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It was recorded and released in November 1970 as the debut single by McGuinness Flint, peaked at No. 2 in the UK charts [2] the following month, and reached No. 47 in the US charts in February 1971. [3] The song also peaked at No.5 in Ireland, [4] No. 6 in West Germany, [5] No. 39 in Australia, [6] No.34 in Canada, and No. 4 in Singapore.
McGuinness Flint was a rock band formed in 1970 by Tom McGuinness, a bassist and guitarist with Manfred Mann, and Hughie Flint, former drummer with John Mayall; plus vocalist and keyboard player Dennis Coulson, and multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle.
Other artists who subsequently covered the song include McGuinness Flint, Ashley Hutchings, Fairport Convention, Tim O'Brien and the 13th Floor Elevators and Mary Black. [2] [20] Irish singer Seán Keane sang "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" on his 1998 album No Stranger. [21] [22]
They recorded a second album with McGuinness Flint, Happy Birthday Ruthy Baby, again writing most of the songs, before leaving to form the duo Gallagher and Lyle in 1972. Their first album as a duo, Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, was produced by Glyn Johns and released on Capitol; they then signed to A&M Records.
After Manfred Mann disbanded in 1969, he formed McGuinness Flint with Hughie Flint, which disbanded in 1975.. Their first single "When I'm Dead and Gone" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart at the end of 1970 (losing the number one spot to Clive Dunn's Grandad), No. 47 on the Billboard pop chart and No.3 5 on the Cashbox pop chart in the U.S.,
The band's first line-up also included bassist Gary Fletcher, slide-guitarist Dave Kelly who had previously played with The John Dummer Band, Howling Wolf and John Lee Hooker and drummer Hughie Flint, of John Mayall's Blues Breakers and McGuinness Flint, the band he formed with Tom McGuinness. In 1982, Flint left and was replaced by former ...
Hughie Flint (born 15 March 1941) is an English retired drummer, known for his stint in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers during the early 1960s, mainly for his contribution towards their album Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966). In the 1970s, Flint was known for being one half of rock duo McGuinness Flint, with Tom McGuinness of Manfred Mann.
A first take of this song, unreleased until 2014's The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete, features a stream of nonsensical lyrics, held together by the chorus, "Now look here dear soup, you'd best feed the cats/The cats need feeding and you're the one to do it/Get your hat, feed the cats/You ain't goin' nowhere". [48]