How about that! It looks like the title of the Jackass Has Haybreath/21TR tune 'Bay City Kitty' has similar origins to the name of Scottish pop outfit the Bay City Rollers. (I think Super suggested as much one time, but I scoffed dubiously).
According to a website called classicbands.com...
"The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop/rock band who began to take shape when they were known as The Saxons....
Wanting to change their name to something that sounded more 'American', they decided to stick a pin in a map of the United States to help them choose a new handle. The first attempt landed in Arkansas, but wanting something sexier, the next nearest place that appealed to them was Bay City, Michigan. The suffix 'Rollers' was added and the new name was complete."
Of course, Super Robertson penned the words to Bay City Kitty in honour of a family cat that 'bolted from the car' while the Robertson family was travelling through Michigan.
Anyway, the Jackass version contained a rather nifty bass line from Smash. I noticed that Alvaro Rojas, who once again stopped by for the first half of Supper Show, seems to have picked up on the same groove. Another one for the great minds think alike file.
Pretty decent 21TR set all around.
I seem to recall a poem moment, but I may have been daydreaming. Then Hobbs/Black/Robertson went back up.
Sim joined them for a version of 'Bill Von Bacon Tell' that was Withnailian in its utter dishevelment.
Dustin came up for a much better 'Curtain Draws.'
Then 'Last Call,' and that was it.
Dare I use the word 'consistency?'
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Yes, I remember the Rollers telling that story during an appearance on the Merv Griffin Show circa 1975. Merv quipped, "Oooh, so you might have been The Walla-Walla Rollers." The audience laughed, then Merv said, "We'll be right back."
"Withnailian in its utter dishevelment" is very good.
Buzy was the cat that belonged to Rev. Dick Badcock and myself. We shared a house while attending the University of Western Ontario. We tried to take her tree planting one summer in Northern Ontario. Of course we went the American way (through Detroit and up to Sue St. Marie). Needless to say we lost Buzy in Bay City, in the parking lot of Mc Donalds.
We called her Buzy, so we could say Let's get busy! (The Rev's idea)
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