Friday on my Mind 112: Painter Man
Posted in Prog Rock, 1960s, Friday On My Mind, The Troggs, Music 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