The Band (1972) Get Up Jake

From the Rock of Ages live album, it started as a B side but has the melodic, hook-laden memorability of a A side, this is more funky and has more colourful organ work; hmm sounds like purple! The hook is so ridiculously catchy they start humming it at the end, while the lyrics feature some great downbeat subject matter about a perennial loser called Jake. The mix of funk rock with the rootsy part of the equation would lead to some great music with the Bee Gees and the Doobies discovered the mix of country and funk is ridiculously successful.