Hi Paul, great thread, I don't see a lot of chance to post 60's (with an audience) so..
just found this and really like it
great song and band from Minn (actually in those days all we had was time
) normally I like the studio vers but great obscure vid is why yt is so awesome
i started buying 45s in 1967, Boots - Nancy Sinatra my first so I fell in love with pop from 67-70
my fav song as a kid
great song
from Georgia to L.A. .. the farmer who hired them and sent them on their way with a days pay was in Minn
there are a lot of versions of this song, i dug and this is the closest to the original 45 version
i can still recall the wheat fields of St Paul..
(70s) this guy went too soon, luv his stuff, nice live version
i really like all the soul like spinners, ojays, stevie wonder, ect
his hope was a rope and he should have known (great lyric)
the melodies in the late 60s were so peaceful
[just sigh]
this personified the energy of the time, i was a little too young in 69 but it was a groovy time
grassing in the grass is a gas baby can you dig it
on and on they went, it definitely influenced me even tho I was only 10 when I bought my first 45