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The Wildweeds. Join the conversation on The Wildweeds Facebook Group. Copyright ©Wildweeds.net. The official website of The Wildweeds, the 1960's band who recorded 'No Good To Cry' and featured a young, pre NRBQ, Al Anderson.
- Formation, Lineup, Influences
- First Demos, Thomas “Doc” Cavalier, “No Good to Cry”
- Opening Spots, Other Singles
- Wildweeds, Disbanding
- “No Good to Cry” Covers, Compilations
- Post-Wildweeds Activity
- Anderson’s Comments on Success
The quintet, all Connecticut natives in their late teens, formed in 1966 in Windsor, about 10 miles from a city with a thriving rock scene, Hartford, that included home-grown bands like The Shags, The Blues Messengers, The Moderns, The Futuras, The Bluebeats and The Six Packs, the last of which became The Wildweeds. The original lineup consisted of...
In 1966, having established a loyal local fanbase through regular high school and college gigs, the Weeds cut several demo tracks at Syncron Sound Studios in Wallingford – a microphone manufacturer with a recording division – including “No Good to Cry,” the first song Anderson wrote for the group. Nothing resulted from the demos until later that ye...
Now the most in-demand new act out of Connecticut, the band spent the rest of 1967 headlining small venues and opening for major acts at larger ones, including The Doors at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford and The Young Rascals and The Turtles at the Commodore Ballroomin Lowell. Cadet released three additional Weeds singles, none of which charted...
With the balloon of national notice now burst, the original lineup split by the end of 1969 but Anderson assembled a new one and recorded Wildweeds, a 15-track LP with 13 Anderson-penned originals and two covers, released in 1970 by Vanguard. Produced by Vanguard co-founder Maynard Solomon and recorded at Bradley’s Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, an...
Also that year, Canadian psychedelic-pop quartet The Poppy Family recorded a toned-down cover of “No Good to Cry” that reached #84 in the Billboard Hot 100 – four spots ahead of The Wildweeds’ original. In 1989, Mercury Records included The Allman Brothers’ rip-roarin’ cover of the song on the compilation Dreams(retitled “Ain’t No Good to Cry” and ...
Anderson, listed as one of Musicianmagazine’s “Top 100 Guitarists of the 20th Century” in 1991, has been based in Nashville since the early ‘90s while original Wildweeds drummer Andy Lepak and pianist Ray Zeiner, who continue to perform on their own, live on Long Island and in Connecticut, respectively. In 1988, Weeds percussionist Martin “Skip” Ya...
In a 2018 interview with the Connecticut Press, Anderson reflected on his years with the Weeds and the sudden success of what became their signature song. ”[We played mostly high] schools and college gigs around the state. Actually, back then it was a big deal to be asked to perform anywhere,” he said. “So few local records ever got into the top 10...
Profile: US group from the town of Windsor in Hartford County, Connecticut. They formed in 1966. Sites: wildweeds.net. Members: Al Anderson (2), Al Lepak, Andy Lepak, Bob Dudek, Martin Yakaitis, Ray Zeiner. Variations: Viewing All | The Wildweeds.
Alan Gordon Anderson (born July 26, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In the 1960s, Anderson was the frontman of the band the Wildweeds, [1] which had success with the song "No Good To Cry", [2] which he wrote. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo ...
2. Mai 2019 · Vanguard Records – VSD-65521970US group from the town of Windsor in Hartford County, Connecticut. They formed in 1966.A1. Baby Please Don't Leave Me Today 0...
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