Incredible String Band - Witches Hat (1968)
Certainly, the children have seen them,
In quiet places where the moss grows green.
Colored, shells, jangle, together,
The wind is cold, the year is old
The trees whisper together, and bend in the wind, they lean……
Julie Tippetts (born Julie Driscoll, 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress, known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's "Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger and The Trinity. Brian Auger and the Trinity was a British band led by keyboardist Brian Auger.
Brian Auger Interview - LOUDER Magazine
He’s probably best known for This Wheel’s On Fire, the 1968 hit by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger And The Trinity. But away from the pop world, pianist and Hammond organ master Auger is highly regarded as a pioneer jazzer who sought to “develop this idea of a bridge between jazz and different musical worlds.”
Before that one-off hit, he had The Steampacket with vocalists Driscoll, Rod Stewart and Long John Baldry; and after The Trinity he formed Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express. He has also worked with Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Tony Williams, Sonny Boy Williamson and Eric Burdon, among many other big names from across the musical spectrum.
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Legend is a word overused and flung around lightly but in the case of Julie Driscoll and this song especially (see below - cover of Bobby) then this is where it means most . . . . . I saw them live once and cannot for the life of me remember where now but they frankly blew me away and we had never seen anyone quite like Julie! Much of it was more jazz rock fusion and the organ sound dominated but we could never take our eyes off the singer . . . . . . . . . check out this out at HQ (thanks Silent Way)
TRINITY- Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll Live 1968 - Floppy Boot Stomp
Setlist:
01 Radio announcer-Red Beans and Rice
02 Freedom Jazz Dance
03 Take Me to the Water
04 Radio announcer-Season of the Witch
05 Shadows of You
06 When I was a Young Girl
07 Wheels of Fire
Nice homespun and indeed homemade, compilation of the women of contemporary music from Kostas over at Urbanaspirines this morning and whilst I have most if not all the tracks it is well worth reading and checking the liner notes and downloading anyway!
Kostas says there may be exceptions and I thought well yeah obviously but . . . . . . .this is very comprehensive and we still have Vol II - VII still to go! Do you reckon anyone’s missing? If so, who? It even included women I didn’t really know (for shame!?) Angie New and Barbara Hudson? Anyone?!
Women in Rock Vol I - URBANASPIRINES
TRACKS
01. Joan Baez - Diamonds And Rust
02. Joni Mitchell - Woodstock
03. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
04. Janis Joplin - Cry Baby
05. Pentangle - The Time has Come
06. Melanie - Lay Down
07. Carly Simon - You're So Vain
08. Bread, Love And Dreams - The Least Said
09. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
10. Linda Ronstadt - It's So Easy
11. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
12. Marianne Faithfull - So Sad
13. Renaissance - Island
14. Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
15. Ultimate Spinach - (Ballad Of) The Hip Death Godess
16. Affinity - I Am And So Are You
17. Joan jett And The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N' Roll
18. Coven - Wicked Woman
19. Sonny And Cher - I Got You Babe
20. Steeleye Span - Lowlands Of Holland
21. The Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin'
22. Julie Driscoll - Those What We Love
23. The Serpent Power - Forget
24. Fanny - Badge
25. The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)
