Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes

Click on the title to hear my cover.


This song is the Citizen Kane of bubblegum. Written for a studio group, when it hit big the band, Edison Lighthouse, had to be created.

It was covered with no commercial success at all by the Reels who did achieve commercial success with their cover of Bad Moon Rising. Perhaps Dave Mason's melancholic voice, which suited their despondent cover of the CCR song, just was not convincing on their poppier than pop version of Love Grows.





The original version is just great.





My version shows off the real instruments on BIAB when I let a solo saxophone noodle along for ages at the end. It seemed to be having such a good time I couldn't bring myself to lop it off. Note the key change was left in - wow.

Good Lovin'

Click on the above title to hear my cover of Good Lovin'.


Since this song has Latin forebears I've turned things back with latin percussion albeit with ukelele and nylon string acoustic guitar. Oh and the alien chipmunks sing along.


I'm told the Young Rascals didn't do this first but theirs is the version I know.




The record's count in was all over the stereo spectrum and the song just rocketed along - another classic.

California Dreaming

Click on the title to hear my cover of California Dreaming.



Lets's see.

The Beach Boys covered this. Jose Feliciano covered this. Even Queen Latifa covered the damn thing so why not me?

My version has lots of 12 string electric and some ropey harmony singing. The original only has the 12 string.