For a time in the early '80s, Susie Hulcher and I were the first-call subs for The
Convertibles. Our version featured songwriter Scott Boyer on guitar, Brian "BW"
Wheeler on drums, the inimitable Topper Price on harmonica, me on guitar/pedal
steel and Susie on bass. And if I remember correctly, we all sang lead and background
background vocals at some point and just had a great time playing together. I cannot
remember the identities of the two players we we subbed for, but we played a bunch
of gigs with Scott, Topper and BW. We never recorded any of our live shows, but one
studio cut survives. If memory serves me, we were helping Scott with some of his
songwriter demos one afternoon at his studio in Point Clear, AL. We actually cut two
or three of his tunes during the session. But the only recording that made it through
to the 21st century is the one on this page, and I don't have a clue what the other
tunes might've been. The lineup was Scott (rhythm guitar/lead vocals), Topper
(harmonica/backing vocals), Joey (lead guitar/pedal steel/backing vocals), Susie
(bass/backing vocals) & Brian “BW” Wheeler (drums).
I'm not sure what Scott called this tongue-in-cheeky tune, but I've always called it...
"The Blues Got Me Lookin' Thru The Glass Of A Fifth Of Early Times 'Cause Of You"