Randy Newman wrote it, Three Dog Night had the hit, but The Hobbledehoy loves this “pub rock” classic!

Brritain pub-rock at it’s finest: Here’s the legendary band Brinsley Schwarz performing the Randy Newman song “Mamma Told Me Not to Come.” Check-out Nick Lowe on the standup bass!
This clip originated on a BBC broadcast from 1973.

“Pub rock” describes a subgenre of rock music that emerged in the early to mid-1970s in the United Kingdom. A back-to-basics movement, which incorporated roots rock, pub rock was a reaction against the expensively-recorded and produced progressive rock and flashy glam rock scenes at the time. Although short-lived, pub rock was played live in small traditional venues like pubs and clubs.

Brinsley Schwarz were a 1970s English pub rock band, named after their guitarist Brinsley Schwarz. With Nick Lowe on bass and vocals, keyboardist Bob Andrews and drummer Billy Rankin, the band evolved from the 1960s pop band Kippington Lodge. They were later augmented by Ian Gomm on guitar and vocals

Source: Wikipedia

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