Track 3 from their second album “Toulouse Street” released in 1972 copyright Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded at Warner Bros. Studios in North Hollywood and Wally Heider Studios in San Fransisco. The album was named for a street in the French Quarter of New Orleans and the cover photo was taken in a former brothel there. It was the first album to feature new bassist Tiran Porter and second drummer Michael Hossack. “Listen to the Music” was the band’s breakthrough single and they never looked back. A version of the band with most of the original members is currently touring on a double bill with the band Chicago. The album received excellent reviews, achieving Gold status the following year and going Platinum in 1986. Written by Patrick Simmons and produced by Ted Templeman. RIP Dave Shogren & Michael Hossack. Featuring:
Tom Johnston – Lead vocals, rhythm & lead guitars & background vocals
Patrick Simmons – Lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars & background vocals
Tiran Porter – Bass & background vocals
John “Little John” Hartman – Drums & percussion
Michael Hossack – Drums
Special Guests:
Dave Shogren – Bass & acoustic guitar on “Toulouse Street” & background vocals on “White Sun”
Bill Payne – Piano & Hammond B-3 organ
Jerry Jumonville – Tenor sax on “Cotton Mouth” & “Don’t Start Me to Talkin’”
John Robert Smith – Tenor sax on “Cotton Mouth” & “Don’t Start Me to Talkin’”
Joe Lane Davis – Baritone sax on “Cotton Mouth” & “Don’t Start Me to Talkin’”
Sherman Marshal Cyr – Trumpet on “Cotton Mouth” & “Don’t Start Me to Talkin’”
Ted Templeman – Percussion
One, two, three and four and
Layin’ back, sittin’ in the sunshine, hot wind, I drink me little rum wine
Straw hat down across my eyes lettin’ the world go by
Music, it start my toes a tappin’ drum beat to set my hands a clappin’
Rum wine, it get my head a spinnin’ turnin’ around and ’round
(Caribbean current, please take me, I hear you callin’ me home)
(Got to get back to Jamaica, I want no more to roam)
(Caribbean current, please take me, I hear you callin’ me home)
(Got to get back to Jamaica)
(Gypsy, she say I got the fever, I don’t know whether to believe her)
(But when the wind blow from the sea, my soul start to fly away)
(She give me charm that will protect me, necklace with stone from far across the sea)
(But island magic much too strong, it won’t let me go this time)
(Caribbean current, please take me, I hear you callin’ me home)
(Got to get back to Jamaica, I want no more to roam)
(Caribbean current, please take me, I hear you callin’ me home)
(Got to get back to Jamaica)
(Caribbean current, please take me, I hear you callin’ me home)
(Got to get back to Jamaica, I want no more to roam)
(Caribbean current, please take me, I hear you callin’ me home)
(Got to get back to Jamaica)