WIKIPEDIA: Upon release [1965}, "A Public Execution" bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 at number 121. It was a tremendous regional hit for the group and proved to be their most successful release.[1] The tune has since gained wider recognition for being featured on the groundbreaking album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 in 1972, along with other Nuggets releases More Nuggets, Volume 2 and Nuggets: Volume 6, Punk Part 2. In later years, the song has appeared on the compilation albums Public Execution and The Fraternity Years.[3]
On the early songs, Bugs Henderson was doing lead guitar, another Texas guitar hero, particularly with his use on "Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice" which precedes the guitar shredding of Jimi Hendrix by about a year.
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I listen to this album a lot, particularly A Public Execution and Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice. The whole Fraternity Years album is great.
Were those national hits or just Texas hits? I've liked the group ever since I first heard "A Public Execution" way back when.
Like Bob Dylan but lacking his articulation.
"Execution" was a minor national hit, at least, as noted on FB.
WIKIPEDIA: Upon release [1965}, "A Public Execution" bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 at number 121. It was a tremendous regional hit for the group and proved to be their most successful release.[1] The tune has since gained wider recognition for being featured on the groundbreaking album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 in 1972, along with other Nuggets releases More Nuggets, Volume 2 and Nuggets: Volume 6, Punk Part 2. In later years, the song has appeared on the compilation albums Public Execution and The Fraternity Years.[3]
I knew it was a huge hit in Texas. It was all over the radio in 1965.
On the early songs, Bugs Henderson was doing lead guitar, another Texas guitar hero, particularly with his use on "Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice" which precedes the guitar shredding of Jimi Hendrix by about a year.
That's another classic!
I imagine George Kelley might endorse the video component here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuF_3fxDznI
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