Rippin' it up

A while back I posted of couple songs by a Huntsville garage band called the Wombats. At that time, I had a warped copy of a later record by the same guys and promised that I would post the songs if I found a playable copy of the record.

A playable copy has been found.

Two of the Wombats formed a new band called The Poor Souls in 1966. They recorded two originals for Woodrich records, the same label that released the Wombats 45. They are great! As far as I know, none of these songs have been ever been comped.

Poor Souls drummer Jedge Daniels (he sings too, that's him on "You'll Be The One To Suffer") has been playing since late Fifties and is still playing. He’s got some great stories. Like the one about a wild night in May 1965 when his band was playing a club in Birmingham, Alabama. The Rolling Stones had played their first Alabama concert earlier that night and showed up at the club where Jedge’s band was playing and ended up jamming with the band. I wonder if Keith Richard played a song he had just written a few days before? He had just written a couple days before. The Rolling Stones recorded the new song - "Satisfaction" - later that same month.

In case anyone missed them, here are the two songs from the Wombats 45.