Lovin' Spoonful - Rain On The Roof [Excellent quality]

As far as I know, this is the only clip available where they do this beautiful song.

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Music

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• Lovin'
• Spoonful
• Rain
• On
• The
• Roof
• John
• Sebastian
• 60's
• Pop
• Classic
• Oldies

[ChiroQuacker]

i like their songs...but...listening to their greatest hits..i get the feeling ...like the beach boys...that on some of their recordings...like..."do you believe in magic"...that session players were used...and on "summer in the city" there are two drummers...but on nashville cats its the band...i would love to read facts about their recordings...who really played, etc...

[SixtiesPopGold]

@ChiroQuacker The guys in the band were excellent musicians, so I guess they played on their studio recordngs.

[TonyConyers]

Love your videos. I'm a subscriber. But one suggestion. Try not to cut it too close when editing. It's OK to leave the last few seconds in the beginning of a commercial or whatever. It's just a suggestion. Love your videos.

[SixtiesPopGold]

@TonyConyers Thanks for you kind words. The thing is, I think it's interesting to hear some host doing an intro the FIRST time. But it's not so great the tenth time that you want to hear/watch a clip.

[MacFeeley]

What really comes out of this performance,and this song, AND this band was how much positive energy and good feeling can be generated by music.

[garymichael1950]

Not busting anyone's chops here...But the use of studio musicians does not always mean that the group members were not talented enough...quite often it was a time saving move. The group could be on the road while the instrumental tracks were recorded..then the group could come in, lay down the vocals then..more often than not..get back on the road. Quite often, the group members were just as talented as the session guys.

[Vazmusic]

@ChiroQuacker Why are U so hostile to me? We are actually pretty much on the same page. Without betraying a confidence I can say that the drums on Summer in The City were done by Joe Butler but group members would overdub some drums as well. By the way I am a stone Ringo freak! I love every note he ever played .Check out my video "Ringo".

[ChiroQuacker]

@Vazmusic

try telling me something i dont know...you keep telling me this and that but its all old news....now if u new anything inside...i'd like the name or names of the drummers on summer in the city.....that you cant tell me...only that buried way down low in the mix i some basic, simple joe butler drum track....

a day in the life is a fave drum part for me...ringo overdubbed the drums...thats a fact and his contribution is amazing...not charted...just played that overdub with feel

[Vazmusic]

@ChiroQuacker

No need 2 call names. If U knew anything about me you'd know that I know a lot about the history of pop drumming. Calling the drums "primitive" was a compliment. Compared to slick West Coast trax of the time many 60's drummers had a primal approach to the drums that I loved. The "Summer" drum's are obviously overdubbed. If U listen closely most Spoonful drums were layered. I know for sure there were drum overdubs but the trak was done by the band.

[ChiroQuacker]

@Vazmusic

i used blaine as an example....if he had played on it i would know...but the drumming is far from primitive..in fact it is one of the best drum tracks ever recorded on a single that was released up until 1966...sounds like two drummers...or they overdubbed another drum track ontop of the first...the tom toms are great...and this drum track was very influential to other bands the beatles included

to say it is primitive...shows you know dick

[Vazmusic]

@ChiroQuacker I know one of them . I know there were many drum overdubs and while I don't think Butler was a great drummer he did swing and was the perfect guy for the band. He played in a quirky style. Summer In The City was a very primitive drum trak. Does not sound like Blaine at all. Too much feel in the track.

[ChiroQuacker]

@Vazmusic

how do you know for sure?

i believe they played on some tracks as a band BUT i believe a track like "SUMMER IN THE CITY"...i bet they used a studio session drummer like a hal blaine to play drums or overdub over whatever joe butler did

joe has lousy timing...at least from the not lipsynched clips i can find..they lip synched or sang over a musical tape....but when they did play "live" boone and butler played like guys who play in small clubs....speeding up and slowing down

[Vazmusic]

@ChiroQuacker

They played their instruments.

[ChiroQuacker]

@TheMoonsOfficial

i have...but the wrecking crew were west coast..and the spoonful recorded on the east coast....

on "i'm on the road again"..it is definitely the band...it sounds like a very rough garage band and the timing...due to the drummer...the timing is terrible...the drummer is all over the place...

unlike on "do you believe in magic" and "summer in the city"....the rythmn section is rock solid..must be session men

[TheMoonsOfficial]

@ChiroQuacker You should watch the Wrecking Crew documentary