Bedazzled solves a mystery that’s been bugging me for over ten years now and as I should have guessed, Al Kooper is involved.
Eons ago, I got an unmarked tape of recording studio outtakes and ephemera. Most of it was identifiable: the Buddy Rich bus tapes, Murray Wilson vs. Brian, Roky Erickson rolling heads down a staircase on Bay Area radio – all stuff that’s been making the rounds on the Celebrities At Their Worst collections and on the net.
One clip I couldn’t recognize though… It’s a couple of band members arguing with each other and their producer over the line “one good turn deserves another.” The band powers their way through a death spiral of anger, denial, acceptance and back before inevitably exploding in “fucking go to hell!” It’s a great recording… You know things aren’t going to work out and you know there’s an oncoming train wreck but no one, except maybe the producer who wisely kept the tape rolling, is aware of it.
I always thought it was some 60s-era band like Paul Revere & The Raiders or something, but it’s actually an 80s band called St. Regis that Kooper was attempting to produce. Not surprisingly, it never came out. Kooper’s only quote: “Fraternal twins that could teach Liam & Noel a thing or two.”
More wit and wisdom from Kooper in his Guide to the Music Biz