This past weekend, Bob Stroud did his third installment of his summer series back to 1970, this time the songs on the radio and in our record collections August 8, 1970, exactly 40 years earlier.
I had moved with my family to Dunwoody, Georgia, a northeast suburb of Atlanta and was unpacking and looking around. I was going to go back to Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, however, for my sophomore year.
As usual, Bob's comments first and mine in parentheses.
MISSISSIPPI QUEEN-- MOUNTAIN-- From their "Climbing" album that was such a big hit in the summer of 1970. (I was a huge Mountain fan and had most of their albums.)
SOUL SHAKE-- DELANEY & BONNIE-- New single by basically the cats who made Eric Clapton see the light, so to speak, as they would open for Eric Clapton and Blind Faith during most of their tour of the states. Clapton was so enthralled with their sound that he tagged along with them for his upcoming debut solo album that all of these guys played on or produced.
I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER-- IKE AND TINA TURNER-- Did their thing on a Sly & the Family Stone song.
LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR-- CCR-- Brand new from their "Cosmo's Factory" album. The "A" side of the single. (My all-time favorite group.)
More to Come. --RoadDog
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