So the Beatles broke up and things got confusing. The Rolling Stones, for example, no longer had an example to catch up with. Thanks to The Band's rusticana (is that a word?), the Beatles getting back, Dylan's catching rainbow trout being what it must be all about, and hippies in droves leaving the cities to become country dwellers, rock 'n roll was getting soft.
And with no Beatles we got three major talents going their own ways. Like Paul here, with a song that I like a lot but one that Johnny mocked.
Meanwhile George had a huge stockpile of songs that were deemed not good enough for his group. So instead he put out a double album that was probably the best thing an ex-Beatle ever did.
And John wrote songs that could have been Beatle songs. Peons like us think these three songs would have been even better if the artists had been able to stand one another in 1970-1971.
Elsewhere all was lovey-dovey for some. It was a "gentle time". This guy once sang "I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" before he blissed out.
Groups like the Allman Brothers became popular with a countrified sound. Was this the first real "Southern Rock" band? I saw them for the first time in a free concert in Boston where they headlined in whatever that big park is. Boston Commons?
Soul music was also going through an odd period. The pop R&B hits were fluffy things. Here's one by Freda Payne. I found a much more recent version of this at youtube where a 67 year old Freda does the number, however it's just too sexy to post here!
Speaking of sexy, here are the Honey Cones singing Want Ads. Nice outfits, ladies!
Betty Wright's Clean Up Woman has a pretty sweet riff that keeps it moving. Very nice, tasty guitar work. "Tasty". That's a musician's word which means "nice sounding."
The things you can learn from Wikipedia! Carter Cornelius quit this group to join what Wiki calls a "black Hebrew sect" and brother Eddie then became a born-again Christian.
So my point is that things were in a state of flux. Meanwhile, over in England....
