Saturday, December 1, 2018

“Magic Carpet Ride” #3 11/30/1968

I know this one from Steppenwolf has all those 60’s drug connotations, but look, it’s just a great rock and roll record. The followup to “Born To Be Wild,” the album version (1:30 longer than the single) is the preferred version today. Co-writer and bassist Rushton Moreve was soon fired for missing gigs. His girlfriend insisted The Big One was going to hit California and he wouldn’t travel there, which made it difficult to promote records. The B-side, “Sookie Sookie,” is every bit as good!


1 comment:

Tal Hartsfeld said...

The follow-up was ROCK ME, which I like even better.