Hoot '12: "Riding in My Car" b/w "Sleeping With the Television On"
Finally, finally, finally! With Harpswell Hootenanny 2013 almost upon us, we get around to sharing the hit rekkids we laid down at Hoot '12! Thems the hooty fellas responsible up there in the picture: Dillo, me, Paulie Bonanos and Mr. Roadkill. Roggie had to sit one out on account of a family addition, but the rest of us soldiered on in the face of all the drinks and fine dining. Looks like we'll be up to full strength by the end of May '12...
But, back to this post's fare... "Riding in My Car" is from one of the great all-purpose pop-rock-roots-bar bands ever: The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet. NRBQ to you n' me. Always loosey-goosey, they could be spastic, wacky, cornball, hangdog or heartbroken, and they were plum loaded with shoulda-been hits from their various incarnations. This one was a perfect little gem from 1977. On our version, Paul B played those clean little leads, I got to layer on some percussion and have fun singing some harmonies, and Dillo and RK breezily loped along in summery fashion.
"Sleeping with the Television On" was a no-brainer for us. It's a rocking Billy Joel deep cut off of 1980's angry, wanna-rock, wanna-punk "Glass Houses". Roger (Long Island) and Paul B (northern NJ) got the full Billy Joel indoctrination as young 'uns; me and Dillo (Westchester) listened to it on the 8-track back in the old Keating homestead; Roadkill soaked it up from afar down Roanoke way. Paulie did the hard work on this version, mostly by teaching us the chords (!), plus playing the Wurlitzer and over-dubbing that great organ solo.
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"Riding in My Car" (NRBQ):
https://www.box.com/s/b6lz152bimnuzm66tiwk
"Sleeping with the Television On" (Billy Joel):
https://www.box.com/s/fv9vizen9ry1ku5e04mc
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