#humpy bong

[aeschtunes]

Remembering Colin Petersen from the Bee Gees, Steve and the Board, and Humpy Bong

(March 24, 1946-November 18, 2024)

[rushingheadlong]

Humpy Bong now available on streaming!

In case you missed the announcement last week, Tim Staffell has put the two tracks he recorded with Humpy Bong up on streaming platforms!

Spotify | Apple Music | Amazon Music

If you plan on looking them up anywhere else, make sure you search for "Humpy Bong" specifically because Tim released these under the band's name and not his own!

Left: Modern logo for Humpy Bong, designed by Tim Staffell / Right: Humpy Bong (Colin Peterson, Jonathan Kelly, and Tim Staffell)

Humpy Bong was the short-lived group that Tim joined immediately after leaving Smile in the spring of 1970. Founded by ex-Bee Gees drummer Colin Peterson and Irish musician Jonathan Kelly, the band only recorded two songs and broke up by the end of the year.

"Don't You Be Too Long" was released as a single, backed with "We're Alright Till Then". Both songs were written by Jonathan Kelly but feature Tim Staffell on lead vocals. "Don't You Be Too Long" was performed on Top of the Pops on October 22, 1970 and was the only "live" show that Humpy Bong ever did, as the band had significant issues finding additional permanent members to round out their line-up. The tape for their Top of the Pops performance has never been released and is presumed to be lost.

Tim Staffell had previously released the Humpy Bong tracks on his digital album "Parallel World", which features unreleased or forgotten songs from his 1970s musical career.

Note: The Wikipedia page for Humpy Bong has some significant errors with regards to the band's timeline and Top of the Pops appearances. "Don't You Be Too Long" was not released until August 1970 (as per dates printed on the records), making it impossible for Tim to have appeared on Top of the Pops to promote the single "within a month or so of leaving Smile" as is claimed on the wiki page.

Rather, Tim's first Top of the Pops appearance was as part of Jonathan Kelly & Friends performing "Don't You Believe It" on July 23, 1970. Kelly had released the single as part of his solo career earlier in the year and it originally featured Eric Clapton on the guitar. However, Clapton was unavailable for the Top of the Pops performance. It was policy at the time that no performer could mime an instrument that they didn't play on the backing track, so Tim was chosen to re-record the guitar part and appear on Top of the Pops in place of Clapton.

The dates for both appearances (with Jonathan Kelly & Friends and with Humpy Bong) can be confirmed on the Top of the Pops archive website.

[tenderbri]

Tim Staffell Appreciation Weekend: Day 1 – “Don’t You Be Too Long” by Humpy Bong

“Like the man who rode his camel down to Aqaba from Tobruk My heart is a weary traveler and it’s looking for a friend My thirsty eyes are aching just to find a pretty face to look upon So come out all you ladies, who you hiding from?

[…] Now here I sit in this old room, four walls that close me in The bread man, he don’t call no more, and no one clears my bin Oh, I need a soul to comfort me, somebody just for talking to To help me pay my rent, you see, I’m four weeks overdue”

[fweddiemercury]

humpy bong?

humpy bong. they’re gonna be big.

humpy bong? are you joking?

[foreskinrug-blog]

why would you leave a band with Roger and Brian to join another band called Humpy Bong

c'mon, Tim, get your shit together