I picked up an odds & sods collection of NRBQ tracks – Stay with We – taken from their short-lived stint on the almighty Columbia label. One tune that I found to be particularly energizing – “I Say Gooday Goodnite” – was identified in the CD’s liner notes as “previously unreleased,” which I found to be rather unjust: had Columbia allowed NRBQ to release a second proper album (the label’s “arranged marriage” with Carl Perkins, Boppin’ the Blues, from 1969 doesn’t count), this spirited recording of Steve Ferguson‘s 87-second romp would undoubtedly have been on there:
“I Say Gooday Goodnite“
NRBQ (1969)
“Future Shock” typeface in popular music
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You Can’t Keep a Good Song Down
I am happy to report that “Gooday Goodnite” has recently been revitalized by those irrepressible Spampinato Brothers:
