03 Hey Buddy

Hey Buddy
We needed a hit. I needed to acknowledge the very heroic and in my eyes Godlike Garth Beckington one of the primary architects of Phil Lee. This song answered both those concerns nicely. In 1970 I met Garth Beckington in Carrboro, NC. I was a drummer on my second gig of the day. As a drummer, I fall somewhere between Al Jackson Jr., Keith Moon and the plate spinning guy who was on Ed Sullivan. As I mentioned it was my second gig of the day and I was throwing up and bleeding all over the place (both in between and during the songs) due to my approach and the drugs they were forcing on drummers in those days. When the singer announced I was dying and could possibly use some medical attention, out of the crowd walked what appeared to be an angel carved out of alabaster, wearing a derby hat who said “I have a band-aid. In fact, I have two band-aids.” That my friends was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. We never took America by storm, but we made some great music together as well as making a lot of girls happy and then in turn miserable all over the land.
Billy Talbot – Bass, Vocals
Ralph Molina – Drums, Vocals
Phil Lee – Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Richard Bennett – Guitar, Charango
Bill Lloyd – Background Vocals