Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Grass Roots

You could easily do forgotten oldies for the American Band the Grass Roots for many, many days without a repeat... since they put 21 songs on the hot 100 in the late 60's and early 70's. They were unusual for their time with a brass section well before Chicago popularized the use of a brass section.  They also had a tendency to go through members almost monthly.  But they had a lot of hits, big hits.  Today a song that hit top twenty status in 1969... "Bella Linda", taken from an old italian hit.  Today, this song and much of their other great music is forgotten.
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