Friday on my Mind 112: Painter Man
Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind, Music, Prog Rock, The Troggs at 12:00 on 9 January 2015
A small hit in the UK (no 36) but a no 8 in Germany. The track has echoes of The Troggs and The Who of I’m a Boy and prefigures the Roy Wood era Electric Light Orchestra. The video features “guitarist” Eddie Phillips playing his instrument with a violin bow – reputedly the first to do so – a major contributor to the record’s sound. Another antecedent of Prog Rock?
Phillips had also used this technique on their previous single, Making Time.
The Creation: Painter Man
Tags: Electric Light Orchestra, I'm a Boy, Making Time, Painter Man, Prog Rock, Roy Wood, The Creation, The Troggs, The Who
