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| A solid rock band, indeed. The lineup on the 45, from left: John Sidoti (bass), P.I. Breton (drums, vocals), Peter Horodysky (guitar). Photos courtesy of Peter Horodysky. |
Wild Cherry's b-side track "She Won't Care" possesses that timeless quality — it could be a '60s tune, or could be a powerpop single from the late '70s or beyond. Turns out, it was right in between, recorded in late 1970! Songwriter and guitarist Peter Horodysky relays the story of the band behind this little gem:
I went to school in Bridgeport, P.I. went to Stratford High School and John went to Milford High School. P.I. and I met in about 1968, jamming with mutual friends. John joined the band in early 1970 through an open tryout for bass players. At this point we were only three piece, but added a lead singer later on. The record was recorded while we were still three-piece. We were together only a short time and probably broke up around 1972. We played various clubs and college mixers in southern CT and also the Blue Sands, which was in Westerly, R.I., a couple of times. We won the Milford Jaycees battle of the bands in 1971 and came in second at the state competition. We were not a very popular club band because we played very loud and did very little cover music. We played a lot of originals at the time which for the most part didn’t go over well in bars where people just wanted to dance.
The idea of the record was to get local airplay, which never really happened, and to distribute the record to the local stores. Our manager was a college English major and was also into British history. He came up with the Staehle-Tudor label name. Don’t really know the significance.
The guy who owned the studio was from a totally different era. Marty Kugell, who earlier in his career produced “In the Still of the Night” by the Five Satins. For the most part he produced “She Won’t Care” but really didn’t understand the sound we were going for. When we played out we were a pretty loud band. I was also a big Who fan, so I had always imagined something with a lot more drive. I had used “The Kids Are Alright” as my go-by guide but it didn’t work out that way. At that time there weren’t amps with overdrive channels so to achieve overdrive we basically cranked up to full. In the studio, Marty wouldn’t hear of it so we pretty much recorded at a lower clean volume.
I went back and read the bio on Blue Mist and saw they were booked at the Blue Sands in Westerly by Dean Bibbens. Dean was also the agent who booked us there. Now that I think about it, that gig was just before we became Wild Cherry. We were called Savoy Rich at the time and were a five piece. Three members left just after we played there so it was just P.I. and I so we formed Wild Cherry.
Now time to crank this up to "11" until your speakers reach overdrive!
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WILD CHERRY
You Ain't Got Nobody / She Won't Care
Staehle-Tudor (SR-105)
© December 1970
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