Although I wrote this song lo those many years ago, I love it. Recorded by Fanny mostly at Apple Studio on Saville Row in London, with Richard Perry producing and Geoff Emerick, engineer. The pedal steel was Sneaky Pete, overdubbed in LA early '72 (the basics were done Dec '71). I love what everyone in the band was doing, in my opinion they played perfectly for the song. We were listening to music eclectically then, from heavy metal to Motown/funk, to country western and blues. No one opposed me in doing this song, which I am so glad for. Alice's crisp sounds, groove, and every lick are perfection (and by that, I also include *driving in my meaning), Jean is as usual honkin' the bottom with that inimitable way she did, and Nicky could be accused of overplaying slightly, but again - it's actually perfect. Never got in the way. This is on tape, of course, which makes it sound even better!
Jean's on harmonies, she could even be doubling my vocal in some places, I can't really tell. Our voices are so similar that even I can get tricked!:))
Incidentally, a note about Sneaky Pete: we saw him playing with the Flying Burrito Brothers and I was smitten. He was so - o-oo good! You could say I stalked him until he came over to the house, but it didn't take much ... we became excellent friends and he showed me a lot of inner movement, just by doing it (playing) in front of me. I will always be grateful.
And lastly, I regret to say that the track kept acting like Wile E. Coyote, behaving perfectly fine one second, and then doing that awkward skip at the top and missing the first word, "I." I thought it was behaving when I did the "share," but Wile E. got me! Maybe I'll ry again to correct sometime, but right now I've got to move on. (although, who knows, the track might behave!!:))
Photos are by Linda Wolf, Oliver Strewe, Bob Riegler, and also provided from the June and Jean Millington Collection. Enjoy!
June Millington
Artistic Director,
IMA
www.ima.org