about killed me I was a few days away from death when I ambulance got me.I could not eat sleeo or really drink for 2 weeks but I puked up brown and I ate nothing brown.Done slowed my insides down so muce I was so backed up it was going inton my stumach poisening me and I didn't even feel I needed to go,Feel free to talk about me pukeing crap I make fun of it too just hope to help out someone ,,Barf poop
I quess with methadone atleast they can ween you but your get really sick evertime the decrease the dose even a small decrease.I'm on methadone for pain manage ment and have uh "LOST" mine before ang good do you get sick,wiki talks about it done withdrawl is like 7-10 times worse and they said the herion withdrawl last about a week for H but it can be well over a month for methadone,So why do they give you something worse I'm writing a 3rd comment cause of character count
I hate Censor ship first of all,I'm just 22 so I don't know exactly how it was when this was out(young but love their songs)but I'd think the would of had serious censorship problems considering the had a hissy over the Door and Light my fire cause it said Girl, we couldn't get much higher
Seen Savoy in 69 here in Houston then again after Lonsome Dave and Tone Stevens left to form Foghat. What a great band. Favorite album Looking In favorite song Leavin off the same.
Ah the good ol' daze. Went to see Savoy Brown play back up for Steppenwolf many years ago in Vancouver. After the third encore the band left to let Steppenwolf on stage. The crown started chanting Savoy Brown, Savoy Brown, The Wolves left and no Savoy, but worth ever penny to see the loyalty Vancouver had for a perrenial visting band.
One of the greatest white blues vocalist of the British circa 1960-70 era. Raw Sennia and Blues Matter are exceptional. Chris Youlden is the most underated talents in music. Thanks for the post. Check out my new addiction Toots and the Maytals " 54 -46 Is My Number" Rockin' SKA!
You have great taste, sir or madam. Are you familiar with the 54-46 that Toots did with Jeff Beck and Pressure Drop with Eric Clapton, also Monkey Man with Gwen Stefani. Might all be on the same album. Very good stuff. And yeah, the Savoy Brown Blue Matter Album may have been the best one. Saw them a couple times here in Detroit and they really boogied.
@Halfdead59 Well i'm gonna get it dude this is awesome i have some stuff and used to have some cassette,his licks are really tateful on here.subject matter is close to me too!
The live version is cool but this is just bad ass English blues at the birth of melding Black culture to heroin and young artists searching for the connection.They found it bigtime.The origial Hellbound Train is the culmination of the end game of that connection.
@Unclemoparman Yes. His time with the group was, to me, their best time. Saw the band on many occassions during that particular period. Some years later, '90-'91, I worked at the same place as Kim's ex-wife and had a couple of evenings on the 'lash' with her but kept bringing the conversations back to K.S., Chris and the Savs......Needless to say the 'relationship' didn't go anywhere!!//Haha!
Fantastic, thank you. Wish this band would play London/England more often, but they're much more appreciated in the 'States. Sometimes we Brits don't know a good thing!
Savoy Brown's 1970 5th album "Raw Sienna"...everybody was listening to "Looking In" or "Street Corner Talking" at the time... Who woulda thunk this album is one of the best jams out there? Well Leroy did.
Alright where in the hell is the real deal vintage footage of this band. that is from the late 60's to the early to mid 70's . i can't find any on here. this band must have tons of footage esp. on british tv. what gives?
On my list of "Ten Greatest Rock Band LP's ever." And, considering the musical sophistication and the subject matter of the songs, it could almost be considered the FIRST Steely Dan album.
Chris Youlden did an album and a song on it was called, 'One October Day' I wish I could find that album!! What a great song. I think the album was called Street Sounds.
What a song! I remember , at 16, getting the Savoy Brown 'bug' and following them down to Santa Monica from Sanfrancisco, I was on probation and caught hell for going there and to Altamont, but it was worth the extra 6 months.. Thanks for posting this.. T^T
Yes, I must agree w/Bladesman, "Looking In" is my personal fave! In '99 I treked to every used record store in L.A. and rebought all the Savoy album's, "Looking In" was the hardest to find, but well worth the hunt & price. While I was there I also snapped up all the early Foghat album's. "L. Dave's the Bomb"!
I still have this album,too. I can remember when my friend would put this in the 8-track player in his car,while getting stoned. God,does that ever date me,or what?
love savoy brown as love the 60s and 70s. from southern mexico use to go all concerts in the states and watch savoy in la 72 or 73 first time heard them since then ¡great!
I saw these guys in the 70's in Vancouver and those that were there will NEVER forget that night, not just for the music. Savoy Brown is an awesome (and HUGELY underated) band. THANKS for making this video happen.
I saw Savoy Brown in the early 70's in Tampa, FL. Always a super live band. Few of their LPs do them justice. And having seen Kim Simmonds perform several times in the last 5 years (in small venues) I can tell you he hasn't lost a step as a guitarist. Better even.
I'll feel all right; with my S and M....
TheSlavette 4 weeks ago
lord get me off this train
burnie223 1 month ago
...if you're married you can divorce your wife,but if your married to H then your're married for life......you betta believe it kids.
frankty67 1 month ago in playlist Savoy Brown
I had this song on an 8track player in Holland back in 1973/4, while in the army. I used to listen to this song and others while high on hash. A really wonderful time; I miss it alot. I may go back soon.
mysirius1000 2 months ago
What a shock! this was written by lynard skynard?????huichol53.........
huichol53 3 months ago
@huichol53 , different song, same title, I believe, Huitzilopitchli ..........G
hirokofalkenstein 3 months ago
Great blues, good song that probably sounds far different to some than others.
It is what it is: been there, done that, got the scars.
Tarasem 3 months ago
yeah, MissPokeyman
yup, I know it well, and would love to sing it with my blues band here in Honolulu. Just to see what happens. ...I bet it would be alright.
Infact, it would be totally cool to do it... ANYWHERE. Just get ready for the consequences....yikes!
kevincanwait 3 months ago
Married for life. Ain't that the truth.
dangerbooboo 3 months ago
@dangerbooboo, not always, but I rarely not miss the rush and nod of days gone by, its been 22 years since those times, being strung to the hubs wasn't any fun or romantic, but damn! when your high, your superman and your happy you just got feet. Ive never heard a better song that sums up the feeling of being a junkie as "needle and spoon"..............G
hirokofalkenstein 3 months ago
@hirokofalkenstein Just cos you got the monkey off your back, it don't mean the circus has left town, brother.
dangerbooboo 3 months ago
@dangerbooboo that's right homes, didn't mean it to sound like I was bragging, it'll always be with us like the plague or ice cream, however you view it. Had I been able to control it I'd have a big bowl right now................G
hirokofalkenstein 3 months ago
@hirokofalkenstein Don't get me wrong, man. I don't even know you and I'm happy for you. I've been off dope for almost 14 months now and if you put a full fit down in front of me, I'd probably have it in my arm before you could say "off the wagon." I was clean for almost 7 years before my last addiction. Only now do I truly understand that it's going to be with me forever.
dangerbooboo 3 months ago
@dangerbooboo cool danger, that's the hardest period of time as I remember, you can exhale a little now. It still calls to me from time to time, but I dont listen. The only other song besides "Needle and Spoon"which I thought captured the spirit and tension of an addict was "Desire" by U2, "over the counter with a shotgun, pretty soon everybody's got one, deeesiiirrreeee". Lou Reeds "Heroin, stone's "sister morphine" and Youngs "needle and the damage done", just didn't quite make it
hirokofalkenstein 3 months ago
@hirokofalkenstein How about Dirt by AiC? About half the songs on that album speak pretty loud and clear to me about a dope habit and what it's like to live with.
dangerbooboo 3 months ago
@dangerbooboo , never heard an AiC song before now, but I just got done listening to Dirt, Junkhead, and God smack, definitely has it, in fact I'd say they model there whole style after it, or maybe just this one album: distorted, garish, suicidal and down, I think you hit on a winner.
hirokofalkenstein 3 months ago
@hirokofalkenstein They are, in my opinion, the best of the Seattle "grunge" movement by far and one of the better bands of this generation.
dangerbooboo 3 months ago
@dangerbooboo even better than Nirvana, huh?
hirokofalkenstein 3 months ago
@hirokofalkenstein I'm the wrong guy to ask about that. I strongly dislike Nirvana. As a professional jazz musician, I can't help but require more of the music I listen to. I am admittedly somewhat of an elitist snob, but I've been known to overlook a lack of musical proficiency for an artist whose need to communicate a message via music is genuine enough. Nirvana does not fall into that category.
dangerbooboo 3 months ago
@dangerbooboo, I was never a disciple of Nirvana, but had a certain respect for them. A professional Jazz musician, you have the right to be an elitist snob, jazz was always beyond my understanding, but damn what a following it has with our piers. Once in the 70s I was living in LA going to art school, and on weekends I would always catch the current shows downtown. I went to a Dave Brubeck show, he did an improvisation of "Where is the Love" sweetest 2 hours I ever spent
hirokofalkenstein 3 months ago
@dangerbooboo how about Ronnie Van Zant and original Lynyrd Skynyrd of the 70s, nobody got a message across as good as that man. Pick any song let me know what you think.
chance501 2 months ago
@dangerbooboo I live near the border and was down in the red light district of Tijuana, talking to one of the working girls: Gabriela, as she spoke English. One of her girlfriends walked up and joined the conversation, I noticed she was wearing short sleeves and had the worst tracks I'd ever seen, like lines of burns going up and down her arms I commented:" Wow, Brasa de Oro" (Arm of Gold) to which Gabriela replied:" Se, Francisco Sinatra" and laughed
hirokofalkenstein 3 months ago
@hirokofalkenstein haha funny! But not funny. But funny. :P
dangerbooboo 3 months ago
This is actually an anti-drug song because of the last verse and also it's blues
ccmac54 4 months ago
man can Simmonds play - love this band
astaroth6969 4 months ago
Stinky Mr. Brownstone
SilentMelody04 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Savoy Brown
this was a great song back in the DAY!!! I guess it is not cool now UNLESS you do HEROIN>>>> THAT is STUPID!!
MsPokeyman 5 months ago
Chris is the best1
grizfan1981 6 months ago
where is live footage of Chris singing with SB? none anywhere ? someone fill the void
BigsbyDude 6 months ago
I've seen a bunch of great concerts since the 60's in many venues, but I have to say that seeing Savoy Brown in a little bar in Orlando FL in 1991 was probably the best one of all. We sat six feet from the band. They blow the roof off the place. Astonishing performance.
JohnFredC 7 months ago 2
like it , not politically correct...the early music...has that exotic excitement that comes comes through when it's the first time....original.
mmusicmann 8 months ago
Ya, if i'da partied in the '70's, I'd probably be dead by now...this really puts feelings into words, huh?
ChuckieInMT 8 months ago
Going on 40 years and my ears still love this rough-edged blues band. Thanks for this posting. One of my favorite albums too. Sounds better on vinyl (doesn't everything?). Peace brothers and sisters. It ain't the drug - it's how and why and where and by whom the drug's used, eh? Like somebody said once : "Reality is for people who can't handle their drugs!" Answer here __________. Rock on lorjim58
arhatyellow 9 months ago
@arhatyellow Dr. Timothy Leary (he was venturing into comedy for a while)
sirkickbutt1 6 months ago
@arhatyellow aww haww haww thats cool man i have to agree!!! i'm 36 so i missed the 60's and 70's but these are the tunes i listen to and it's pretty much the way i live my life!This is an awesome tune,kim simmonds was born near where i live!
Raindogno7 5 months ago
This song is what Donald Trump listens to.
ezramead 9 months ago
One of the best British Blues albums among many great British blues. Chris Youldon had such a perfect voice for interacting with Lonesome Dave and crew.
hlamart 9 months ago
Boogie Canned Heat, Boogie Savoy Brown, Boogie Frijid Pink now, ya gotta put dat boogie down.
MaceMn 10 months ago
back when chem trails were good for ya....
this is one of the few albums that stayed in the rotation for decades.
mispistoleros 10 months ago
well having heard many a Canadian play, i realize they have a special Hoser Groove that only Canucks can create (me, i actually can even dig BTO at times)
- however, at the end of the day, this tune should be heard in context-
i say this as someone who has earned my living playing music & apparently got my previous comment removed for speaking like someone who does-( yea these comment boards are a joke anyway )
Meanwhile i recommend listening to Magic Sam & Blind Willie McTell-
womp50 11 months ago
just because the last comment showed ignorance,callousness, and in general a lack of sensitivity - i can only say, is the 5 or the 7 what you really be- or are you just dm? This may not be the greatest guitar solo ever played but it holds up to repeated listening for a lot of folks & that resonates more deeply than some little wanker holding court on it- i love this record- period
womp50 11 months ago 5
haha first time I've been called a wanker that I know of. Since I was not a junkie or did not listen to this in the60's, I give everybody their personal props for what meaning the music might have for them. Fair enough.I am putting it in the context of many blues guitarists/rhythm sections I have heard over the years and this would barely crack the top 100. I promise you could go to a jam session on Sat in Halifax N.S. and start a band that grooved better with a guitar player with better time.
dm7b5 11 months ago
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womp50 11 months ago
sorry- this guitar playing is generally lame. This guy is really over rated.
dm7b5 11 months ago
@dm7b5 Maybe you don't get what it is that's being related by way of Kim's guitar solo. Those stinging notes and intentionally harsh dissonance is all about the pain, conflicts, cravings, and consequences of addiction. I'd say he did a masterful job of getting it across.
bloozplyr 11 months ago 2
Hear the new version by Foghat on "Last Train Home". It is killer.
mcfoghat 11 months ago
Great natural Gibson tone on the guitar... There's a couple of sweet unexpected notes Kim throws into the solos. I've loved this song for many years.
PEA1010 11 months ago
they sure don't write 'em like that anymore!!! set the way-back machine
14truthisbeauty 11 months ago
Kim Simmonds guitar sound is one of the best ive ever heard on record. It jumps right out of the box and bites you on the ass.
tp10488 1 year ago
the red dodge was jumpin goin down Tulane avenue to the methadone clinic to sell some spitbacks and get stoned and rob some decent folks and beat down some punks for some money aaaaaaaaaaaaaa the good ole days
stinkykuntz 1 year ago
thanks to a deceased friend i do.
AEROCOOPER67 1 year ago
A warm dimly lit room, cigarette smoke hangs heavy, but not as heavy as the heads of the ten or so "junkitas" sprawled around like dirty laundry. The Nam vets were back and H was EVERYWHERE. We were the latest batch of suburban teenage addicts in training, fooled and foolish. Much of that crew is gone, hep C. But I'll tell ya, we wore this record out, and I love it as much now as ever. We must remember that the music described the times. It was descriptive, not prescriptive. SB is not to blame
1samuelfour 1 year ago 16
@1samuelfour still got a belt with teeth marks circa 1969
screwmaster404 4 months ago
@screwmaster404
hirokofalkenstein 3 months ago
@1samuelfour, it was china white back then before black tar started coming across the border
hirokofalkenstein 2 months ago
if you lived on the west coast it was brown powder before tar hit the streets
gocowboys11000 1 month ago
@gocowboys11000 I rember .
shakedownstreet48 1 month ago
@1samuelfour was an addict for 3 1/2 years loved this song
130jersey 4 days ago
man chill out and enjoy cuz there ainy no stuff like this now
rockzme99 1 year ago
it's only music give the drug shit a rest and enjoy the song
rockzme99 1 year ago
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peeps shoel reread tomscarr1 again cuz its cool, postive stuff, geez lighten up a lil huh.
jrkzx12r 1 year ago
peeps shoel reread tomscarr1 again cuz its cool, postive stuff, geez lighten up a lil huh
jrkzx12r 1 year ago
Classic jam back from a time before it was known how wrong some drugs could be.
I read a quote from David Crosby wherein he said that "we were right about the love and the peace, turns out we were wrong about the drugs"
mkeulr 1 year ago
awesome. never heard this before
911mrchevyman 1 year ago
This song hits home hard. Love it as always.
rsurfn2 1 year ago
I love that guitar solo. It sounds like an angry, paranoid junky creeping around for another fix.
bensmith3200 1 year ago
Makes me feel itchy just to hear this. Glad to have survived. Kids will cure bad habits. You wont be able to afford them anymore
tomscarr1 1 year ago
@tomscarr1 who you kidding, cept yerself? Lots of junkies have kids, and the kids suffer for it
CAS1xtz 1 year ago
@tomscarr1
I know this song is about the big H - but the Main point is do not Do Drugs or start Alcohol or start anything ! PLEASE! this is from a Alcoholic now!
Sharon
Please stop NOW i PLEAD
MsPokeyman 1 year ago
@MsPokeyman its funny, i'm not an anti-alcohol or anti substance abuse person or anything like that, but someone told me in warning, that alcohol is the universal solvent. It dissolves money, your car, your relationships, and your life.
poet4tonight 1 year ago
@poet4tonight ....Well said!
chairjockey1 11 months ago
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Great! Thanks for posting. To see photos of Savoy Brown on tour as "The Boogie Brothers" with Stan Webb and Miller Anderson in 1974 go to - britrockbythebay.blogspot.com
DMiller611 1 year ago
Menapause makes me scratch all over.
MzRadish 1 year ago
.......and I find myself scratching my skin. Ummmmm. Thoswe were the days
ljrmisty 1 year ago
@ljrmisty Hmmmm ... sad but true, brings back some "rocky" memories, early seventies "uncut" version ... fuck, now I'm gettin the scratches ...
Kevinulla 1 year ago
If anyone is interested... Chris plays occasional sunday gigs with the Shakey Vic band at the Inn on the Green at Labroke Grove.... Eggo
alanelli0tt 1 year ago 2
@alanelli0tt Dang I'd like to check that out.
56BUICKRiviera 1 year ago
"When you're married to H then you're married for life".Would make a great public service announcement wouldn't it ? Beats "this is your brain on drugs..." crapola
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
@TumbrelJockey Or you could use my slogan, Just say No Thank You I have my own.
ZSOSER69 1 year ago
makes me scratch all over again.
bobrestore 1 year ago 2
Blackmore4/bless your holier than thou self/Karma on u. you aint been there/obviously not a music fan/hahaha bless your soul, crazy.
steeledad84 1 year ago
great album the young ones havent got clue
bushpilot60 1 year ago
@bushpilot60
indeed
foggygoggle 1 year ago
Feel all right with my needle and spoon,for awhile.Then...
howlnwolf59 1 year ago
best blues band ever! still listen every day.40 years later.
tsugacan1 1 year ago
@tsugacan1 me too. one of the best british blues singers ( James dewar from Robin trower was up there) and one of the best guitarists. These guys stayed blues. All credi to them.
robertmacisaac 1 year ago
@tsugacan1 Youldan is probably the best british singer I've heard. Simmonds doesn't get the credit he deserves. In this song he's brilliant.
robertmacisaac 1 year ago
just think 99 thousand people hit this and that hahahahaha
BerkLeeDrm 1 year ago
The needle and spoon ultimately didn't make Rivers Job (brief Savoy Brown member) feel so "alright" though. He leapt in front of an incoming tube train.
blackmore4 1 year ago
married to H u married 4 life......
withnoego 1 year ago
douche bag says what?
edwardprzydzial 1 year ago
no not the stones song... the 80's glam rock band.
edwardprzydzial 1 year ago
That wasn't the REAL Sister Morphine, bozo. The Sister Morphine that had cultural impact was fronted by Ron Kustes
ref.: First call was at 2:19am... I had a pretty god idea it was him so I just let the radio keep playing, he called four more time after that.... Was listening to the Vox Illuminati on the Alex Jones show.
ProfessorVox 1 year ago
my cooker spoon was retired back in 1987... i stay clean since.
edwardprzydzial 1 year ago 2
i was the singer in sister morphine... stay away from the rig. ;)
edwardprzydzial 1 year ago
I still have my cooker spoon.
adopaz 1 year ago
@edwardprzydzial wait you sang on the stones song?
bakersakter 1 year ago
Yeah Methadone is no joke. It had me stuck on the couch for two days. I got up eventually and flushed it down the toilet in order to keep myself from getting drunk and thinking it was a good idea to take some.
danohat 1 year ago
A really good song about a really bad drug. When this album came out a lot of soldiers returning from Vietnam were hopelessly hooked on ''China White'', a synthetic version of lady H.
Many of those boys are a long time gone. I saw far too many check out in a horrible fashion. I guess that's one way to win a war.
mfish618 1 year ago
you speak the truth brother
Bluessontlavie 1 year ago 2
Anyone who plans on usen methadon as for any purpose, heres something you must watch foor it about killed me I was a few days away from death when I ambulance got me.I could not eat sleeo or really drink for 2 weeks but I puked up brown and I ate nothing brown.Done slowed my insides down so muce I was so backed up it was going inton my stumach poisening me and I didn't even feel I needed to go,Feel free to talk about me pukeing crap I make fun of it too just hope to help out someone ,,Barf poop
daytonpaul 2 years ago
I quess with methadone atleast they can ween you but your get really sick evertime the decrease the dose even a small decrease.I'm on methadone for pain manage ment and have uh "LOST" mine before ang good do you get sick,wiki talks about it done withdrawl is like 7-10 times worse and they said the herion withdrawl last about a week for H but it can be well over a month for methadone,So why do they give you something worse I'm writing a 3rd comment cause of character count
daytonpaul 2 years ago
I hate Censor ship first of all,I'm just 22 so I don't know exactly how it was when this was out(young but love their songs)but I'd think the would of had serious censorship problems considering the had a hissy over the Door and Light my fire cause it said Girl, we couldn't get much higher
daytonpaul 2 years ago
ill settle for a smoke
kingfelixband 2 years ago
ahhh i love drug songs.
rocknrolla81 2 years ago
Seen Savoy in 69 here in Houston then again after Lonsome Dave and Tone Stevens left to form Foghat. What a great band. Favorite album Looking In favorite song Leavin off the same.
texadillo53 2 years ago 2
from the 60s blues delux sleep with the sun raise with the moon /mcwhiteface
mcwhiteface 2 years ago
i prefer a pipe and a spoon
BabylonShitstem 2 years ago
Saw them live here in Indianapolis years ago...great show. This song always hit me.
ljhyahoocom 2 years ago
Cool song, but, "I've seen the needle and the damage done."
screwmaster404 2 years ago 2
yeah man, listen to the last verse of the needle and spoon, he also sings 'bout the "damage"!
sirchrigi 2 years ago
Ah the good ol' daze. Went to see Savoy Brown play back up for Steppenwolf many years ago in Vancouver. After the third encore the band left to let Steppenwolf on stage. The crown started chanting Savoy Brown, Savoy Brown, The Wolves left and no Savoy, but worth ever penny to see the loyalty Vancouver had for a perrenial visting band.
HhowieE 2 years ago
This is what guitar tone is all about!!!!!!!!!!!!
whispercampaign77 2 years ago
I found this in my fathers collection and listened to it over and over having no idea what it was about at the time ( I was 13).
modestosplat 2 years ago
One of the greatest white blues vocalist of the British circa 1960-70 era. Raw Sennia and Blues Matter are exceptional. Chris Youlden is the most underated talents in music. Thanks for the post. Check out my new addiction Toots and the Maytals " 54 -46 Is My Number" Rockin' SKA!
inkum08080 2 years ago
You have great taste, sir or madam. Are you familiar with the 54-46 that Toots did with Jeff Beck and Pressure Drop with Eric Clapton, also Monkey Man with Gwen Stefani. Might all be on the same album. Very good stuff. And yeah, the Savoy Brown Blue Matter Album may have been the best one. Saw them a couple times here in Detroit and they really boogied.
gonzocurt 2 years ago
used to see them a lot at the Michigan Palace
smwrbd 2 years ago
back in the day we left Raw Sienna and Blue Matter on the turntable around the clock!
deheckler 2 years ago
Heroin.
Heroine is a female hero.
Classic track from their best album though.
turquoisetandem 2 years ago
sometimes the same
FeWorker721 2 years ago
excellent blues, excellent tune, bad drug.
Heroine sucks.
Byrontheone 2 years ago 2
Married for life
stickman225 2 years ago
through thick and thin. ....
msqtube 2 years ago
Everyone needs to own this album.
Halfdead59 2 years ago 21
@Halfdead59
Yes yes, i want it!
12makes4 1 year ago
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Raindogno7 5 months ago
@Halfdead59 Well i'm gonna get it dude this is awesome i have some stuff and used to have some cassette,his licks are really tateful on here.subject matter is close to me too!
Raindogno7 5 months ago
wot a great band + album..i love hellbound train
butlincat 2 years ago
The live version is cool but this is just bad ass English blues at the birth of melding Black culture to heroin and young artists searching for the connection.They found it bigtime.The origial Hellbound Train is the culmination of the end game of that connection.
Cervicconstruction 2 years ago 2
Chris "The King" Youlden rules forever!
Unclemoparman 2 years ago 15
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topchris 2 years ago
@Unclemoparman Yes. His time with the group was, to me, their best time. Saw the band on many occassions during that particular period. Some years later, '90-'91, I worked at the same place as Kim's ex-wife and had a couple of evenings on the 'lash' with her but kept bringing the conversations back to K.S., Chris and the Savs......Needless to say the 'relationship' didn't go anywhere!!//Haha!
gawagney 1 year ago
Nice ...But let's hear more from "Lookin In"........I'm just a sucker for the early 70's...
oldyuma 2 years ago
Fantastic, thank you. Wish this band would play London/England more often, but they're much more appreciated in the 'States. Sometimes we Brits don't know a good thing!
Hedgeweed 3 years ago
Good, good.
PurpleAndZeppelin 3 years ago
Very far beyond what was going on at the time. Extremely sophisticated.
keefek 3 years ago
Married to H then yo married for life...PC it ain't!
chrisradano 3 years ago
no it's a Mac!
Jenscool 3 years ago
Oh, mama. Tell Mama.
sinfuldawl 2 years ago 2
Savoy Brown's 1970 5th album "Raw Sienna"...everybody was listening to "Looking In" or "Street Corner Talking" at the time... Who woulda thunk this album is one of the best jams out there? Well Leroy did.
Cleofizoid 3 years ago
band's best lineup, chris being the real difference maker and the material on this and 'a step further' was great.
maida1982a 3 years ago
this whole album was freaking fantastic. got it when it first came out. still love it to this day. thanks for this post.
denisenkev 3 years ago
Savoy would give Stevie Nicks a heart attack
send2meez 3 years ago
Alright where in the hell is the real deal vintage footage of this band. that is from the late 60's to the early to mid 70's . i can't find any on here. this band must have tons of footage esp. on british tv. what gives?
sladerecords 3 years ago
i always wondered the same thing....what an awesome band
jeffcarruthers 3 years ago
Brilliant, Kim Simminds is ace on guitar and Chris Youlden's voice, OMG, he's great! Cheers
tronester 3 years ago
Raw Sienna one of my fave LPs
racinfancali 3 years ago
Do you ever want to D I V O R C E ???
pervypeahead 3 years ago
I wuz 1st in my High School to Dig Dis!
allzappa55 3 years ago
I was 1rst in Jr. High to dig on this.
LJH
ljhyahoocom 3 years ago
On H?
Jenscool 3 years ago
Isn't You Tube a great thing?
superpwrflbangstick 3 years ago 4
It is truly wonderful...songs that can take you anywhere..
Laura
ljhyahoocom 3 years ago 3
Youlden recorded with the Ford Blues Band in 2003. One October Day is on a 1973 album titled Nowhere Road, might indeed be hard to find.
sensordev 3 years ago
On my list of "Ten Greatest Rock Band LP's ever." And, considering the musical sophistication and the subject matter of the songs, it could almost be considered the FIRST Steely Dan album.
tuxguys 3 years ago
about right, married for life
msqtube 3 years ago
Textaussage: "Ich fühl mich gut mit meiner Nadel und meinem Löffel"
ich mag das nicht.
Textmessage: "I feel allright with my Needle and spoon". I dont like this.
Haennahüüslesmarieleschsmaikdadabuab hääd au niia nemmäs andres gseidt.
Broeseler 3 years ago
Why? Is it offensive? Man,it`s a negative song about H,listen to the words!
LJH
ljhyahoocom 3 years ago 2
Is Chris Youlden still alive? Being a junkie myself I am suprised I am. Great song which predates my trip to jonestown.
kiloxray1 3 years ago
Chris Youlden did an album and a song on it was called, 'One October Day' I wish I could find that album!! What a great song. I think the album was called Street Sounds.
RevStormyMonday 3 years ago
i agree raw sienna is a bitch of an album!
opticalsound67 3 years ago
Was this off "Jack the Toad"?
Thanks for this.
I lost the entire Savoy collection in the early 80's. Have not heard this since then.
LOL
Stevie
ilmlin 3 years ago
When i was sixteen i use to listen to this all the time. Love Youldens voice.
shakedownstreet48 3 years ago
There was just something about Chris Youlden's voice that still gets to me 40 years later!........wow....it's been that long????............lol!
theriffer 3 years ago 2
Grew up on this song...
LJH
ljhyahoocom 3 years ago
What a song! I remember , at 16, getting the Savoy Brown 'bug' and following them down to Santa Monica from Sanfrancisco, I was on probation and caught hell for going there and to Altamont, but it was worth the extra 6 months.. Thanks for posting this.. T^T
TuckyTulip 3 years ago
I love this goddam record
uniplmr 3 years ago
Pickle yer cotton socks, matey! This, THIS, is the breakfast of heroes! Doing my bit!
Fanx, Chris
chrisburchardt 3 years ago 3
Lovely. I've missed this for longer than I care to remember. What a group!
And don't forget the Groundhogs, or else!
Love and soggy wet kisses,
Chris Burchardt
chrisburchardt 3 years ago
Yes, I must agree w/Bladesman, "Looking In" is my personal fave! In '99 I treked to every used record store in L.A. and rebought all the Savoy album's, "Looking In" was the hardest to find, but well worth the hunt & price. While I was there I also snapped up all the early Foghat album's. "L. Dave's the Bomb"!
mikaleno5 3 years ago
I still have this album,too. I can remember when my friend would put this in the 8-track player in his car,while getting stoned. God,does that ever date me,or what?
Laura
ljhyahoocom 3 years ago
i really want to hear looking in since we played the song in our group very long ago. its hard to find around southern mexico this material.
rusaqui22 4 years ago
love savoy brown as love the 60s and 70s. from southern mexico use to go all concerts in the states and watch savoy in la 72 or 73 first time heard them since then ¡great!
rusaqui22 4 years ago
Chris Youlden is featured on a new cd 'Got Blues If Ya Wannit' Shakey Vick Blues Band On Widespace Records.
likotinara 4 years ago
Time to get lowdown.
56BUICKRiviera 4 years ago
I saw these guys in the 70's in Vancouver and those that were there will NEVER forget that night, not just for the music. Savoy Brown is an awesome (and HUGELY underated) band. THANKS for making this video happen.
dukiedawg 4 years ago
was that on halloween at the agrodome?
inchargenow 4 years ago
you married to H, than you're married for life.
Dholley69 4 years ago
I saw Savoy Brown in the early 70's in Tampa, FL. Always a super live band. Few of their LPs do them justice. And having seen Kim Simmonds perform several times in the last 5 years (in small venues) I can tell you he hasn't lost a step as a guitarist. Better even.
kybourbonboy 4 years ago 2