Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Tonics - Daddy



Very much like the below mentioned Sweet 45 this here muscular rocker has a rather wimpy bubblegum A side called “Hugger mugger mummery” which upon searching I guess has been on a few bubblegum comps. But this song here is a pretty good trippy rocker complete with massive fuzz guitars and a monster guitar solo that sounds nothing like the A side. And while it does still retain a certain pop sensibility and even a little bit of a soul vibe overall this is a real rock job! It looks like they had a few more 45’s on the Fontana label but there wasn’t much else I could find out about them but since I found this 45 it has been in constant rotation around the devil lair! Kinda sounds like a souled out version of a lost Blue Cheer track!!! Dig In!!!

The Tonics - Daddy

5 comments:

Delinquent said...

Whenever I pull out this single I always play the Hugger Mugger side. Thanks for reminding me that the other side is pretty killer and what an insane guitar solo!

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Donna Lethal said...

And smart decision on going w/the blurry photo - they don't TOUCH The Sweet when it comes to fashion, but yes, the song rocks!

Devil Dick said...

no doubt, they aint the lookers that were sweet but i do like this song a very great deal....

and 1800 blogger.... what are you on about? i tried to email that addy and it no worky...

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