Plus “Lady Godiva’ and “Freakers Ball”(Snicker, snicker)
One of my favorite bands of all time. The guy with the eyepatch (Ray Stewart) passed away in 2019 at age 81.
. Another stupid “Cover of the Rolling Stone”
Were they ever sober?
Shel Silverstein is mostly unknown today, and that’s a shame. I got my kids a book of his poems for kids, which were clever and slightly naughty.
It was only recently I found that he’d written several of Dr. Hook’s hits. Also about a year ago I was trying to find a song called “Beans Taste Fine”, by an old folky named Papa John Kolstad. Turns out Shel Silverstein wrote that as well.
I’ve always like the line
“The world is funny, and people are strange,
And man is a creature of constant change, and
After you’ve been havin’ steak for a long time
Beans, beans taste fine.”
And of course there’s that Boy named Sue.
Thanks for posting this. Made my day!
The Devil and Billy Markham. He did have his darker side.... 🙄
Sylvia’s Mother Third verse the bald headed man laying down playing the harmonica and claps when they are finished is Shel. He was a great artist in many respects and his music varied from Country {A Boy Named Sue}, Rock { several songs for Dr Hook},and Folk the Unicorn Song the Irish Rovers sang. IIRC back in the day he wrote both kids and adults stories among them a book on the ABC’s with two versions. One thing the man could not do though was sing.