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Fanny – Place in the Country (1971) | LIVE

LYRICS (elyrics.net) —————————————————- Standing on a hilltop, wishing on a quick star Enemies all around me Got to make a rest stop, wonder where my friends are It’s about time they found me I’m caught in the middle of a shooting war And I can’t ever gather what I’m fighting for And I hate to imagine what they’ve got in store Somebody put the heat on me Who could it be? Stranded by the seaside, waiting out the high tide Taking a short vacation Wading through the hot crowd, laughing at ’em out loud Crying in desperation I’m caught in the current and I’m going down And I ain’t got a will and I’m about to drown And I hope they can forward all my bag to town Somebody’s out to blow my mind They’re doing fine All I need is some time to myself And a place in the country Waiting by the highway, people going my way Making like they ignore me Running from the rat race, smiling with a false face Searching the road before me I’m hot on the trail of something I can’t find And I can’t pay my ticket and I’m running blind And I think I discovered I’ve been left behind Somebody wants to use my name It’s a shame – ain’t it a shame All I need is some time to escape And a place in the country ———————————————————— Fanny was an American all-female band, active in the early 1970s. They were one of the first notable rock groups to be made up entirely of women, the third to sign with a major label (after Goldie & the Gingerbreads and the Pleasure Seekers), and the first to release an album on a major label (in 1970). They achieved two top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and released five albums. Sisters June Millington (born April 14, 1948, Manila, Philippines) and Jean Millington (born May 25, 1949, Manila, Philippines) moved with their family from the Philippines to Sacramento, California in 1961. In high school they formed an all-girl band called the Svelts with June on guitar, Jean on bass, Addie Lee on guitar, and Brie Brandt on drums. Brandt was later replaced by Alice de Buhr (born September 4, 1949, Mason City, Iowa). When the Svelts disbanded, de Buhr and Lee formed another all-female group called Wild Honey. The Millington sisters later joined this band, which played Motown covers and eventually moved to Los Angeles. In January 1970, Nickey Barcley was asked to join Fanny as a singer and keyboardist. She was one of the main songwriters and lead singers in the group, and appeared on all their albums, adding soul, blues and funk influences to the group’s overall sound.

The Yardbirds – Over, under, sideways, down (1968)

The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963. The band’s core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja, and bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith. The band is known for starting the careers of three of rock’s most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 greatest guitarists. The band had a string of hits throughout the mid-1960s, including “For Your Love”, “Heart Full of Soul”, “Shapes of Things” and “Over Under Sideways Down”.

The Mindbenders – A Groovy Kind Of Love (1966)

The Mindbenders were an English beat group from Manchester, England. Originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana, they were one of several acts that were successful in the mid-1960s British Invasion of the US charts, achieving major chart hits with “The Game of Love” (a number-one single with Fontana) in 1965 and “A Groovy Kind of Love” in 1966. Wayne Fontana founded the band in June 1963 with Bob Lang, Ric Rothwell, and Eric Stewart. The name of the group was inspired by the title of a 1963 UK feature film, starring the British actor Dirk Bogarde, called The Mind Benders. Before that Fontana had a group called Wayne Fontana and the Jets (from July 1962). Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders released a number of singles before recording “Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um” in 1964, which was to be their first major hit in Britain and led to a tour with Brenda Lee. They also had a No.1 hit in the United States with “The Game of Love” in 1965 (which also reached No.2 on the UK singles chart). The band’s self-titled album reached No. 18 in the UK. After a tour of America and some more singles that were less successful than “The Game of Love”, Fontana left the band in the middle of a concert in 1965. The Mindbenders decided to carry on as a trio—Stewart was the primary lead singer and guitarist, Lang played bass, and Rothwell was the drummer. Both Lang and Rothwell sang backing vocals, and took the occasional lead vocal on album tracks.