This is the first Under The Classic Rock podcast on the Monkees. New shows return next week.

Coming in 2017 - Four Tops, James Gang, Bee Gees, Chicago, Tower of Power, Blood Sweat and Tears, and I kick off the new year with Booker T And The MG's.

Happy New Year and thanks for listening to the UCR.

Bill H

Lola is about a transvestite that, according to Ray Davis, was dancing with a Kinks road manager. Davies wrote the psalm as he was drinking at a bar watching their handler friend try to engage the transgender for more than just a dance.

FOR MOST OF THEIR 45 YEARS OF CRANKING OUT MUSIC IT’S BEEN ZZ TOP WITH A SLICE OF HAM. MANAGER BILL HAM WAS A HUGE INFLUENCE ON THE BAND FROM THE BEGINNING. HE ALWAYS KEPT THAT ZZ TOP SOUND PURRING ON ALL CYLINDERS.

EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE VOCAL AND GUTIAR OVER DUBS THE SONG, IN A GADDA DA VIDA, WAS RECORDED IN ONE TAKE; THE BAND THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING A SOUND CHECK FOR THE STUDIO ENGINEER.