A Photographic Retrospective By John Robert Rowlands
Donovan
Donovan wanted Jimmy Hendrix to record "Hurdy Gurdy Man".
According to Goldmine Magazine Nov. 13, 1992, Donovan met
Hendrix in
1966. He reportedly told Mickie Most that he wanted to
give the song to
Hendrix....... or ask him to play on it.
Hendrix was
touring at the time and not available.
Most had agreed the song should have a
more "heavy" feel, however.
At the time Donovan's singles
had been dipping in the charts and he felt a change
was in order. In place of
Hendrix they enlsited Allan Holdsworth of the group Blue Mink.
The song was released
in May of 1968 and became one of Donvan's his biggest hits.
Paul McCartney sings back up vocals on Mellow Yellow----
but doesn't
sing "Quite Rightly."
Mary Hopkin (Those Were the Days) led off her debut
album
called Post Card with two Donovan songs, Lord
of the Reedy River, and I
Love My Shirt.
Photograph of Donovan at a 1966 press conference by John Robert Rowlands