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The Standells Dirty Water 1966 Tower ——————————————————————— Tracks: 01. Medication 02. Little Sally Tease 03. There’s a Storm Coming 04. 19th Nervous Breakdown 05. Dirty Water 06. Pride and Devotion 07. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White 08. Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go? 09. Why Did You Hurt Me 10. Rari ———————————————————————
Dick Dodd
Gary Lane
Larry Tamblyn
Tony Valentino
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Dick Dodd | First Evolution Of | (Sparton) 1968
“Twenty Four Hours Of Loneliness” taken from the LP | Dick Dodd – ’First Evolution Of’ (Sparton Records ST 5142) October 1968 Dick Dodd | First Evolution Of | (Sparton) 1968 | I bought this album by Dick Dodd back in March 2002 for $40 played it a couple of times then more or less ignored it. I was rather disappointed because it wasn’t the kind of sound I wanted to hear. Things change of course…
Dick Dodd of The Standells
From left: Larry Tamblyn, Tony Valentino, Dick Dodd and Gary Lane
Sad news have spread today. Dick Dodd, the singer and the drummer of the Standells dies at the age of 68.
I am sure you are all familiar with the band The Standells, formed in 1960s and are well known with their hits “Dirty Water” and “Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White”. Dodd, who was drummer with the band The Bel-Airs, joined The Standells in 1964. After recording with the band and appearing in the movie “Riot on a Sunset Strip”, in 1968 he left to continue his solo career. Starting from late ’90s, he appeared in several concerts and festivals with the reunited Standells.
According to Larry Tamblyn’s message on band’s page, Dodd has passed away Friday evening. Rest in peace Dick Dodd. I now leave you with the number “Dirty Water” and a great footage of the band, Dick Dodd singing and playing the drums.
Dirty Water by the Standells
Dick Dodd of The Standells was originally published on 50thirdand3rd
Obit of the Day: From Mickey Mouse Club to Fenway Park
This story begins with a mugging in Boston near the Charles River. Ed Cobb, the victim, was also a music producer and his not-so-happy experience would become a song that is as iconic among the city's sports fans as "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" and "Sweet Caroline."
The song Ed Cobb wrote, "Dirty Water," was recorded by The Standells in 1966. The garage band featured vocalist and keyboard player Larry Tamblyn, guitarist Tony Valentino, bass guitarist Gary Lane, and drummer and vocalist Dick Dodd. None of the band had ever been to Boston.
The song was released in April 1966 and would peak at 11 on the Billboard charts. It would be The Standells greatest hit. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland, Ohio) lists it as one of the "Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll."
Dick Dodd, who got his professional start as a member of the original Mickey Mouse Club, left the group in 1968 to pursue a solo career. He wouldn't rejoin the group for 36 years.
In 1997, the Boston Red Sox began playing "Dirty Water" after every home victory. It was also adopted by the Boston Bruins and the Boston Celtics. Mr. Dodd had no idea until hearing his voice on television at the end of a Red Sox game.
In 2004, without much preparation, The Standells reunited before Game 2 of the World Series to perform "Dirty Water" live in Fenway Park. The Red Sox would win the series, their first in 86 years.
Dick Dodd, who was driving a limousine when contacted by the Red Sox, died on November 29, 2013 at the age of 66.
Random note: Mr. Dodd bought his first snare drum for $20 from Annette Funicello, who passed away in April 2013.
Sources: NY Times, Boston Globe, and Wikipedia
("Dirty Water" and The Very Best of the Standells is copyright Universal Music Enterprises, 1998)
(via Dick Dodd, Lead Singer of the Standells, Dies at 68 - NYTimes.com)
Dick Dodd, the lead singer of the Standells, the California rock group best remembered for “Dirty Water,” which became a hit in the mid-1960s and a Boston sports anthem decades later, died on Friday in Fountain Valley, Calif. He was 68...
Me apetece poco hablar de grupos de garaje, sobre todo de los revivals, el garaje de las últimas generaciones me interesa poco, por no decir nada. Casi mata de aburrimiento, pero se ha muerto Dick Dodd, el cantante y batería de los originales The Standells y eso merece una buena entrada en este blog.
The Standells fue uno de esos pequeños grupos legendarios del garaje americano de los años 60, esos que rescató Lenny Kaye para su fabuloso doble recopilatorio "Nuggets". Un grupo de Los Angeles que tuvo sólo un éxito importante: “Dirty Water” (1965), pero que, a pesar de su condición de “one hit wonders”, fue el caldo de cultivo de donde surgieron Gary Leeds (Gary Walker de los Walker Brothers), Dewey Martin de Buffalo Springfield o Lowell George de Little Feat.
Con los Standells tuvo el éxito de “Dirty Water”, que llegó al puesto nº 11 de las listas Billboard en junio de 1966. Una canción que gracias a su estribillo “Boston, You´re my home…” fue adoptada por equipos de la ciudad como los Red Sox o los Bruins. Curiosamente ningún miembro de la banda era o había estado nunca en Boston. La canción la escribió su productor Ed Cobb después de visitar y ser robado en la ciudad.
“Dirty Water”, canción de sonido e inspiración rollingstonianas, luego contó con numerosas versiones, a destacar la que hicieron a finales de los 70 los neo pubrockeros The Inmates. Otros títulos importantes de Standells fueron "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White", "Why Pick on Me", "Riot on Sunset Strip" o "Try It" (con version británica a cargo de The Attack, el grupo del gran guitarrista de The Nice y de Roxy Music en sus inicios, pre Phil Manzanera, Davey O´List).
Inmates Water: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1qX2xKQYw
Attack Try It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_I5arWNtNg
The Standells fue un grupo importante en California y participaron en varias películas, entre otras en “Riot On Sunset Strip” y “Get Yourself a College Girl”, y en un episodio de la serie televisiva “The Munsters”.
He escogido la portentosa "Medication", un número cercano a las ravers- fuzz mod británicas de aquel 1965.
Jesús Sanz Morales.
