Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

Wadsworth Mansion was a one-hit wonder rock band in the early 1970s. As an American group from Providence, Rhode Island, they released a self-titled album on Sussex Records in 1971, and had a hit single that year with "Sweet Mary"... but apparently record execs weren't paying attention because the record label identifies the group as 'Wadsworth Manison. The tune, written by guitarist Steve Jablecki, reached #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.  In 1972, Wadsworth Mansion was reformed first into the band Slingshot, and later the band Forrest, by Southern blues guitarist Forrest McDonald.