#THE RAINY DAZE FE FI FO FUM MAC#

Mac Ferris – lead guitar – University of Colorado.Kip Gilbert – drums (Viscounts) University of Colorado.Tim Gilbert – guitar – University of Colorado.They were managed by Denver DJ Dave Diamond The band signed a contract in 1966 with Phil Spector for management rights. The band opened for national acts including the Rolling Stones, the McCoys, Patti La Belle and the Blue Belles, the Vibrations, Freddie and the Dreamers, Freddy Cannon, the Kinks and the Beau Brummels – and probably others. The song sailed to the top of the charts to number 1 in November of 1967. Carter said the words to the song were simply “meaningless” but rhyming nouns. While still students – they were approached by Slay to provide words for the tune. Fred Bronson in his book “The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits” relates a great story about “Incense and Peppermints”.

Like their fellow Colorado band The Boenzee Cryque – they were signed to the small Chicory label by Frank Slay – who attended Colorado Battle of the Bands events – as did many record executives from around the country. The duo also penned “Incense and Peppermints” which was recorded by label mates The Strawberry Alarm Clock. It’s all history, it’s all music and it often makes no sense.The group formed in the mid 1960’s – Tim Gilbert penned their big hit “That Acapulco Gold” along with his C.U.

So the likelihood of hearing a Stereo version of this track are remote at best.īut with all that in mind, you can’t keep a great song down and this is one of the many overlooked classics that are hidden away on the b-sides of singles, or the dusty tape shelves or the initially poorly received follow-up singles. Making matters worse, the original 4-track masters were destroyed in the great fire at Universal City a couple of years ago. Sadder, this track never wound up on the debut Rainy Daze album and has subsequently never been reissued by anyone even recently (as far as I know). I remember hearing it once when it first came out via my local Top-40 station, and then it was never heard from again. Despite the title change, it didn’t fare well for the band and the single went almost nowhere. Tonight it’s the follow-up single, first issued in May of 1967 under the title Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum and later reissued around August as Blood of Oblivion. Which was a shame, as The Rainy Daze had a lot more to say than merely Acapulco Gold (their big claim to fame).

I realize there are a bunch of you out there who are new to this site, never having heard of the old one, so all this is new to you.Īnd even if you’ve been following the old site, this is still a great almost totally unknown track by a band that quick got pigeonholed as a One-Hit Novelty Act. I originally posted this track a couple years ago on my now-defunct Newstalgia site. The Rainy Daze – Pigeonholed as one-hit novelty wonders.

The rainy daze fe fi fo fum