Song of the Day
Eric Burdon: the old warhorse of the blues.
GTO- Eric Burdon Eric Burdon hasn't been on the charts since he recorded
Spill the Wine with the L.A. based funk ensemble War in 1970. That doesn't mean he hasn't been around. He's been a neverending tour for the past 40 years with neverending array of reformed Animals, reunited Animals, and new versions of the Eric Burdon Band.
Eric never been anything other than a working musican in good times and bad times for nearly 50 years. He's 68 years old and his robust voice shows no signs of wear and tear. It's remarkable because Burdon still sings with the kind of firery abandon that should have destroyed his vocal chords by the age of 35.
David Munyon's song
GTO is the perfect fit for Eric Burdon's expressive voice. Not too many folks can sing an ode to a muscle car with the kind of passion that Burdon pours into his vocal. Burdon has talent for singing behind the tempo of the song which only the most gifted of blues singers have. His singing sounds like he's having an intimate conversation with the listerner. Burdons voice is the perfect device for Munyon's ornate Southern gothic lyrics.
GTO
Words and Music by David Munyon
As Performed by Eric Burdon
In Biloxi Mississippi on a street called Waterloo
At the roadhouse where the highway
Does a little number there with a 42
On a chasin' for some lovin'
On a humid afternoon
She's delighted he's a quitter
He probably never will deliver
So she leaves him with his rock 'n' roll tunes
But he's still got the GTO
And he still loves to drive that road
He's still got a GTO mighty good
It's a kind of gold
GTO
On the blue team in Virginia
Another weekend maneuver
On a weekend with per diem
A lot of work there for democracy
There's a governor from assembly
Reciting good poems from his memory
And all of his money in his money jar
He traded for one muscle car
But he's still got the GTO
And he still loves to drive that road
He's still got a GTO mighty good
It's a kind of gold
GTO
In Malibu California
There's a surfer do you remember
He used to ride the Big Kahuna
With Robin and Finesse
They used to call him Super Hooter
He used to rock there to Wooly Bully
He's the one you can see him on the beach
They call him old man
Check out the girls in their cars
But he's still got the GTO
And he still loves to drive that road
He's still got a GTO mighty good
It's kind of gold
GTO