On another note, I had been wondering what song was being played by Mammoth on the snippets that were shared near the end of the Billy Corgan episode. “War Pigs” and “Funk #49” were pretty obvious, but I was perplexed by the first song. I’d asked around to everyone I could think of, including Dweezil, but I could find no joy for months.
At last, I figured out that this song is the very obscure gem called “Double Cross” by the local Dallas/Ft. Worth area late 60s/early 70s band Bloodrock! Edward’s singing sounds EXACTLY like the vocalist in that band Jim Rutledge. I think this is a badass heavy song of the late 60s/early 70s, which was officially released in March of 1970.
I spoke with Greg Renoff (who is, as most fans should know by now, the author of ‘Van Halen Rising’ and ‘Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life In Music’) about this tune and he believes (and I concur) that this very obscure song was likely brought into the cover repertoire of Mammoth by the late bassist Mark Stone. Still, a very cool “ZZ Top meets Black Sabbath and Cream” tune!
The episode with Greg Kurstin is super cool! I really love that a keyboard player could be such a fan of Van Halen though it is obviously guitar based music. It was wonderful to hear “Unchained” on piano just as Edward wrote it! It just sits right as Dweezil and Greg mentioned. And to think “Hear About It Later” was also written on piano. Two drop D masterpieces on what is generally acknowledged to be the band’s greatest album with the best guitar work! Thanks again!
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On another note, I had been wondering what song was being played by Mammoth on the snippets that were shared near the end of the Billy Corgan episode. “War Pigs” and “Funk #49” were pretty obvious, but I was perplexed by the first song. I’d asked around to everyone I could think of, including Dweezil, but I could find no joy for months.
At last, I figured out that this song is the very obscure gem called “Double Cross” by the local Dallas/Ft. Worth area late 60s/early 70s band Bloodrock! Edward’s singing sounds EXACTLY like the vocalist in that band Jim Rutledge. I think this is a badass heavy song of the late 60s/early 70s, which was officially released in March of 1970.
I spoke with Greg Renoff (who is, as most fans should know by now, the author of ‘Van Halen Rising’ and ‘Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life In Music’) about this tune and he believes (and I concur) that this very obscure song was likely brought into the cover repertoire of Mammoth by the late bassist Mark Stone. Still, a very cool “ZZ Top meets Black Sabbath and Cream” tune!
The episode with Greg Kurstin is super cool! I really love that a keyboard player could be such a fan of Van Halen though it is obviously guitar based music. It was wonderful to hear “Unchained” on piano just as Edward wrote it! It just sits right as Dweezil and Greg mentioned. And to think “Hear About It Later” was also written on piano. Two drop D masterpieces on what is generally acknowledged to be the band’s greatest album with the best guitar work! Thanks again!
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I'll be so sad when this series ends.
Loving all the recent episodes, Dweezil! Looking forward to the one with Jacob Deraps too