Behind The Vinyl: "Sweet City Woman" with Rich Dodson from The Stampeders

[@kirk4086]

Dude...thanks again from all of us over 60!!!!

[@drumdude46]

Song is so 'near and dear' to my heart. Grew up in Las Vegas ( Fam had moved there from an Air Base in Japan...directly....in 1964...I was 4 that year; and 7 or so years later, when i was 11 in 1971....This tune was one of so many 'great' early 70's Radio AM hits, that i cherish so. Such a wonderful, Optimistic, Happy Sound. Has stayed with me my entire life thus far. Now living in Reno, NV....and am 62. Thank you Stampeders...for this True "Gem' of a Happy Song!

[@davidmaye6780]

Real nice guy. Met him at a Quebec gig.

[@tod3msn]

Great tribute to the song and the early rock music scene of Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. Great story! Thanks so much!

[@aviationcarsnature4611]

I love these behind the Vinyl segments......

[@Skaggins]

This song made it into my heart thanks to Cleveland, Ohio's BIG CHUCK AND LITTLE JOHN SHOW on Friday late nights. Chuck and John used "Sweet City Woman" as the bumper/background music to one of their segments every week. Every time I play it, I go back to those days in the early '80s, staying up with my brothers. Good, good memories!

[@PTRMAN]

One of my favorite sing-alongs. What a hook that chorus is!

[@eric7922]

I love these behind the Vinyl’s man, they’re all great...Stampeders!!!!

[@dynjarren7523]

So this is the guy came up with this great song! This song stands up to the test of time. I did not know it was a Canadian band. Cool 😎! I still like this song!

[@dyrphotography]

Wild Eyes, Playing In The Band and, of course, Sweet City Woman...what kid wasn't whistling these Classic Tunes back in the mid 70's"? A great band!

[@richardthompson6366]

Finally saw the Stampeders live a few years ago at Georgian College, Barrie Ontario. Stampeders greatest hits was the first CD I ever bought, true story.

[@peter_aka_hamamass]

Happy summertime music 👍👍👍

[@johnnybrown7222]

Greatest band ever

[@jeffthewhiff]

This is still one of my all-time favorite songs and believe it or not, I can remember when it came-out even though I was only in first grade!

[@ColtonBlumhagen]

My bluegrass soul aches every time I hear a banjo being strummed. But I stil like this song.

[@haskellbob]

Thanks for giving me the context and history of the song that I love so much. And thanks for the song, all these years later. The lyrics came to mean to me, in '71, this girl I was going out with, and they still do refer to her in my memory.

[@kenbarthSimAV8tor]

Here they are; the Stampeders ❤

[@brooklynboy1000]

i grew up in NYC listening to WABC-77 and I do remember this song for sure!

[@busterdawg5359]

"she brings me love and tenderness and the macaroons" One of the first songs I learned to play and sing on my 12$ guitar. Fond memory!

[@manguera9]

i am a fan of guitar(rock ,jazz ,classical) since the 60, when i heard it in 1971, i felt the song was very catchy , but what called my attention was the solo guitar ,i became a fan of the song, the solo guitar(distortion by Marshall amp?) very sweet melodic line over the G G6 /Am9 Am. that merge produce a mix of smooth country jazz sound..the lyrics were marvelous story teller about seeing a girlfriend ,to the city and she was a singer..and the chorus is something that will live for ever ,very sweet . like the title of the song...at the end ..i think this was the perfect arrangement..well done

[@lsmith683]

I remember this song when I was a kid.

[@joeannfarrell4885]

Love love love this song !!💙

[@chrissnodgrass2705]

That’s my favorite song

[@diix]

I had that LP shown on the floor! Most of the songs on it were my first exposure to them.

[@bowlingdj300]

Classic stuff, so good!

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

A great band and a gentleman TY

[@wildbilltexas]

Don't they have a copy of the Sweet City Woman album? Oh well I bought K-tel albums too in the 70's. I loved the song when I heard it in the radio and wore out my Bell 45.

[@realjaxon]

LOL. I still have that k-Tel LP ! 😀

[@shyman99]

What a great song. Still sounds as fresh today as it did back when I heard it in '71. They just don't make em like this anymore.

[@itchyvinyl]

This song is so nostalgic for me. I hunted down the album on vinyl a few years ago.

[@MrThebigplay]

Saw them at century casino edmonton .great show ..met the boys after .got an old album of theirs signed .it was wonderful hearing all the top hits again .sounded great😊👍

[@2020Bookworm]

I have this song on my MP3 Player.

[@passtheparcel2024]

Its paced just right, the sound is smooth an sophisticated. Love it. Transcends time an space. Just as fresh now in (2021)than it was then.........

[@tdunph4250]

Love The Stampeders!! CLASSIC CANADIAN BAND!!

[@alanwood5857]

The banjo works so well in that song, The Stampeders were the first live concert I ever saw on the east coast in the mid 70's. My sister had "Against The Grain" 8-track I'd play when she was out!

[@peterwassmuth4014]

HaHa! Totally ThX for sharing! Got My Mojo Working! If I want to feel good! Is just amazing. Only Stampeders can do this one in my taste.

[@rimaty123]

As a child of the 70,s that inherited both my parents love of music and most of their vinyl collection are a few stampeder pls 😁

[@fxbertrand]

Bon c'est bon! c'est bon bon bon bon bon, c'est dont bon! here for the ones that wonders what are the french lyrics in the middle of the song...

[@MarkBoese]

Close...

[@jimh527]

Brilliant. 😅

[@guerreirodedeus5200]

wonderful song!

[@patriciaturonek4612]

So great

[@imannonymous7707]

Loved this song when i was 3 years old......not so much now but youve chosen worse tracks. Brings back memories, like good rocknroll does

[@passtheparcel2024]

Country funk, who knew!

[@kamac8761]

Love you guys! Saw you here in London a little while ago at the Grand Theatre. You guys were awesome!

[@richardzion1828]

Cool!

[@michaelboccia6665]

tell us about the tuba part !

[@edwardbliss8931]

They were all the rage in that CBC documentary

[@sonoranoasis3012]

Looking at live shows on KZbin, I hear the banjo but there isn't one on stage, I presume a recorded version of the banjo part is playing. You can't get a banjo sound out of a guitar. Not sure I believe this story. Perhaps a studio musician played the banjo? Could be why he says he can't play it now? Maybe he never did?

[@45sguy68]

Fuckin Rich drops the stylus RIGHT ON

[@Larry-ro7vj]

My brother dropped out of the band just before this hit.. doh

[@45sguy68]

fuckin' LONG AND MCQUADE. Go Canada

[@infinera06]

Number 1 in NY?! Really? I don't think this even made top 10 in Chicago.

[@kevingoins3864]

Not a surprise. WABC determined chart rankings based on the Big Apple listeners who'd request the tunes. BTW - the single peaked at #2 on the WLS survey in Chicago :) www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls100471.htm

[@robburgess4556]

His only copy is on a K-Tel compilation?

[@TroyMcCallum]

+Rob Burgess Ha! It was the only copy we could find on short notice. He was cool with it.

[@robburgess4556]

+Troy McCallum That's how we discovered so much cool music back in the day, and all for $2.99!

[@TroyMcCallum]

Yeah, but the tunes were all edited down.

[@robburgess4556]

Troy McCallum What do you expect for 3 bucks? LOL

[@boom973Toronto]

It was the only copy we could find on such short notice, but it got you talking. lol

[@jhonhall928]

A Mafioso banjo player.

[@ArchFundy]

I saw these guys in Weyburn Sask. back in the '70's. Great band. Horrible venue. Too bad. I would have liked to see them in a place with decent acoustics. Edit: The opening act was James Leroy. He had a minor hit at the time called Lady Ellen. He was killed soon after. I believe it was on his way to his next performance. RIP James.