This single by Dutch 60s throwbacks De Keefmen is a little bit topsy turvy. Recorded as a tribute to one of the Netherlands foremost blues heroes, Harry 'Cuby' Muskee who passed away in 2011, the two songs are covers of his originals and see them sticking to their garage-rock setting with the concise 'Things I Remember' taking the lead. It's the same timeless primitive rock that we know and love, hurtling its way over the finish line, barely even having time to get started. This fuss-free and to the point approach is as old as rock 'n' roll itself and still remains standard practice for practitioners of the genre.
Although it has all the classic hallmarks, 'Things I Remember' is bettered by B-side 'L$D (Got A Million Dollars)', a comparative marathon at a mighty three-and-a-half minutes. With a slightly bluesier slant, the track almost nicks its riff from Deep Purple's 'Black Night', although it's far more sharp than their muscular sound and contains the building blocks of punk, the very movement that many claim was a direct retaliation against such indulgent, proto-metal/prog bands. It's interesting to hear a combination of the two and it ends up sounding not unlike an early Rolling Stones track, and that's no bad thing.
De Keefman - 'L$D (Got A Million Dollars)'
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