Nov 10, 2006 it was a hit, providing dr hook and the medicine show with their second millionselling single. Hook lyrics find all lyrics for songs such as last morning, alice, sharing the night together at. Dr hook enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including sylvias mother, only 16, sharing the night together and when youre in love with a beautiful woman for. Watch the video for roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie from dr. Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key. They enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including sylvias mother, the cover of rolling stone both 1972, only sixteen 1975, a little bit more 1976, sharing the night together 1978, when youre in love with a.
The guitar, piano, bass, and brass get lots of bite on queen of the silver dollar, the mocking lead guitar on cover. Hook and the medicine show roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie dion dimuci the road im on gloria zappa var. Deedee keel is most famous for having had entire bands. Now roland the roadie was only a toadie who set up the lights and the mics for the shows and gertrud. They enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including sylvias mother, the cover of rolling stone both 1972, only sixteen 1975, a little bit more 1976, sharing the.
Weekly chart for roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie. Hook and the medicine show are a much underrated group. The other three band members were bobby dimingus, popeye phillips and jimmy allen. And for saying that she could get only a quart of david cassidys penis in her mouth. See more ideas about music, when youre in love and all about time. Hook, were an american rock band, formed in union city, new jersey. Licensing roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie by dr.
Hook and the medicine show was a popcountry rock band formed around union city, new jersey in 1969. The original song is hosted at chordie works as a search engine and provides on the fly formatting. Order the inside the rock era book the top 100 female artists of the rock era. Hook compilations, but this was the first i found that included roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie, that didnt hurt too bad, and loveline. Childrens author and playboy cartoonist shel silverstein wrote all the songs on their 1971. Roland the roadie gertrude the groupie, come on in, and the wonderful soup stone. Dr hook and the medicine show roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie 7 inch uk pressing cbs 1973 scbs1648 bw put a little bit on me in plaincompany sleeve, condition disc. They scored a minor hit in 1972 with the country rock novelty cover of rolling stone, and their early work was marked by crude humor and a sort of flamin grooviesgonecountry sound and aesthetic. And gertrude the groupie was a rock and roll fan, who stood by the stage door in the rains and the snows roland the roadie met gertrude the groupie at a rock concert back in bayonne. However, the record ran into problems in britain when the bbc refused to play it on either television or radio, as the songs title was deemed to be advertising for the american magazine.
Hook roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie lyrics. Hook belly up vinyl records and cds for sale musicstack. All the other hits are here as well, with several album tracks. Silverstein was a popular songwriter and author of the books where the. But roland the roadie loves gertrude the groupie, but gertrude the groupie loves groups she stood up and screamed as the amber spot gleamed on her heroes so skinny and tall with their eyelids so droopy, and gertrude the groupie and she was in love with them all roland the roadie told gertrude the groupie to wait and hed be her man. See more ideas about when youre in love, music and rock concert. See more ideas about music videos, songs and my music.
Although theyre best known for their hit single the cover of the rolling stone, their other top ten hits include sylvias mother, when youre in love with a beautiful woman, and sexy eyes. Now roland the roadie was only a toadie, who set up the lights and the mics for the shows. Who stood by the stage door in the rains and the snows. Hook lyrics 120 song lyrics sorted by album, including sharing the night together, sylvias mother, the cover of rolling stone. Roland the roadie told gertrude the groupie to wait and hed be her man. S 65560 art direction ron coro engineer glenn kolotkin, mike.
Gertrude is a female personal name of germanic origin, from the components ger meaning spear and. Roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie groupieblog. Licensing roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie by. Also featuring great new liner notes and many never before seen photos. Hook, dad would regale me with tales on par with arthurian legend through the unrequited love story of roland the roadie and. She stood up and screamed as the amber spot gleamed on her heroes so skinny and tall. They enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including sylvias mother, the cover of rolling stone both 1972, only sixteen 1975, a little bit. Roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie guitar chords and tabs by dr. Licensing roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie by dr hook the medicine show please select the type of project you need a license for from the list below.
Dr hook roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie. Hook has been represented by an awful lot of compilations over the past 20 years or so, of which most have been smallscale budgetpriced productions, covering no more than eight or ten songs. Groupie fathers meet groupie mamas and have groupie kids. This albums is packed with classic tracks and contains many of their biggest hits including sexy eyes, when youre in love with a beautiful woman, more like the movies, only sixteen, a little bit more and an amazing. Version, lange, titel, label nummer, format medium, datum. Check out roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie by dr. Monterey jack is a 90mph romp, and roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie is a very funny tale of life on the road with a rock band. The name was used in the vicinity of presentday germany and the low countries the lowlying delta region around where the rhine meets the north sea. The tracks on this album are from between 1972 and 1974, and 21 of the songs are the work of the late shel silverstein, either solo or as a collaborator, so you know this is the real article and the distillation of the groups best classic work and the sound is good as well. The earliest nucleus of the band consisted of friends, george cummings, dennis locorriere, ray sawyer, billy franciswho had played the east coast and into the midwest, ending up in new jersey. During the early 1960s, three of the original band members had been friends and musical colleagues for a number of years before dr hook and the medicine show were even created ray sawyer, bill francis and george cummings were all originally in a group called the chocolate papers.
Hook is a typical band that everyone has a number of hits to sing along. They enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including sylvias mother, the cover of rolling stone both 1972, only sixteen 1975, a little bit more 1976, sharing the night together 1978, when youre in love with a beautiful. Hook revisited is the first compilation album by american country rock band dr. Hook guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics album from chordie. Not surprising, because between 1971 and 1983 the band scored no fewer than 20 hits on the billboard hot 100, 6 of which reached the top 10. Dr hook collected the first dr hook compilation to feature tracks from every one of their releases, including massive hits, cool album cuts, rarities and more. Hook and the medicine show revisited for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. With their eyelids so droopy, and gertrude the groupie and she was in love with them all. They enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including sylvias mother, the cover of rolling stone, sharing the night together, a little bit more and when youre in love with a beautiful woman. Hook with chords drawings, easy version, 12 key variations and much more. Hook in 1975 was an american rock band, formed in union city, new jersey. And gertrude the groupie was a rock and roll fan, who stood by the stage door in the rains and the snows. Hook, dad would regale me with tales on par with arthurian legend through the unrequited love story of roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie, with ray sawyer. Hook has been on the road for nearly 18 months, which means a year and a half propped up on pillows against holiday inn bedboards, chainsmoking and choking on cigarettes and watching one.
Great live entertainers whoseemed to enjoy everything. Credit to klf prankster for this tracks thank you so much. Hook guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics songs from. The song above is not stored on the chordie server. Hook and the medicine show was originally a popcountry rock style band formed around union city, new jersey in 1969. Basically a country type group they dont take themselves too seriously playing popular ballards like sylvias mother and wonderful soup stone to pure fun like roland the roadie and gertrude the groupie and penicillin penny mainly from the pen of the inimitable shel silverstein. The name was used in the vicinity of presentday germany and the low countries the lowlying delta region around where the. Their 1971 eponymous debut, later reissued as sylvias mother, featured the hit of the same name, while 1972s sloppy seconds and 1973s belly up. Jul 05, 2007 but roland the roadie loves gertrude the groupie, but gertrude the groupie loves groups.
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