Grass Roots (1975) It's A Cryin' Shame

A pounding piano beat drives this Rob Grill patented bubblegum soul pop rocker, along the lies of their 60s htis Temptation Eyes, Two Divide by Love and Sooner or Later. Ably assisted by keyboardist Dennis Provisor's deep gravelly vocals similar to Bobby Whitlock's barrelling croon the two deliver a great song reminiscent of the beat group's late 60 heydey where they mixed soul's horns with bubblegum melodies and countrified lead vocals reminiscent of Bang Records artists like Neil Diamond, Andy Kim. They pretty much started the bubblegum/AM pop sound of the early 70s and did it better than anyone as shown here with their circular melodies, rolling piano and stark, joyous horns all heralding some simple pop message in a production bigger than the Super K productions of 1910 Fruitgum Company etc and closer to blue eyed soul and the Phil Spector groups.