by Iain Purdon » 15 Aug 2011, 23:17
Sweet Dreams is all the things that have been said. I'd love to know who arranged it for the Shads and put them through their paces - I'm guessing Norrie Paramor - because the parts are not typical of what the band was playing at the time.
It was also the cause of our downfall at Watford Club a year or two back. The band had been happily jogging along backing successive players with pretty standard material. Then up jumped the next man in to bat. "Sweet Dreams" he cried! A hasty scuffle while Mr Rhythm found a dusty chord chart, a helpful "how does it go" from the drummer, and me desperately trying to hear the far-from-obvious bass line in my head. Let's just say, we could have done with a Paramor of our own that night!
Good number though, when done right...
Iain
Iain Purdon
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