Talkin' jivey, poison ivy

Have I found a new karaoke song? Or an end-of-workday catharsis?



This track achieves the triple crown of mid-70s hard rock: twin guitars, cowbell, and talk box.

It was also unwillingly titled, and it's that chorus that sails it over most other hairy, platform-and-flares yowling of that era. Plus, the band was named after a lyric from their heroes, The Band. And, Scottish? Cool. They were the Caledonian answer to Thin Lizzy.

GAELS RAWK.

And in my mind I still need a place to go

Neil Young Helpless w/ The Band by ivaxavi

Put the load right on me.

But they never should have taken the very best.

“If it doesn’t come from your heart, music just doesn’t work.” 
Levon Helm




I tell you one thing right now: this song, his voice, have been a balm to my heart when I needed it.