Badfinger - "Meanwhile Back at The Ranch/Should I Smoke"

Recorded on July 14, 2001 in downtown Cincinnati, OH (Notice the Ohio River in the background). The band was Joey Molland on guitar and vocals, Mark Healey on bass and vocals, John Richardson on drums, Billy Davis on guitar and vocals, and Steve Wozney on keyboards and vocals.

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[rkodavey]

So crazy how the audio cuts out at my absolute favorite part of the song. One question for you Barb or anyone else out there. Is the line, "Oh no, what to do? Just makes it hard, to choose"? Or is it, "Don't know what to do, just makes it hard to choose"? Online it's listed as the latter, but the former sounds more like what he says to me.

Molland is a legend, and a songwriting genius.

[BadfingerBoogieBarb]

@rkodavey

It is the latter.

[BadfingerBoogieBarb]

Yeah, Billy is still in the line up. For tour dates, be sure and check out my Yahoo webpage Badfinger Boogie.

[happygleason]

@BadfingerBoogieBarb if i websearch the page will appear?

[BadfingerBoogieBarb]

@happygleason

Google

Badfinger Boogie - A Badfinger fan club

and it should be the first hit.

[jwt9145]

Not The Same Without Pete Tom And Mike. Wish Your Were Here Was By Far Their Best Album.

[digmacdiggydoo]

I can't help but hear this with a tear in my eye. Wish You Were Here was Badfinger's masterpiece. Should have been huge, but we all know the story. I wish there was some video or audio of music from this back in 74. It is in your hands now Joey.

[Anything4adollar]

That final guitar solo is Badfinger's touch on the Abbey Road comparison record to "Wish You Were Here".....

[Badfinger4]

I couldn't agree more with your comments about this song being one of the greatest endings to an album ever. I always thought that Wish You Were Here was Badfinger's Abbey Road (actually, I prefer WYWH). Billy Davis does a great job on vocals here, but it's too bad he got the lyrics wrong. It should be, "Why do they play so hard to get?"

[sthom3521]

Really Tight...wonderful job,  guys!

[mr9plus]

I have always loved this song; Joey you’re GREAT!

Together you and Badfinger were at the peak of your careers during the recording of, WISH YOU WERE HERE… Your song, LOVE TIME is one of your best!

Too bad what happened with Pete & Mike’ what a shame… You will always be one of my most favorite performers and artists; wishing you all the best.

PS: are there any outtakes from the WISH YOU WERE HEAR album; if so, please release them – as fans, we WANT to hear them…

[crapple009]

Stellar performance of a stellar song from a stellar album. Very impressive performance here- bravo!!