COUNTRY WINE / PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS

Country Wine - Paul Revere & The Raiders 1972

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• Country
• Wine
• Paul
• Revere
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• Raiders
• 1972
• pop
• rock

[geoabe302]

@ProgressiveJoeWest ..exactly, Joe, listen to the Hard 'n Heavy with Marshmallow album, dumb name but a very good album and it is indeed hard and heavy. Should have been a big hit. The Rock and Roll H O F ridiculously leaves them out while admitting many acts that have absolutely no connection to R&R.

[ProgressiveJoeWest]

@geoabe302 absolutely this song was one of the harder rocking songs for the time period...it is an insult to compare it to the Partridge Family, although at that time I bought everything the Partridge Family put out...this is much better

[ProgressiveJoeWest]

This was one of my very first favorite rock songs as a young kid. The Raiders was the first rock concert I ever saw. I was around 10 years old.

[903davesharonpoky]

@gary56victor57 I too love Ron Dante and the Archies.

[billwest69]

I love this song. I think it was the first ever 45 I bought!! I wish it was on napster to download.

[gary56victor57]

I LOVE this song, & NO it doesn't sound like the PF ("I Think I Love You" is awesome)! It's very catchy, upbeat & fun, & if that's BG, well be it. One of the best #1's of the 60's was The Archies (Ron Dante) "Sugar Sugar", & it's also one of my favorites. I also like most kinds of music & musicial styles. Gary in PA USA

[PamK36]

I didn't say it is bubble gum (not that there is anything wrong with that.) I just said the backing vocals remind me of the ones on some PF songs. I agree with the last sentence of your post.

[geoabe302]

I suppose I can see how you feel this is bubble gum music, and perhaps it is but it's not bad. My tastes in music are eclectic, I actually like bubble gum music. Not my favorite genre, but I like it none the less. This is far better than anything the PF recorded, but it pales in comparison to PR&R's best material.

[PamK36]

Yes, I recall the 70s. I think it is mainly the backing vocals that sound Partridge-y, The Raiders must have used the same session singers that the PF did.

[geoabe302]

No, no, no. C'mon, This is what commercial radio sounded like around 1970, when this record was out. This is a bit harder than anything the Partridge Family released.