Today was one of those whirlwind sort of days. I had to drop off Eickholt the younger at the parents house and trek down to Saint Paul to sign some paperwork, then head back to the parents in time to make sure Eickholt the younger was able to take a nap before "hitting time" (when ETY gets tired, ETY likes to hit to get the point across that they are indeed tired).
The good thing was that the route to the parents takes me through Blaine, which means I get to stop off at Half Price Books for some quarter 45s. Acting on a tip, I knew there was a bunch of 80s and 90s country 45s, so I feasted on some Randy Travis, Garth Brooks and George Strait. I also procured a remix 7" of Every Heartbeat by Amy Grant, which caused me to react like some people do when they find Elvis records on Sun.
While hunting I found a 45 on that weird 70s Capitol Bullseye label that I had seen mentioned on a couple of music blogs. For a quarter, I figured I could give When I'm Dead and Gone by McGuinness Flint a chance. Good call on my part. The backstory is a bunch of 60s bit players got together and rocked a bitchin song inspired by Robert Johnson. They included Mandolin and kazoo as instruments. It hit #2 in the UK and top 40 in the US in 1970, and then the band imploded. And here it is, for your listening pleasure:
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