Delaware Liberal

Song of the Day 3/7: Every Mother’s Son, “Come on Down to My Boat”

This seems like a good time to get a bargain on a super-yacht, as governments around the world (not the US, yet) have begun seizing atop-the-liquid assets owned by oligarchs close to Putin. There are upwards of 10,000 boats of over 24 meters around the world, and a trade industry group estimates 7 to 10 percent are owned by Russians.

Every Mother’s Son was a folk-rock group out of Greenwich Village that scored this one hit in 1967, when it rose to No. 6 in Billboard.

When the Rare Breed recorded the tune the previous year, it was titled “Come and Take a Ride in My Boat.” The rougher garage-rock treatment gives the song some needed grit, but it failed to chart nationally.

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