Rubble Collection: Erky Grant & the Earwigs
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|I’ve been listening to Volume Seven of the Rubble Collection, an expansive compilation of rare and obscure psychedelic pop and garage music from 1960s Britain. The track I’m a Hog for You by Erky Grant & the Earwigs is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard, but I can’t seem to find out much about the band, who seem to have put out just one single in 1963 and then disappeared. It’s hard to get the simple, playful, and suggestive lyrics out of your head, and the strangely majestic riff in the chorus gives the song an inexplicable depth and tenderness not usually heard in similar op songs of that era.
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Arnaud said | 10 September, 2009
Hi,
just read your little stuff about Erky Grant. I agree : it’s a foocking good song. I desperately look for other songs from This guy, but nothing, definitely. But i have found a cover of I’m A Hog For You by another rare band from NY 60’s called The Groupies. They wrote that amazing one called Primitive. Great one.
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Arnaud