AIN'T DERE NO MORE - PART 2 - Benny Grunch & The Bunch

“. . .I think I’ve heard these cats before. . .
out in San Bernadino. . .”
GOTTA GET A BAND/BRING ME
BACK - PART 2
(B. Antin) ©Anzel Anzel, BMI
(This, also, is the original audio version from 1974. No
enhancements, no fillers or artificial ingredients. For
betta’ or worse’a - here it is.)
Yeah, wasn’t too long ago; maybe it was.
Ridin down Canal Boulevard
on my Simplex, pulled
into Rockery Inn to try out my straight pipes.
The parkin lot was full -
Chuggin’ Chariots, Road Rebels
were there. But all the cars
with the finest girls had
names on the back,
like Jokers, Corvettes, Contours.
So I figured right then and there -
if I was ever gonna get any chicks,
I Gotta Get A Band.
So first ya need a name,
ain’t gonna be easy ’cause all the
good ones are used up
Counts, Saxons, Emperors, Nobles.
Gotta be original -
Esquires, Skyliners. Let’s see. . .
The Beatles. . .nahh,
a name like that’d never make it.
Uhh, Edsels...yeah,
The Edsels. Now, that’s a name,
a name that could go on forever.
Now, I know a band doesn’t just
happen over night;
gotta get some clothes,
get some coats from the Hollywood
Tailors on Rampart Street.
Got to go to Dr. Schreiber’s to get
some sunglasses for when I sing
“Tell Me What I Say.”
I wonder if ya gotta be in the
Musicians Union to wear
sunglasses? Seen a guitar in the window at
Abe’s, a set of
bongo drums. Yeah, that’s all you need.
Anything else, we’ll
get it from the Eagle Loan Company.
And that’ll be it. . .’cept maybe
five or six saxophone players.
Then ya gotta figure what songs ya gonna play.
If we work at Sacred Heart
we’re gonna need a lotta fast
dances at the beginning of the night,
’cause all the girls’ll
be dancin together.
We’ll do “Ten Thousand Dollar Reward,”
“Call Me The
Fat Man,” Shirley and Lee things like
“Feel So Good,”
and “Good Times Roll.” Later, when the guys start
dancin, we can do
“Big Diamonds,” “Walkin Slowly
From You Darlin’,”
do the whole Johnny Ace album,
“Valley Of Tears,” and “Taint It The Truth.”
How about makin a record.
Bound to make out then.
Girls dig bands with hit records.
I heard Jimmy Clanton
and Frankie Ford make records
at a place called Cosmo’s,
on Governor Nicholls Street.
Think a’ that, live appearances with
Jack The Cat, Saturday
Hop, on stage at Pontchartrain Beach
with a big rock’n roll
show with Roland Stone.
Man, we might even get big
enough some day to play
the Saint Anthony dance.
I know if I had a record out,
Poppa Stoppa would play it.
Maybe The Hound Dog,
or Dan Diamond’d play it.
Try to get Herb Holiday.
All my friends would call up and
request it on WJMR and WJBW.
It’ll be on a big national
label like Minit or Ace.
Make a lotta money.
When I make