The WildWeeds - I'm Dreaming re-worked (1967)

As requested by Danyelli1976 Here are the Wildweeds with one of the last songs they made with this lineup. The film was shot in 1968 with the lineup of Al Anderson, (guitar and vocals). Andy Lepak (drums), Ray Zeiner (keyboards), Bob Dudek (bass [singing this one?]) and Martin "Skip" Yakaitis (percussion) Boosted the sound and treated the image as best I can (even gave it a silly theatre curtain as the original is 4.3 but i wanted to make it widescreen :D )
Heres a little biography about them by Richie Unterberger:
"Very popular on a regional level in southern Connecticut, the Wildweeds are remembered today (if at all) for their lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter, Al Anderson. Anderson would go on to join NRBQ, but in the late '60s he was the lynchpin of this interesting band. They most often sounded like a sort of garage version of the Rascals, playing blue-eyed soul with a raw edge. Their recorded output was limited to a few singles on the Chess subsidiary Cadet, some of which were pretty big hits in their neck of the woods, although only one ("No Good to Cry") made even a slight national impact, reaching number 88 on the national charts. They weren't solely a Rascals knockoff, however; even in the limited space of their four Cadet singles, they explored fairly eclectic territory, mixing blue-eyed soul with garage rock, folk-rock, and the best sort of commercial late-'60s AM radio soul and pop.

Al Anderson's full-throated, growling vocals were impressive even at this early stage, as was his songwriting. Limited mostly to their Connecticut stomping grounds, however, the group never got to approach its considerable potential. The original Wildweeds broke up in 1969. Unpredictably, Anderson went into a country-rock direction with a new version of the Wildweeds, which released a self-titled album on Vanguard in the early '70s. Anderson recorded another obscure Vanguard effort as a soloist (Al Anderson) before joining NRBQ. In retrospect, the fairly wide-ranging reach of the Wildweeds' repertoire gave Anderson important preparation for the legendarily eclectic material performed by NRBQ. All of the Wildweeds' records are very hard to find; you should look hardest for the recordings by the first and hardest-rocking lineup. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide "
I personally think the vocals on this remind me a little of Steve Marriot from the Small Faces with a tune that marries the Beatles with Jimi Hendrix's "manic depression" But thats my opinion ;)
as ever if this is your original footage/rights etc please get in touch and i will either remove it or better still you will let me re-edit the original material instead of some 6meg quicktime movie :P
respect to you for making the film in the first place.
Please go visit the website and read a propper biography if you are interesed and also Hunt out the records if you can as theres some great stuff : http://www.wildweeds.net/index.html
Hope you enjoy it Danyelli1976 ;)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• WildWeeds
• Connecticut
• NRBQ
• Al Anderson
• No Good to Cry
• 1967
• Andy Lepak
• Ray Zeiner
• Bob Dudek
• Martin Skip Yakaitis

[MattHatter]

One more comment from me here....what did you do sirPUNKsir to beef up the sound on this one? Surely the original recording didn't sound THIS good! DID IT?!

[sirPUNKsir]

@MattHatter I gave it a bit of umph by remastering the dynamics of the version I have. Tweaking bass and snare hit frequencies so it stands out more. But the original still sounds great ;)

[kurskss]

What is the word the singer shouts out at the end of the verses?

[sirPUNKsir]

@kurskss no idea its like something between lala or love love. Be great to find out if anyone knows ;)

[tiexiongjipwnz]

Incredible!Where do you get all these cool obscure sounds? Thank you,Peace out.

[sirPUNKsir]

by opening your eyes and ears ;) x

[MattHatter]

MY GOSH! So freakin' HEAVY for it's time, such an edge to the sound! What record company morons overlooked THESE GUYS?! How is it possible to ignore THOSE VOCALS?! These are the moments are such thrills in my life, discovering such incredible bands that never made it to the top of the mound. There are plenty of bands back then where you can HEAR WHY they never made it, and then there are bands like The Wildweeds where you ASK WHY they never made it!

[SupernalOne]

these guys sounds like a cross between the Monkees and Steppenwolf - actually, pretty nice

[bassballs11]

Used to see them in western mass. loved em. thanks for posting.

[sonor23]

@sirPUNKsir I'm in touch with Andy Lepak , the drummer . I'll ask him .

[xrcjpx]

yes, that is the song. But, done somewhat different than on the album. pretty good...my thanks for seeing this.