Their first major hit was “I Don’t Need No Doctor”, a 1966 R&B song, on their album “ Performance Rockin’ the Fillmore” released in 1971. But the predominant group personality shown through by the song is Marriott’s so much so that for example when years later Clempson was asked about efforts to reform the group without Marriott, he simply declaimed, “It’s a waste of time.” Pie guitarist Clem Clempson (who had replaced the original guitarist Peter Frampton) has said it is one of the tracks he would most like his career to be remembered by. ![]() ![]() It’s also possible that the film was Somebody Up There Likes Me, a 1956 movie where Paul Newman is threatened with the “30 days in the hole.” (Most lyrics listings get this wrong, and say “buzzed on” or “bust on”.) Marriott has said that inspiration for the title came from a Humphrey Bogart/James Cagney movie he saw on TV, where Bogart plays a prisoner who gets sent to “30 days in the hole.” Marriott may have been referring to the 1938 movie Angels With Dirty Faces, although that line is never uttered in the film. The song refers to Borstal – “some seeds and dust, and you got Borstal”- referring to Borstal Prison and its borstal ilk – any manner of a British juvenile gaol (British for jail). “New Castle Brown” is often mistaken as a reference to Newcastle Brown Ale but actually refers to heroin also known as “Brown” or “Smack”. The song, a Steve Marriott composition released in 1972, bemoans being arrested for possession of small quantities of illegal drugs, including cocaine Durban poison, a potent strain of marijuana, and Red Lebanese and Black Nepalese, two types of hashish. The original band line-up featured lead vocalist and guitarist Steve Marriott from The Small Faces, vocalist and guitarist Peter Frampton from The Herd, former Spooky Tooth bassist Greg Ridley and a 17-year-old drummer, Jerry Shirley, from The Apostolic Intervention. fade with ad libs and laughter!)ģ0 days in the hole (etc. Ya take a greasy whore, add a rollin' dance floor,ģ0 days in the hole (30 days, 30 days in the hole)ģ0 days in the hole (etc. "Git, git, git, gitcha long hair cut an' come out children"īlack Napalese it gotcha weak in the knees, Ya take a urban noise with some Durban Poison,ģ0 days in the hole (what they give ya now)ģ0 days in the hole (alright alright uhha) If ya live on the road, well there's a new highway code, Take a greasy whore add a rollin' dance floor, Newcastle brown I'm tellin' ya can sure smack ya down, "now I am racin' " (laughter) "Ho Ho Yeah!" "C'mon in man, that's it" "Yeah right" Intro starts "ooh" "alright" X4 "Yeah yeh"Ĭhicago green talkin' 'bout RED Lebanese,īlack Napalese it gotcha weak in ya knees.ģ0 days in the hole (that's what they give) ![]() You take a greasy whore and a rollin' dance floor Gonna sneeze some dust that you got busted on You take the urban noise with some dirt with poisonīlack napalese, it got you weak in your knees If you live on the road, well there's a new highway code Take a greasy whore and a rollin' dance floor Newcastle Brown, I'm tellin' you, it can sure smack you down All right all right all right all right, yeahĬhicago Green, talkin' 'bout Black Lebaneseīlack napalese, it's got you weak in your knees
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