The Summer of 1971: July-- Part 2

Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots from July 3rd.

My comments in parentheses.


WALK AWAY-- JAMES GANG-- Hit-bound from their new album, Thirds, Joe Walsh and the James Gang. (Talk about your Rock and Roll attitudes, Joe!)
BROWN SUGAR-- ROLLING STONES-- First single release from a new album, Sticky Fingers. A month ago, when we did Summer 1971, Part 1, "Brown Sugar" was the #1 song in town. Since I just played it, no longer the #1 song.

CALIFORNIA-- JONI MITCHELL-- Cut 1, Side 1 from one of her most beloved albums and perhaps her most critically acclaimed albums. (I'd never heard of it before, being more familiar with her Court and Spark album. Friend Kevin knew it right away a few weeks ago when it was an NTN question. I know the album now.)
MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)-- MARVIN GAYE-- From his What's Going On album. (Was it Green even way back then?)

SOONER OR LATER-- GRASS ROOTS-- (Great song by a group usually overlooked and under appreciated. Their Greatest Hits album was one of the first I bought.)
THAT'S ALRIGHT-- ROD STEWART-- from Side 1 of his latest release, Every Picture Tells a Story. Making a quick workout of an Elvis Presley hit.

MR. BIG STUFF-- JEAN KNIGHT-- One of those great Stax recordings.
BEGINNINGS-- CHICAGO-- You're probably saying, 'But, hey Bob, that's from 1969." Yes, it is, but the record company released it as a single 40 years ago this week when the two singles from their current album, Chicago III, which were "Free" and "Lowdown" didn't do all that well so they went back to the first and started pulling songs off that album to see if they could put Chicago back into the Top 40 again and they did just that.

Getting Ready to Get My Hair Seriously Cut. --RoadDog


YOU MIGHT BE FROM CHICAGO IF...You know the stations along the rail lines.