dEFROG ON 45 #3: YOU’D TAKE THE WORLD BUT YOU WON’T TAKE THE TIME

[defrog]

There is some dispute at the Def Citadel as to what was the first 45 I bought with my own money. I know it was 1975 (the year I turned ten, incidentally), and I’ve narrowed it down to three (3) possibilities.

This is one of them: “Jackie Blue” by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, who were a country-rock outfit, but you’d never know it from this song, which sports an underrated guitar hook and sounds just as heavy now as it did then.

FUN FACT: For years, I assumed it was a girl singing lead vocals. Did I mention I was ten when this song came out?

EXTRA CREDIT: Spot the cannabis reference. (Hint: it’s not in the lyrics.) 

Don’t try to tell me that yr not aware,

This is dF