This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite songs with fuzzy guitars. See if you agree with any of these!
“Incense and Peppermints,” recorded by the Los Angeles psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock and released in May 1967, was written by Tim Gilbert and John S. Carter, though lead guitarist Ed King and keyboardist Mark Weitz created the original instrumental track; the lyrics were contributed later, with 16-year-old Greg Munford
Well, she was just seventeen, You know what I mean, And the way she looked was way beyond compare, So how could I dance with another, Oh when I saw her standing there
You went to your favorite record store and bought that debut album because maybe you’d heard a single by them, or someone had told you that they were good, or maybe you just liked the cover. You got it home, tore off the shrink, placed the needle down on the first track on side one, and what did you hear? Was it a defining moment in your appreciation for that group? Let’s check some out.
