Lost Gem: "Midnight Moses" - Sensational Alex Harvey Band (1972)



"Underneath 
the green veranda...
singin' a song 
for mad Miranda."
~ Sensational Alex Harvey Band ~


"Framed" (1972) was Sensational Alex Harvey Band's..."Knock! Knock!  We're coming in!"...debut.

This eclectic Scotsman Alex Harvey challenged music fans to "...just try and stay out of their way, just try."  Impossible.

Their music was rock solid poundage and theatrical trippage.

Oozing with in-your-face confidence...SAHB...did whatever they wanted with brash and undeniable musicianship.

Lost Gem:--> "Midnight Moses"...is a sledge-driven ball-bruiser with Harvey throwing down the gauntlet...like Ernest T. Bass at a Window Breaker's Convention.
Zal Cleminson...the mime-faced, guitar-spank lord......brings the strings in wicked-creep fashion.
Enormously underrated...and way ahead.

Have you heard this one?


Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Underneath the green veranda
singin' a song for mad Miranda
They call me the Midnight Moses
everything I touch is comin' up roses

Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey

Tell me where I'm goin'
I've got no way of knowin'
I wish I was a forest ranger
danger, danger, danger

Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey

I had an afternoon fever
when I flew off to Geneva
I just took me a notion
to fly right across the ocean

They call me the Midnight Moses
but I'm comin' up...comin' up roses
I had an afternoon fever
when I flew off to Geneva.

Good stuff!

Casey Chambers
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whiteray said…
I used to get free boxes of records from a guy who got coordinated donations of household stuff to charities. Among one box were a few by the SAHB. Not knowing any better, I sold them and now wish I hadn't. Thanks for the reminder . . .
April 20, 2010 at 10:00 PM
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