A Song I Wrote With Skip Spence While We Were Members Of The Band 'Jefferson Airplane'
Story behind the song
About this song:
Bob Harvey:
In August of 1965, Matthew Katz, the manager, took Jefferson Airplane to Los Angeles to audition for several labels. He got us rooms at the Palms, a secluded lodge in the Hollywood hills. Skip Spence and I had a room together. We spent that first night getting high and writing a song called "Hurting For People".
I wrote the lyrics in my journal, and have hung on to them for 39 years, but the melody was never recorded and was lost in the mists of time, so when I decided to use it for the latest Moby Grape tribute album, I got together with Brian Fowler and we put new music to the lyrics. the one part of Skip's melody that I could remember was to the line, "love is just reaching out while someone else is reaching in". It fit perfectly with the new chord structure.
Brian and I recorded "Hurting For People" with an engineer named Melonie Emerson Taft. She is truly amazing. She got great sound out of all the instruments, including my voice. I'll be proud to have on the new tribute album.
Bob Harvey & Brian Fowler
Song written by (Harvey-Spence-Fowler) Produced by Melonie Taft contact SFB at Brian Fowler follicle777@yahoo.com or Bob Harvey lyricplus@aol.com
San Francisco Blue is currently in the studio recording the follow-up to Hurting for People. The new album is titled "Seeds of Revolution" to be released in January 2006.
Latebreaking SFB information go to: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sfblue/
By Bob Harvey, Skip Spence, Brian Fowler Chorus Dm/Hurting for people - C/got no time to wait Dm/Hurting for people - Dm/got no Am/time to Dm-Am-Dm/hate Dm/Don't tell me what love C/ought to be It's Dm/just a Am/need to Dm-Am-Dm/communicate C/Go find someone - and G/you will see C/Go find someone - and G/learn to be You'll find that love is just reaching out -Bar 3rdFret While someone else is reaching in - You can make it through C/Say what you want - I'll G/give it to you C/All I can take - is G/what you're willing to Take the path you can't resist Go through the door that's easiest C/Open your heart for G/it's the key C/That will make you strong & G/set you free You'll find that love is just reaching out While someone else is reaching in - you can make it too
Bob Harvey-Lead Vocals,Acoustic Bass(Children of the Wind),Acoustic Guitar,harmonica Brian Fowler-Mandolin,Fiddle,Lead Guitar,Electric Bass(Hurting For People,Beating Of your heart,World War #3,Listen to the Voice,Your Smile,Married In Georgia) Dr. David Wisdo-Acoustic Bass(Bitter Cherry,Walking the Dog) Hank Tart-drums
reviews:
A lovely warm 'alt country' opener, the title track is co-composed by the legendary Skip Spence whose 'Oar' album remains one of the finest of its ilk. Brian Fowler's mandolin playing is brilliant throughout especially in the extended solo on 'Bitter Cherry'. Bob Harvey writes most of the songs sometimes in collaboration with others. Harvey was in an early incarnation of Jefferson Airplane while Brian Fowler produced the most enjoyable 'Folk Art' CD with his band Jones Avenue a couple of years back. In fact his song 'Third World War' is reprised here. 'Hurting for People' has a very spontaneous feel to it- what you hear is what you get and Harvey's vocal style is not to be missed!
It's his harmonica that leads the way on 'Listen to the Voice', a fine song with a serious message while the 7 minute rendition of 'Walking The Dog' is a lot of fun. Check it out!
Reviewed by Phil Jackson for Zeitgeist
Lyrics
Lyrics:
(Harvey-Spence-Fowler)
By Bob Harvey, Skip Spence, Brian Fowler
Chorus
Dm/Hurting for people - C/got no time to wait
Dm/Hurting for people - Dm/got no Am/time to Dm-Am-Dm/hate
Dm/Don't tell me what love C/ought to be
It's Dm/just a Am/need to Dm-Am-Dm/communicate
C/Go find someone - and G/you will see
C/Go find someone - and G/learn to be
You'll find that love is just reaching out -Bar 3rdFret
While someone else is reaching in - You can make it through
C/Say what you want - I'll G/give it to you
C/All I can take - is G/what you're willing to
Take the path you can't resist
Go through the door that's easiest
C/Open your heart for G/it's the key
C/That will make you strong & G/set you free
You'll find that love is just reaching out
While someone else is reaching in - you can make it too
(©2005)