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Handbags & Gladrags (GlamFolkRockMIX)
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We have done two versions of this track basically due to wanting to keep the OG glam country version but felt this folk version also had some value - couldn't do a 'Sophie's choice' here so kept them both, lol!
folk sixties schneider d abo
some people get by with a little understanding, some people get by with a whole lot more..
think back to when Gary Numan wrote and recorded 'Cars' in 1979 and if we don't think we've lost something we're crazy...but if we think it's coming back anytime soon then we are complete fools... can you still recall in the juke box hall when the music played and the world spun round to a brand new sound in those far off days.. in their blue suede shoes they would scream and shout as they sang the blues, let it all hang out.. rock and roll..
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Peak #25
Peak in subgenre #4
Author
Mike d'Abo
Rights
c.1967 Mike d'Abo
Uploaded
August 23, 2025
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MP3 5.5 MB 184 kbps 4:11
Story behind the song
we continually believe genre's are fluid and can easily adapt to any song (you can punk out ABBA and you can disco the Pistols) - you just change it up and if it works then that's it...I'm not saying these two work, lol but we've tried (again) to do them in our own style (maybe slightly inspired by Marilyn Manson's brilliant 'We Are Chaos' set, lol) with our own vibe and have identified one as 'country' and one as 'folk', and kept the 'glam rock' with both...lol!
Lyrics
the handbags and the gladrags that your granddad had to sweat to buy...
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MikeBennett
Aug 25
I listened to the other version first but this one shines brightly as well.
KeithMitchell
Aug 24
That's what I like about this and any cover that you and Steve do....you put your stamp on it.....taking them to another dimension. This is no different. As Steve says....keep 'em coming. Top job.
steveweyman
Aug 24
Absolutely important to put you own stamp on covers and you have done fantastically on both different versions of this song . I’ve done it many times with a cover of the original concept and then maybe an acoustic laid back or folky version of a song . Free fallin , last train home , sweet child of mine , Robert Johnson’s crossroads (a modern version ) are some examples . Keep ‘em coming Greg !