The Shindogs – ”Who Do You Think You Are” / ”Yes, I’m Going Home” (Viva V.601) June 1966
The Shindogs | Who Do You Think You Are | (Viva) 1966 | I don’t think I could have a Los Angeles teenage rock exposé without including The Shindogs, who were the ’house band’ on TV Show Shindig!
They had an ever changing line-up but when Shindig! was cancelled during January 1966, The Shindogs settled on a regular line-up and released some singles that were commercial failures although this 45 did break into the lower reaches of the Billboard Top 100.
’Who Do You Think You Are’ had the potential to be a real sunset strip garage swinger but the vocal arrangement, for me, really subdues the power and the song just fizzles out. Far superior is the 60s pop ’Yes, I’m Going Home’ on the flip.
James Burton (lead guitar) and Glen D. Hardin (organ) eventually went on to become part of Elvis Presley’s backing band.
The Shindogs | Who Do You Think You Are | (Viva) 1966
The Shindogs – “Who Do You Think You Are” | Group from TV’s “Shindig” show debuts on the new label with a teen lyric rocker that should go all the way. Flip: “Yes, I’m Going Home”. (Billboard, 25/06/66)
The Shindogs are a cinch to jump into the national limelight with this original tabbed “Who Do You Think You Are” on the new Dot distributed Viva label. The side is a pulsating, funky blues-soaked affair about a fella who is a little bit sick of the trouble that his gal has given him.
“Yes, I’m Going Home” is an easy-going, folkish romancer with an infectious danceable riff. (Cash Box, 25/06/66)
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