Digging deep for this song
Here’s a group that only lasted a few years but really made a difference at the time. Back in 1972 living in Detroit we only had a couple of choices for music, at least the kind I liked. For anyone from that area you’ll remember CLKW which played all the best music. The song you’ll hear “Go all the way” had a special importance for a 13 year boy..if youknow what I mean!
CKLW happened to be a Candadian station but that didn’t matter to us. Here’s a brief discription of the band you’ll here below-
Pioneering the power pop style long before it was fashionable, few bands were as commercially successful or as critically battered as Cleveland, Ohio’s the Raspberries. Eric Carmen and Wally Bryson, the band’s primary songwriters and frontmen, both worshipped at the alter of The Beatles, Brian Wilson, British Invasion bands, and Phil Spector’s “wall of sound” production techniques, and had a romanticized concept of pop music that harkened back to an earlier era. The creative tension between Carmen’s melodic teen heartthrob sensibilities and Bryson’s harder rock instincts fueled the bands music, creating an irresistible blend.
The band’s self-titled 1972 debut album, complete with a scratch and sniff cover, contained the AM radio smash “Go All the Way,” which simultaneously blessed and doomed the band. While it unquestionably brought them immediate recognition and a gold record, it also pigeonholed them as a vocal harmony oriented teeny bopper band, which in reality only scratched the surface of the group’s abilities.
If you’ve listened to this band please leave a comment with where you first heard them.
