"Sweet City Woman", Early '70's guilty pleasure song of mine

"Sky-high" by jigsaw!!!!catchy....always catchy!!!!!

 

Wow. I have been a folk performer for over 30 years and have NEVER seen anyone use anything like that on a banjo. Cannot fathom why anyone would use it on an autoharp or dulcimer since they are softer sounds anyway. Most folks just put a small towel inside the banjo head if it is open if they want to deaden the sound. personally I love a ringing banjo.

 

... except that "Sweet City Woman" (a song I absolutely adore!) was not there only hit!

 

Also works well for accordion.

 

I have such strong memories of The Stampeders! Those first 3 albums 71, 72 & 73 all contained a number of great AM radio hits and when I think of Sweet City Woman, it puts me at age 12 in the backyard of my grandmothers house for some reason. Regrettably, I do not own any of their music anymore. My mom bought me a copy of the "Carryin On" LP for my birthday in 1972 and to this day, anytime I see a copy, I pick it up to look for her neatly written birthday inscription.

 

I was a youngster when this song came out. I thought it was a Seals and Crofts song.

 

I have this 45 in my collection. I really have a soft spot for 70's AM Top 40. The past year or so, I've been going through my 45 collection, cleaning, playing and alphabetizing for storage. I usually get up early every Saturday & Sunday morning and try to play at least a handful of them. What a great trip down memory lane.

 

Doesn't count, you state support it.

 

I saw them play here at the Halifax Forum around 1973 on the same bill with Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush and another band-Thundermug I think.

 

Can't stand it, partly because it was over-played on AM radio in Toronto when I was growing up. Not something you would ever have heard on FM, for good reason.

 

Any memory of WCAR, which was a Detroit, top 40 rocker for a short time, just about the time "Sweet City Woman" was a hit?

 

I think it's a bit sad and amusing at the same time how some look at songs like "Sweet City Woman" and "Sugar, Sugar" with condescension. What I suspect is that those who do so really do deep down like these songs very much and they're simply afraid to show their soft gooey center!
I even like the french rendition of "Sweet City Woman".

 

A Stampeders thread on the Hoffman forum! That is too much. The original trio was
here in town a year or so ago but the gig was on a Sunday night during football season
so I passed. I regret it now, of course.

 

Re......Doesn't count, you state support it.

Our little bag of pebbles to go up against Goliath apparently.

 

I liked this song. But it looks like the Sweet City Woman fed the one guy too many macaroons.

 

My first rock concert was The Stampeders at the Ottawa EX in probably 1973. Great show!

 

thanks for posting this, great video and song
shows you how effective a simple but well-crafted song can be
I have also got the LP and it has a few other good songs, notably Carry me

 

You beat me to it! But I was also going to add Leonard Cohen.

But maybe they're not among your faves Chris? Or just didn't make it to the top of your head...

 

"The car that drives Detroit!" You betcha!

 

I had the 45 single of this. It hit the spot back in the day. "And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons." A guy could do worse.

 

I'd say he forgot...: )

 

Who could forget Joni???? Surely the best Canadian artist (sorry Neil and Leonard), even given the subjectiveness involved w/ that choice...

Among the top 5 artists in my book from any nation.

 

For Mago from Forrest City.

 

Never mind Sesame Street and other children's records, "Sweet City Woman" was my favourite song as a pre-kindergartener.