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"Farmer John" is a song written by Don "Sugarcane" Harris and Dewey Terry, and first recorded by the two as the American R&B duo Don and Dewey, in 1959. Although the original version of the composition did not receive much attention, it was reinvigorated by the garage rock band the Premiers , whose raving remake of the song was released in 1964.
The Premiers' "Farmer John" was featured on the compilation album, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, issued in 1972; according to the album's original liner notes, it was the only song from 1964 to be included on the album.
In the late 1960s, Harris featured on recordings with Johnny Otis of The Johnny Otis Show, and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.In 1970, as Sugarcane Harris, he re-emerged to a wider rock audience, playing violin on the Hot Rats solo album by Frank Zappa, with Captain Beefheart (vocals) on "Willie The Pimp" and on the lengthy instrumental jam, "The Gumbo Variations".
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964-1969 - a box set of non-U.S. psychedelic rock released between 1964 and 1969 Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976-1995 - the third box set in Nuggets series, compiling psychedelic rock released after 1975
They are best remembered for their regional hit, a cover version of "Farmer John", which managed to reach the Top 10 of several radio station charts around Detroit. Inspired by the Beatles ' momentous appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, high school students Tom Wearing (drums, vocals), Mark Karpinski (lead guitar, vocals), and ...
Odds & Sods is an album of studio outtakes by British rock band the Who.It was released by Track Records in the UK on September 28, 1974, and by Track/MCA in the US on October 12, 1974. [10]
Many neighbors of the Vernon slaughterhouse are glad to be free of its stench. However, the factory's 1,800 to 2,000 workers are left wondering what's next.
Bad News (John D. Loudermilk song) Bad to Me; Baltimore (Sonny James song) Be Anything (but Be Mine) Beach Girl; Beans in My Ears; Because (Dave Clark Five song) (The Best Part of) Breakin' Up; Big Man in Town; Bits and Pieces (song) Blue Christmas (song) Blue Winter (song) Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker song) Breakaway (Irma Thomas song) Burçak ...