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Joe Chambers of The Chambers Brothers Passes Away
He played guitar for the group, and co-wrote their classic "Time Has Come Today" along with his brother Lester. He was 81.
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"Time" is one of rock's classics, and The Chambers Brothers were the first predominantly Black band to go psychedelic. One thing I found curious is that the author of the piece said the song was a 1967 single, but I remember it hitting the charts in Toronto in the latter part of '68. I guess we were a little slow on the uptake.
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Roman, going back even one year earlier than '67, I am partial to the '66 original version, raw, garage- psychedelic, ahead of it's time before the Summer Of Love. The band recorded it on their own dime, but Columbia rejected it at that time. Then they re-recorded it in '67.
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I think that in the past I had heard about "Time" having a complicated history, but I had forgotten about this and so it was interesting to see the followup posts about it today. The Wikipedia entry for it shows three separate single releases ... I was only eight in 1968, but I think that the third release is the one that reached #10 on the CHUM Chart in the summer/fall of that year.
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AzMike wrote:
Roman, going back even one year earlier than '67, I am partial to the '66 original version, raw, garage- psychedelic, ahead of it's time before the Summer Of Love. The band recorded it on their own dime, but Columbia rejected it at that time. Then they re-recorded it in '67.
Wow, I like that! the intro is more far out on this one.