Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Criminally Underrated Bands Dept. - Wings

 

Clickbait picture of the wrong band

Wings made a very fine album indeed, back in '68. Here it is:


Oz Bach, from FoamFavorites™ Spanky And Our Gang, played bass and wrote. MOR songthrush Pam Robins lent her tonsils and co-wrote. Also features Jerry Poloquin (the Airplane's first drummer) and production/arrangement from Steve Barri and Jimmy Haskell. Typically first-tier folk rock from Dunhill.


This post brought to fruition thru organic nurturing and peaceful vibes

9 comments:

  1. Livin' in these times in which we're livin' in, a dose of good vibes is what we need. Where do you go, what do you do, to get them good vibrations?

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  2. Another Wings graduate: keyboardist Steve Knight went on to join Mountain. A step down?

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    1. First guitarist Eddie Simon was Paul's younger bro!
      https://psychedelicized.com/playlist/w/wings/

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  3. Good vibes?? .. at the beach (recently in Cha-am) .. by the sea (Tainan in Taiwan, also recently!!

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  4. Living in a town by the sea I have access to the beach a twenty minute walk away, there are also two parks a similar distance for good vibes. Unfortunately I also remember that there were a lot more green spaces around here when I was a kid, the suburbs have all joined up to form a mega town.

    I get a train to see my old friends most weeks, this is enjoyable but sometimes I fancy a change of vibe. Recently good vibrations have been found in a pub only a five minute walk from my house, here on a night the pub closes early, for the two or three hours before closing a rather lovely diverse group of people gathers. Music is often the subject of conversation and I have been turned on to a few bands albums that I probably would have missed otherwise. I have to admit that I regularly have more laughs with these people than I do with my old friends - the vibe is strong and the diversity a very positive thing.

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  5. Eddie Simon was a neighbor back when I lived in Greenwich Village. At the time he was busy with his Guitar Study Center, which was affiliated with New School for Social Research. Very nice guy.

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    1. How about that?! Oz Bach was by all accounts a diamond geezer, too.

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