Sometimes I get so excited about music — listening to it, writing about it, playing it — that I just get this overwhelming vibe of peace, like something really good is on the horizon. Weird, huh?

I got nothing else, ‘cept for these:

So, the Standells, who wrote about the “mighty River Charles,” were actually from L.A?

Hmmm…

I’d like my band (and I use the word “my” delicately) to do this one. But, we’re having a hard enough time getting the bass player to count to 4…no lie.

The Standells – Barracuda

For some reason, the name “Whitey” scares me. Must be my experience with my racist slumlord uncle that I spent time with in Virginia, back in the 70’s.

Whitey Pullen, whose real name was “Dwight,” was Gene Vincent’s road manager in the late 50’s while, at the same time, trying to cut his own career as a rockabilly singer. He recorded this one in 1960, the year before he died of prostate cancer at age 31.

Whitey Pullen – Tuscaloosa Lucy

This tune, written by Turtles leader Howard Kaylan, originally appeared on the back of their first Top 10 hit, their cover of Bobby Dylan’s It Ain’t Me Babe. It later appeared on their second album, 1966’s You Baby/Let Me Be.

Hardly anything earth-shattering, it sounds like something the Kinks or the Standells might’ve done. Great for your garage-band of 45-year old doctors: sounds original, easy to play.

The Turtles – Almost There
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