Tuesday, January 28, 2020

"The Most Listened-To Band In America"

The Buckinghams didn't much like their 1967 hit, Kind Of A Drag, and let producer Jim Guercio lead them into more complex arrangements (Al Kooper admits the magnificent first BS&T album was directly inspired by the Bucks).

The Beatles' influence was keenly felt, but the hits dried up and by 1968, the presciently-titled In One Ear And Gone Tomorrow signaled the end of their reign as Billboard's  "Most Listened-To Band In America".
From sketchy garage rock, through ornate pop-psych and Guercio's horn charts, they cut four albums in under two years.

We're still listening. What a groovy, groovy band. Groovy cover art, too!
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14 comments:

  1. FiveGunsWestJanuary 28, 2020 at 1:55 PM

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 28, 2020 at 2:54 PM

      Google translate renders FGW's comment thusly:

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    2. FiveGunsWestJanuary 30, 2020 at 1:53 AM

      LOL.............Let them laugh.

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  2. Mr. PJanuary 28, 2020 at 7:12 PM

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  3. RobJanuary 28, 2020 at 9:00 PM

    Well I never, another earfull of enlightenment....

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  4. MuzzJanuary 28, 2020 at 9:26 PM

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  5. If you're going to San FranciscoJanuary 29, 2020 at 1:04 AM

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  6. MrDaveJanuary 29, 2020 at 2:21 AM

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  7. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 29, 2020 at 3:21 AM

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    Here's yer link:



    Buck up.

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    1. pmacJanuary 29, 2020 at 6:35 AM

      Farq, Farq, Farq.........that's what the menials are for!

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    2. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 29, 2020 at 6:57 AM

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  8. FiveGunsWestJanuary 29, 2020 at 11:21 AM

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