January 2, 2013

Joey Ramone- Rare recording


Found this on the interwebs- the story from Joey's brother Mickey Leigh:

"One day we drove out to a little studio in Long Island to record a song I know Joey had been dreaming about since we were little kids, Gene Chandler’s “Duke of Earl.” He asked me to play guitar on it. The legendary ‘60s Brooklyn doo-wop band, The Mystics, backed us up. My brother’s love for the song, as well as the music of that era, poured out in his vocal. I love his version, and listen to it often."
(this is from the cassette i walked out of the studio with that day. The producer with the multi-track said it was lost, so that crappy little cassette could be the only copy in existence or, known existence.)



Joey Ramone: Duke Of Earl

3 comments:

gobshyte said...

Great post,Thankyou .and that photo. Punk haircuts $2.75 reminds me of a misspent youth!

infinite fool said...

Nifty

Justin said...

Used to get drunk in the park with my high school buddies and sing that tune, thanx for sharing that...