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Savoy Brown — A Hard Way To Go
Album: Raw Sienna
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Released: 1970
Length: 2:15
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Ain't got time for doubts or fears
Ain't got time for shallow tears
Ain't got time to bare my soul
Because I still got a hard way to go

Said that you got a losing hand
Ain't no point in you raising sand
Ain't got time to bare your soul
Because I still got a hard way to go

And it's a crying shame
That you can't lay the blame
On anybody else but yourself

Wish that you had my sympathy
You ain't got no hold on me
And my heart is getting cold
And I still got a hard way to go

And it's a crying shame
That you can't lay the blame
On anybody else but yourself

And I still got a hard way to go
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Anyone remember The House on the Hill by Audience?  This seems to have some similarities, in terms of vocal sound at least.  Anyway, I've given it an 8, because this is my jam.
Posted 7 months ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Yes, I do like the new music on RP, but I completely bliss out with old music like this!  
Lordy, BillG!  Hit me a couple more times with 50-year-old rock & roll!
Posted 8 months ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Them were the days!
Posted 1 year ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
Saw Savoy Brown open for Deep Purple in Boston, ‘72? Great band.
Posted 1 year ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
Only on RP! Thanks for the ear candy!
Posted 1 year ago by mikegrinker    [ Reply ]
R.I.P., Kim.
Posted 1 year ago by tonecar    [ Reply ]
still zesty 
Posted 2 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
Guys, I got a fever...
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Great!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 billlewis wrote:
Nice mix of COWBELL



LOL!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Thanks RP.  This one was way off my radar.
Posted 3 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
 marktberry wrote:

Okay oldsters, let what remains of our freak flags fly. There was indeed life before Foghat!



The flag is flying!!!
Posted 3 years ago by folkes.tom    [ Reply ]
Nice mix of COWBELL
Posted 3 years ago by billlewis    [ Reply ]
 primm wrote:
{#Music} great track, great album, had this on the turntable few days ago ! thanks bill
 
I'm happy to hear this track on RP too. This was one of the 1000s of my dad's records I loved spinning as a kid.
Call it an 8 and I'll go +1 if I ever  re-obtain the vinyl.

LLRP and happy childhood memories!!
Posted 3 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
More cowbell!
Posted 3 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
It's nice hearing some SB on RP
Posted 3 years ago by bullshipped    [ Reply ]
I haven't heard Savoy Brown in years! ......Thanx RP!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
{#Music} great track, great album, had this on the turntable few days ago ! thanks bill
Posted 7 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite LPs of that time, the art of chilling in the early 70's.  {#Guitarist}
Posted 8 years ago by advaita    [ Reply ]
you ever hear Chris Youlden's solo album "Nowhere Road"?
pretty good
here's a link to the entire album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot58g5HPyZ0 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
outstanding : )
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Savoy Brown was so popular around here that I knew people who thought they were from Detroit
also because of their music J Geils Band was like that too 

Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Bought this album when it first came out! Unfortunately it was lost in a house move about 15 years ago. I'm going to look on Amazon for the CD. Nice one Bill.
Posted 9 years ago by sid1950    [ Reply ]
During the time of my favorite band member mix.  What a great album.
Posted 9 years ago by lissen    [ Reply ]

A friend got me this classic for my bday a few years back.  Great album.  Great memories!  Ah the 70s


Posted 10 years ago by Parberella    [ Reply ]
Tell Mama, "Its a hard way to go."
Posted 10 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
I always thought this was a great underrated group.  Love this album and the Les Paul Custom work, yeah.
Posted 10 years ago by marklaw    [ Reply ]
Yeah, baby!  Dancin' in my office chair!

In the same vein as others ... thanks Bill!
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Wow! Great to hear these guys again. I date myself to say this but, I saw them live in Detroit at the Eastown Theatre (an old theatre with the sloped floors & all seats removed) on the same bill with Albert King and B.B.King. Might've been 1969. Probably their first north american tour. There was a blues resurgence going on. They opened the show, and everyone's eyes and ears!
Posted 12 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
Thank You!!!
Makes the trip easier when there's good rockin 
Posted 12 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
nice 1 Bill!
Posted 12 years ago by MoM$CooKin    [ Reply ]
Ahh Yes ....... The good'ol days.
Posted 12 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
I dig it.

9.

Also makes me want to crank up some Atomic Rooster. 
Posted 13 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
Great band. I have this one (Raw Sienna) on vinyl and pull it out frequently. I may have to spin this one this evening
Posted 13 years ago by Eso    [ Reply ]
Actually from Raw Sienna, one of their very best, and one of my all time favs.   Every cut on the album is great.

1. A Hard Way To Go
2. That Same Feelin'
3. Master Hare
4. Needle And Spoon
5. A Little More Wine
6. I'm Crying
7. Stay While The Night Is Young
8. Is That So
9. When I Was A Young Boy
Posted 13 years ago by paraclete    [ Reply ]
Another cool history lesson - Thanks B&R!
Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
I love hearing 60's stuff I've never heard—-heard about them, but never any of their stuff.
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Wow.  The Wiki page is an interesting read.  32 albums and a total of 45 various group members over the years.  

Posted 14 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
 i4niblind wrote:
What an exceptional afternoon of music today..  I think you're raising the bar for yourself Bill.  My eardrums are dancing.{#Bananajam}
 
Are you channeling romeotuma?  {#Roflol} This really is a great song, though... Savoy Brown was a little ahead of their time, I think - and now is the right time for them! {#Bounce}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Always dug this group.  My favorite song of theirs was I'm Tired.
Posted 14 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
My upload of Good Morning Little School Girl is stuck in perpetual "Reviewing" status in LRC
Posted 14 years ago by PFM    [ Reply ]
Almost forgot how good Savoy Brown was - nice to hear this again, makes me want to dig out the old vinyl copy.
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
{#Mrgreen}
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 stkman wrote:
Are you sure about Peter Green? Am a big fan of both bands but don't recall Peter ever being in SB, he was in the Bluesbreakers with Mayall pre Mac
 
The Green God was never in Savoy Brown. He replaced EC in Mayall's Bluesbreakers before leaving to form Fleetwood Mac.

Dave Walker did SB vocal duties after Chris Youlden left. Walker was briefly with Fleetwood Mac during their Penguin LP days, but Mick subsequently felt he wasn't quite a right fit.

Youlden has a couple of solo releases. I've listened to them a couple of times because I really like Chris, but they're nothing like his work with SB.

SB is Kim Simmonds group, so a visit to https://www.savoybrown.com tells you about everything related to SB and Simmonds' solo projects.




Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 That_SOB wrote:

Savoy Brown has served as a sort of springboard for musicians to jump to other bands, like Peter Green to Fleetwood Mac, Andy Pyle to the Kinks, Stan Webb to Chicken Shack, Paul Raymond to UFO, and of course the Foghat connection ect.
S.B. is considered a British Blues Band in Europe, while many here in the US think of them as straight on R & R.  The innovative rock and roll they created has influenced hundreds of great musicians, and I hear they still tour although I have no idea who "they" are
after all these years.. The memories from their past work lives on and on.
 
Are you sure about Peter Green? Am a big fan of both bands but don't recall Peter ever being in SB, he was in the Bluesbreakers with Mayall pre Mac

Posted 15 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]

Savoy Brown has served as a sort of springboard for musicians to jump to other bands, like Peter Green to Fleetwood Mac, Andy Pyle to the Kinks, Stan Webb to Chicken Shack, Paul Raymond to UFO, and of course the Foghat connection ect.
S.B. is considered a British Blues Band in Europe, while many here in the US think of them as straight on R & R.  The innovative rock and roll they created has influenced hundreds of great musicians, and I hear they still tour although I have no idea who "they" are
after all these years.. The memories from their past work lives on and on.
Posted 15 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
What an exceptional afternoon of music today..  I think you're raising the bar for yourself Bill.  My eardrums are dancing.{#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by i4niblind    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
Well, it's about FREAKIN' TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More Savoy Brown, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This track, and this LP (Raw Sienna) sure made junior year in HS more palatable.

 

{#Iamwithstupid}
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
saw Savoy Brown open for several bands and flat steal the show, great band and tight as a....... well nevermind
Posted 15 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]

more Savoy Brown Please & thanks.......

Anybody have the chords to the bridge.....?


Posted 15 years ago by leftcoast    [ Reply ]
Well, it's about FREAKIN' TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More Savoy Brown, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This track, and this LP (Raw Sienna) sure made junior year in HS more palatable.

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
well this reminds ME of Frank Zappa...
Posted 16 years ago by songbirdfemme    [ Reply ]
A sweet part of a funky, smooth 60's infused set this morning. An RP morning, to be sure. This song is kind of like Three Dog Night meets Sonic Youth.
Posted 16 years ago by Wilmshurst    [ Reply ]
polkadude wrote:
Doesn't this have a great jazz vibe?
Yes, yes it does.
Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
MUCH MORE COWBELL!!!
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Doesn't this have a great jazz vibe?
Posted 16 years ago by polkadude    [ Reply ]
More SB!
Posted 16 years ago by E_A_D_G    [ Reply ]
wferrier wrote:
The COWBELL is really, really satisfying. . .
Quite so.
Posted 16 years ago by omniphiliac    [ Reply ]
MoM$CooKin wrote:
WoW...1st concert I went to as a 16 year back in 1972 was a double bill of Savoy Brown and the group Nice at Northeastern University Boston...Show was stopped short as guitarists were getting electrical shocks on stage. Make up concert was given at the club Tea Party...Thanks for the trip on the WayBack Machine Machine Mr Peabody....
Saw Savoy Brown on a triple bill with Joe Cocker & his Grease Band and Rod Stewart with the Faces in Fresno, CA. I believe it was back in 1972 or 1973. Smokin' show!!!
Posted 16 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
The COWBELL is really, really satisfying. . .
Posted 16 years ago by wferrier    [ Reply ]
Groooooovy, baby.
Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
liser wrote:
Kim Simmonds in concert is spectacular and I used to love the cover of "Looking In" - thanks, RP!
Bought my first Savoy Brown album (Lookin In) because of the cover.I've been a huge fan ever since.British blues at it's absolute best.
Posted 17 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
Cool transition from Kings of Leon to Savoy Brown. KOL could be modern successors to Savoy.
Posted 17 years ago by gopre    [ Reply ]
Kim Simmonds, now there is a guitarist!
Posted 17 years ago by stevetheshoe    [ Reply ]
MoM$CooKin wrote:
WoW...1st concert I went to as a 16 year back in 1972 was a double bill of Savoy Brown and the group Nice at Northeastern University Boston...
A year before that I saw them at a small college in Wooster. They were on the bill with Family. (Keith Emerson's) The Nice were also supposed to be there, but had just disbanded as ELP was formed. (This doesn't correlate with your date: I know it was '71 as I was a senior having a look at Boston University.) The breakup of the The Nice put Savoy Brown at the top of the bill, with the opening act now being a Russian outfit named Troika. In between was Family.

Posted 17 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
fredriley wrote:
Nice to hear a cow bell - you don't get those much on tracks these days.
Needs MORE cowbell!!
Posted 17 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
WoW...1st concert I went to as a 16 year back in 1972 was a double bill of Savoy Brown and the group Nice at Northeastern University Boston...Show was stopped short as guitarists were getting electrical shocks on stage. Make up concert was given at the club Tea Party...Thanks for the trip on the WayBack Machine Machine Mr Peabody....
Posted 17 years ago by MoM$CooKin    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear a cow bell - you don't get those much on tracks these days.
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I always thought these guys sounded a little cheesy. But I still liked them. I'll always like Hell Bound Train.
Posted 17 years ago by frednic    [ Reply ]
That Again !!!! mojoman wrote:
Boy, you can say that again!
Posted 17 years ago by JerseeeGirl    [ Reply ]
I saw Savoy Brown in '72 at the Sunshine Inn in Asbury Park NJ - Kim Simmonds has to be one of the best guitarest I've ever seen.
Posted 17 years ago by JerseeeGirl    [ Reply ]
marktberry wrote:
Okay oldsters, let what remains of our freak flags fly. There was indeed life before Foghat!
More importantly, there was life after Foghat. Ducking now...
Posted 17 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
There are a couple of oldsters--excuse me, I mean contemporaries, bcs I'm one of them--who tour a bit now and again and are still really good. Kim Simmonds is one and Alvin Lee as well (more too, I'm sure).
Posted 18 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
mojoman wrote:
Boy, you can say that again!
"Again!!" I keep "Looking In" and "Raw Sienna" on my MP3 player. Perhaps they lacked a little polish in absolute terms but this is real music!!
Posted 18 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
marktberry wrote:
Okay oldsters, let what remains of our freak flags fly. There was indeed life before Foghat!
Kim Simmonds in concert is spectacular and I used to love the cover of "Looking In" - thanks, RP!
Posted 18 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
Okay oldsters, let what remains of our freak flags fly. There was indeed life before Foghat!
Posted 18 years ago by marktberry    [ Reply ]
WOW, I love RP. Thanks for the Savoy Brown...time to dig up the vinyl.
Posted 18 years ago by jackvh    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
If we're going this far back, let's do Canned Heat.
I second that. I had forgotten about Savoy Brown. Nice to hear them again after all this time.
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
If we're going this far back, let's do Canned Heat.
Posted 18 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
wore out 2 copies of their "Jack the Toad" LP. Good to hear 'em again.
Posted 18 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
Yeah, cowbell!
Posted 18 years ago by rexi    [ Reply ]
mizgeee wrote:
now here's an underrated, underplayed band.
Boy, you can say that again!
Posted 18 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
now here's an underrated, underplayed band. play more of these guys, bill! brings me way back to my college days....
Posted 18 years ago by mizgeee    [ Reply ]
8) This band was at the Chicago Bluesfest in June. I missed their performance! :(
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
One of the best forgotten bands.
I tried listening to some old Savoy Brown a while back. Time was not good to the music. A lot of it sounded a wee bit dated. Que Lastima...
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
this would be great followed by something by Greg Kurstin... anyone got any Geggy Tah or Action Figure Party to upload?
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Great song from yesteryear. Originally released in 1970. Off their best albumn "Raw Sienna". I don't think the title had anything to do with minivans. Kim Simmonds still touring as Savoy Brown after almost 40 years.
Posted 19 years ago by topcat    [ Reply ]
Zygomatic wrote:
Man I have never heard this song before in my life, but it KICKS ASS. Thanks Bill.
Same here!
Posted 19 years ago by yogaboat    [ Reply ]
Boy, what a day. Dead End Street by the Kinks, Oh Well by Fleetwood Mac, and now Savoy Brown........ Bill is hitting us hard.
Posted 19 years ago by Larswede    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
One of the best forgotten bands.
There seem to be a lot of those types of groups here. I'm from motown, so I never forgot about 'em, baby.
Posted 19 years ago by lotus_65    [ Reply ]
One of the best forgotten bands.
Posted 20 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
Catchy and all, but it bugs me when the guitar plays the same melody as the singer is singing.
Posted 20 years ago by resonator    [ Reply ]
replace the jazz guitar with a hamond b organ, and you'd have an Action Figure Party Tune. i'd love to hear something from them.
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
I LOVE this song.
Posted 20 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
drH, The original album this came from was "Raw Sienna". It was probably done at least 3-4 albums before "Hellbound Train". The personnel of the band changed for "Street Corner Talking" and "Hellbound Train" and the albums that came after. drH wrote:
Oh baby, yes! Which album was this on? Hellbound Train? I wonder how many know that this band---sans the guitar player Kim Simmons---morphed into Foghat.
Posted 20 years ago by GGendeman    [ Reply ]
Oh baby, yes! Which album was this on? Hellbound Train? I wonder how many know that this band---sans the guitar player Kim Simmons---morphed into Foghat.
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
Fabulous. Don't mind my groovin'
Posted 20 years ago by gaucha    [ Reply ]
A deeeeep cut! Puts those goddamned classic rock stations to shame...
Posted 20 years ago by Skeletor    [ Reply ]
Man I have never heard this song before in my life, but it KICKS ASS. Thanks Bill.
Posted 21 years ago by Zygomatic    [ Reply ]
Wow, I'm to young to know these guys, but fortunately I DO! I'm a little under the weather today, yet, I cant..stop...grooving... THANKS RP!
Posted 22 years ago by ObleyWan    [ Reply ]
Does this border on jazz? A great tune from a great band that got a lot of airplay on Detroit underground radio in the late 60\'s!
Posted 22 years ago by polkadude    [ Reply ]
Great memories - one of the first bands I ever saw live.
Posted 22 years ago by rmurray248    [ Reply ]
Yeah, yeah, \"Hellbound Train.\" But far stronger, more compact and listenable is \"Train to Nowhere.\" Now that I think of it, this band had a bit of a train obsession. Mixed in well with their shuffle/boogie-woogie sound. So I agree, more Savoy Brown.
Posted 22 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
yeah, now we're talkin! :D
Posted 22 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]