A fantastic band but I'm not sure if they had a real hit after this. Some good pickin' by David Hidalgo at the end.
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This song is credited to Nick Lowe but it is really the band Rockpile which also included Dave Edmunds, a star in his own right. He's on the right side and also the chauffeur.
Actually, Dave Edmunds' biggest hit was a song he wrote and performed, but the cover by Juice Newton was a really big hit and probably her biggest and the one most people know. I'm going to give his version because it is better.
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The first album of theirs that I got was Kiko and about 6 or 7 after that. I got some back catalog as well, a 2 CD retrospective called Just Another Band From East L.A. They were fantastic at Massey Hall. I had 4th row centre. They are way underrated.
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Akila Besos
Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right (Top of the Pops) - Bing video
Hard to pick a favorite. So many to choose from. But this one is worth a listen.
Hard to pick a favorite. So many to choose from. But this one is worth a listen.
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Many years ago I bought an album by him which was great. He had that sort of old english style of rock music that I enjoyed. My favourite cover of his was an old song by Don Rollins written in 1964 called The Race Is On which was first recorded by George Jones and is a song about a horse race. Edmund's cover was much better. Sold most of my old 78's albums years ago. What a dumb ass am I.
He had a bit of a rockabilly style and an amazing voice. I got to see Rockpile at the Roxy theater early 80's. Unfortunately he had laryngitis that night and couldn't sing. The 1st album of his I bought was Repeat When Necessary, still my fave.
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Wonder what she is doing now..cause i feel like this is the song that will follow her for the rest of the singing career. Atleast its a bop though ^-^
