Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" was a song by the rock and roll group, The Hollies, and released on February 1, 1972 as a single on the Parlophone Records label.
It was released soon after Allan...
Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" was a song by the rock and roll group, The Hollies, and released on February 1, 1972 as a single on the Parlophone Records label.
It was released soon after Allan Clarke, who was featured on lead guitar as well as lead vocal had left the group, from their album "Distant Light" (1970). As the group had just left EMI/Parlophone and signed with Polydor, they did not promote the song. However it became a No. 2 hit in the United States, their greatest ever singles success there. It was inspired and in the style of the rock and roll group Creedence Clearwater Revival, and on being reactivated by EMI in Britain a few months later, it reached No. 32.
The song is notable in that it features Clarke playing rhythm guitar, something he rarely did (Clarke came up with the song's signature guitar rhythm that opens the song).
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The Guitar intro is played by Tony Hicks...then Allan clarke takes over on guitar with Hicks on Rhythm guitar,
Clarke plays guitar on a number of hollies songs ("Marigold", "Hold On", "Curly billy" etc)
LCW began as a country & western style song...and got "Rockier" each take ! - terry Sylvester sang it on the 1973 Hollies USA Tour as Clarke was then out of the Band - a Ten minute extended Heavy Rock version was played Live in New Zealand in the 80's
I mean the 1982 New Zealand version , which actually exceeds 10 minutes & includes brief snatches of Johnny Kidd's "Shakin' All Over" & Cliff Richard's "Move it"....not the 1983 "Nash Reunion" version from Kings Head Park, Ohio which was on the later Live album.
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Clarke plays guitar on a number of hollies songs ("Marigold", "Hold On", "Curly billy" etc)
LCW began as a country & western style song...and got "Rockier" each take ! - terry Sylvester sang it on the 1973 Hollies USA Tour as Clarke was then out of the Band - a Ten minute extended Heavy Rock version was played Live in New Zealand in the 80's