Hurdy Gurdy Man

[marym625]

Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968) Original Video 16 HD:

[marym625]

1. I have no idea how the little dude with tongue out got there

[Ahpook]

2. Another version :)

[marym625]

3. I love Donovan

And I love Hurdy Gurdy Man. Evidently I am alone in that here but I don't care

[Joe Shlabotnik]

4. There were rumours, though all denied or debunked

that Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham were the backing band on this tune. Even if it was conspiracy theory, it is audibly believable.

[marym625]

5. I had no idea!

No wonder I love it so much!

I just looked it up on Wikipedia, which is usually a good source for this kind of thing

[div class="excerpt", Musicians for the song

In the booklet that came with Donovan's 1992 double CD, Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976, Allan Holdsworth andJimmy Page are listed as the electric guitarplayers and John Bonham and Clem Cattini(spelled as "Clem Clatini&quot as drummers on the recording. However, according to John Paul Jones, who arranged and played bass on the track (and also booked the session musicians), Clem Cattini played the drums and Alan Parker played the electric guitar.[8]This line-up was confirmed by Cattini. [9] In Donovan's autobiography, he credits Cattini (spelled as "Catini&quot and Bonham for the drums.[2]

On Jimmy Page's website, he lists this song as one on which he plays.[10] However, someone on a forum site said that Page himself has never claimed to have played on the track and has also said that Alan Parker was the guitarist on the session.[11] Donovan said that Page was the guitarist in Hannes Rossacher's 2008 documentary Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan, where he also asserted that the song ushered in theCeltic rock sound which would lead to Page, Jones, and Bonham forming Led Zeppelinsoon afterwards. In Donovan's autobiography, he credited both Page and "Allen Hollsworth" as the "guitar wizards" for the song.[2] However, he also says that "Hollsworth" had played with Blue Mink, which was a band that Alan Parker had played in.[2] In the autobiography, Donovan said that perhaps this session inspired the creation of Led Zeppelin


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