Song of the Week: Dave Davies (Kinks) -- Love Me Till The Sun Shines

Sometime around 1967, Dave Davies began to grumble about the dark shadow cast by his brother, Ray. Dave had it in his mind that he would make a solo record to be able to show how bright his light was. And he would use The Kinks to make that record. Ray and the rest of the lads played along and Dave managed to record and release some really fine, quirky singles. The first was this double sided gem from July 1967. Today, we focus (of course), on the flip-side of his debut single. The song os Love Me Till The Sun Shines, and damn, it really is great.

Ultimately, Dave's solo project was shelved and his wonderful compositions were added to the next Kinks Album, Something Else. I would argue that it is the addition of Dave's stellar tunes to that album, combined with Ray's usual perfect array of songs, that makes Something Else the Kinks' best offering.

Until next time, we'll see you On The Flip-Side!

RIP Scott Miller of Game Theory

Word just reached us that Scott Miller, the leader of Game Theory passed away yesterday. Scott was a music leader in the town of Davis, California, the town in which I grew up. He was a frequent visitor to the record store at which I worked, Barney's Records. Safe travels. We'll see you on the Flip-Side, Scott.

Video Diary: Bob Seger and The Last Heard -- East Side Story

We return today with the same song we featured yesterday, East Side Story. Here we have the original version, released just months before the St. Louis Union somehow came to the song. Here a beardless Bob Seger performs his first single, an original composed by Seger himself, on the local Detroit TV show, Swinging Time.

Song Of The Week: The St. Louis Union -- East Side Story

The other week we highlighted the Manchester mod group, The Toggery Five, and their excellent original from 1964, I'm Gonna Jump. Today, we return to Manchester and spin the third and final record from a sextuplet named The St. Louis Union. The song is the blue-eyed soul raver from October of 1966, East Side Story. East Side Story, it should be noted, was written and first recorded by Bob Seger for Hideout Records. (You may recall, this is the same label that hosted The Pleasure Seekers, whom we wrote about just last week.)

Not long after this recording, The St. Louis Union moved to a state of disunion and the members scattered to the wind. Those members were singer Tony Cassidy, guitarist Keith Millar -- who apparently played with Rod Stewart forever --  Saxophonist Lenni Zaksen, organ player Dave Tomlinson, Bassist John Nichols and drummer Dave Webb. I want to give special love to John Nichols who really lays down a beautiful sounding bass line.

Enjoy, we'll see you next time On The Flip-Side.

Vinyl Frontier - Megan Fox

Ziggy Stardust getting a little love from Megan Fox