Dr. Buzzard's - "Where were you when I needed you"

**discosavvy** · March 13th, 2004, 02:39 PM

There's a jazzy disco song from the 1979 album James Monroe H.S. Presents Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band GOES TO WASHINGTON that has these lyrics: "ain't you got no shame, ...be strung out, and st. james' fury, I called your name out loud, ...Where were you when I needed you, don't you think I know, where were you, where..." What's the song title?

**Bernie** · March 13th, 2004, 03:20 PM

Thought I had this album, but it's the 1978 Dr. buzz... Meets king Penett." Sorry.

**SandraDee** · March 16th, 2004, 04:12 PM

How many LPs did Dr.Buzzard release? I'm only familiar with the '76 one with Cherchez La Femme on it.

**DISCODISK** · March 16th, 2004, 05:23 PM

DISCOSAVVY i can answer this if nobody else does, the problem is i just gotta find the album :o

steely there was 4 the one you mention,meets king penett as bernie mentioned and the goes to washington discosavvy is talking about,then i believe there was a 4th much later but to be honest i gave up after the first 3,what happened to dr buzzard? :- ,i was quite excited when the second album came out but what a let down,i remember ian levine premiering 'mr love' at the ritz in manchester and i truly can never remember a record bombing in a club like that it was like somebody shouted FIRE :lol: i think hes never lived that down to this day,you know how precious he is

and there was NOTHING on the third,in truth the first album was just right for the time probibly wouldnt have happened a year earlier or a year later,ill play the fool was the opposite to mr love,in the top 3 floorfillers [disco] i ever remember.

just had a brain movement :o DISCOSAVVY without checking the album,i think you have the title,i think it was 'where were you when i needed you' 8)

**SandraDee** · March 16th, 2004, 05:35 PM

Ta for that info DD; wasn't Dr Buzzard a pseudonym used by August Darnell?

**dfc99bb** · May 7th, 2004, 11:31 AM

The 4th Dr. Buzzard album was "Calling All Beatniks", released in 1984 on the Passport label (catalog# PB 6031). It's pretty bad, think I only played it once.

**markydefad** · May 7th, 2004, 12:14 PM

Yeah, Dr. Buzzard was a most curious case. One BRILLIANT LP and lotsa crap to follow. The Kid Creole stuff was good, Cory Daye's solo LP was good--why were the Dr. Buzzard followups soooooooo lousy???? Like "how did they ever decide to release this ****"??? BAD!!!! :oops: :oops: :oops:

**NickNack** · May 7th, 2004, 02:35 PM

Hi discosavvy,

The song title is "The Seven Year Itch". :)

Where were you when I needed you? / Don't you think I know / Where were you when I needed you? / Did you think I'd croak?

I know it, you got it, yeah
Seven Year Itch
See how it shows
You got the seven year itch

**SandraDee** · May 7th, 2004, 03:49 PM

I noticed recently that there is a compilation CD out of Dr.Buzzard's best work. (It has 3 tracks! :-? Only kidding :lol: )

**dfc99bb** · May 7th, 2004, 03:50 PM

Dr. Buzzard on vinyl. (The first album was re-released a few years later with a different cat#.)

1976 RCA APL1-1504 {ORIGINAL RELEASE} DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND
1976 RCA AFL1-1504 {1981? RE-RELEASE} DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND
1978 RCA AFL1-2402 DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND MEETS KING PENETT
1979 ELEKTRA RECORDS 6E-218 DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND GOES TO WASHINGTON
1984 PASSPORT PB-6031 CALLING ALL BEATNIKS

**Chap2Power** · May 8th, 2004, 03:09 PM

Gichy Dan's Beechwood # 9 is another August Darnell entry that was released on RCA ...

An original "Coconut" was Roni Griffith..

Vincent

**markydefad** · May 8th, 2004, 03:15 PM

I did not know that Roni was a Coconut!!! Tooo Funnnee!!! :lol:

Elbow Bones & The Rackateers LP from 1984 (best remembered for "A Night In New York") was another August Darnell side-project that is damned good. Lotsa stuff on that coulda, would, shoulda been hits if they had promoted it properly. :evil:

I played it recently and it sounded, as the kidz say, sweet!!!

**SandraDee** · May 8th, 2004, 03:40 PM

Yes I agree that the Elbow Bones LP was under-rated. Back on the subject of Kid Creole trivia, didn't I read somewhere that Christina of 'Disco Clone' fame (another under-rated classic IMO!) was married to August Darnell (who, by the way, now lives in Blackpool just up the road from me - bizarre or what?! :o ). I also watched a TV program about New York last year & one of the residents it featured was Coati Mundi & he lives in a one bedroom apartment & works as a decorator I think.(I always thought one of the funniest lines in a record was 'when you came from the VD clinic I thought our love was finished' from 'Me No pop I'! :lol: )

**DISCODISK** · May 10th, 2004, 04:11 PM

MARKY a night in new york was a hit here,well #33 pop anyway

STEELY i didnt know the darnell lived in blackpool you surprise me,wonder what he makes of that place :o he was on t.v the other week on that taxi nights programmew you know the one filmed in manchester where they video drunken taxi punters,he looked really well considering he wasnt that young when they cut that first dr buzzard album.

**SandraDee** · May 12th, 2004, 03:28 PM

Yes I saw that Taxi Nights program DD (the whole series features the Manchester 'scene' quite a bit - the taxi drivers here are very nice generally; I can't tell u the amount of times I haven't had to pay for a taxi! :o :-? ) I did have it on good authority that Mr.Darnell lived in Blackpool after appearing in a production of 'Boogie Nights' & liked it so much he stayed! :o

**Chap2Power** · May 15th, 2004, 01:14 AM

Another little known fact is that darnell is Canadian, born in Montreal.

Vincent

**SandraDee** · May 16th, 2004, 03:08 PM

Montreal really is a wealth of talent it seems, especially when it comes to 'our' music. So many records that I thought of as New York disco records in fact originated from Montreal. It must be a groovy city! 8)