Larry Tamblyn, Founder of The Standells (‘Dirty Water’), Dies

Best Classic Bands ^ | 3/21/25 | Greg Brodsky

[sushiman]

Sad news . He was active right up until the end . R.I.P.

[Paladin2]

I used to live by the beloved Dirty Water.

Now [for a very long time], not so much.

Great pop song.

[toddausauras]

Possibly the greatest guitar riff of all time?

[Psalm 73]

There is nothing quite like being at Fenway Park and singing “Dirty Water” with Red Sox Nation.

[vladimir998]

One of the greatest garage rock songs ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5apEctKwiD8

[sushiman]

I was 12 in 1966 and in a garage band , my first . I played drums and the only song I sang was Dirty Water .

Still play the drums , but don’t sing , not even in the shower .

[sushiman]

Oops - I’d just turned 14 not 12 !

[lowbridge]

The Standells on The Munsters

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_iFpomw5sDo

[sushiman]

Remember it well !

[LouAvul]

Dirty Water was always one of my favorite songs. The guy who wrote the song was mugged by some street trash in Boston (yeah, I know, that describes pretty much the entire city) and wrote that song as a parody.

Great group, too.

[mowowie]

I breifly and casually scrolled past this post yesterday.
When i went to bed last night, and for the first time in a long time i clicked on the streaming Munsters channel on Roku and there they were, The Standells, a band that i have never heard of before.
The day before in a conversation i brought up out of the blue a discussion of electric carving knives and how they were the rage back in the 70’s but you don’t see them anymore.
2 hours later on tv i see a woman using an electric carving knife.
We live in a computer simulation... :)