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The Oakes Brothers [UK] |
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John and Harry Oakes – vocals, guitar, bass, harmonica, kazoos, percussion |
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Procol music may not seem to have much in common with The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band or Ian Dury and the Blockheads, but one town looms large in the history of each: Southend-on-Sea. Procol's first song, Something Following Me, was written there – so, what if the original recording had not sounded so American, but more in the English tradition of the Bonzos or Dury – or even like the street music of Hackney or the Mile End Road, where Brooker and Reid grew up? The busking Oakes Brothers – maybe – answer that question. |
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Recorded at The Pinch o' Salt on Forge Lane in the East End, with a couple of overdubs done at 'One-Four', not that far from the junction of Ford and Sexton Street, as it happens. |
Kazoos: Gold Top (replica) |
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