'Gator Road' is the b-side to the AM gold classic 'Sweet City Woman.'
The Stampeders eh? Who knew?
The top side is what it is. It's not a bad tune, but it's the hit. No surprises there. Worth spending a half a buck on anyway. I grabbed it because i'm always curious to hear the b-sides by these one hit wonder types. Sometimes the song sucks, but other times you come up with a gem like this one. The Grand Funk-esque white boy groove in this song is quite the contrast to the light banjo strumming and falsetto vocals of it's counterpart. And that guitar solo--? Whoa.
Not to mention, the lyrics are hilarious:
"...Something something a girl who's pure
Sleeps to the croakin of a toad
Fertilizes fields with manure..."
This stuff is gold Jerry! Gold!
With this song, The Stampeders have secured a spot on my never ending wish list of obscure old LPs to find.
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5 shout outs:
Oh my gawwwwwwwd...I get uncomfortable knowing if I'm within ten feet of a recording of...of...of that A-side. I don't even like saying the name. That has to be one of the worst tracks in the history of recorded popular music. If I ever meet a Stampeder, I swear I'm gonna stampede that motherfucker right in the cubes.
Oh, that was me, Andy, not Anonymous. I just pressed the buttons wrong. Anyway, fuck the Stampeders.
Yeah, that's kind of a shitty song, but i actually really dig this one.
There's another Stampeders song on one of the Have A Nice Day compilations(I think) that's even more rockin than this one. I don't remember what it's called though.
"Down on Gator Road, Where I Magnified A Girl Who Is Pure"
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