Never Been Any Reason - Head East (1975) 3/17/21

Today's "Great Song of the '70s" was not a chart-topper. In fact, it peaked at just #68 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1975.**

And yet, it was a monster floor-filler at the dance clubs, a heavy duty jukebox favorite that inspired dozens of covers by garage bands everywhere, and to this day, a regular cut on classic rock stations throughout the US.

"Never Been Any Reason" by Head East features heavy guitars, bangin' drums, solid harmonies and dueling mini-moogs!

According to the late Mike Somerville, who wrote the song, that last part was purely accidental.

Back in the days before computerized mixing, it had to be done by hand. The recording engineer accidentally left open a channel featuring some noodling on a mini-moog, and the band liked it so much, they not only left it in, they actually recorded a SECOND mini-moog part for counterpoint.

It was an effect that really kicked--especially when it was played LOUD, and that's how we played it at She-nannigans in Eau Claire. People would literally scream when we played it, and we played it almost every night for years!

In other words, there has "Never Been Any Reason" to believe it's not a "Great Song of 1975!"

CRANK IT UP, AND ENJOY!

**The most likely reason "Reason" didn't chart higher: The song is from their debut album, "Flat as a Pancake," which they self-produced, self-released and self-promoted--without any help from a major record company. They only pressed 2,000 copies, so the fact that they charted at all was pretty much a miracle!

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