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Mad Dogs and Englishmen

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Mad Dogs and Englishmen	comment	Joe Cocker was one of the breakout stars of Woodstock, opening the festival's final day with a cover-fueled set in which the animated British soulman introduced the Air Guitar to the world under the influence of any number of chemicals. In an effort to solidify his newfound fame, Cocker began a taxing support tour following the concert and lasting until early 1970. With the tour finally complete Cocker parted ways with his backing band and moved to Los Angeles to plan his next move only to learn the very next day that his manager had extended the tour with an eight-week stateside stand and that should he balk, Cocker would be effectively frozen out of returning to the United States from that point on.Trapped with a surprise tour and no band to back it, Cocker called on Angeleno music mastermind Leon Russell to use his connections to get Cocker a pickup band on short notice. Russell seemingly used every last one of them, assembling a 35-piece behemoth behind the soulman and rehearsing it day and night for the tour which would become the Mad Dogs and Englishmen album and Concert Film.Tracklist (original 1970 release)Side One "Introduction" (0:44) "Honky Tonk Women" (3:47) "Introduction" (0:17) "Sticks and Stones" (2:37) "Cry Me A River" (4:00) "Bird On The Wire" (6:37)Side Two "Feelin' Alright" (5:47) "Superstar" (5:02) "Introduction" (0:16) "Let's Go Get Stoned" (7:30)Side Three "Blue Medley, consisting of "I'll Drown In My Own Tears", "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" and "I've Been Loving You Too Long" (12:46) "Introduction" (0:21) "Girl From The North Country" (2:32) "Give Peace A Chance" (4:14)Side Four "Introduction" (0:41) "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" (3:01) "Space Captain" (5:15) "The Letter" (4:46) "Delta Lady" (5:40)
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_1f37a427	comment	Face on the Cover: Cocker is seen on the center of the album cover.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_2e6b9e45	type	Concert Film
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_2e6b9e45	comment	Concert Film: One of the most famous examples of the early seventies, Mad Dogs And Englishmen premiered while flower power was still in, and the non-concert segments certainly show as much. Drug use is frankly portrayed throughout while an entire sequence is devoted to the musicians forming a circle, of all things.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_3d944d55	type	Always Need What You Gave Up
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_3d944d55	comment	Always Need What You Gave Up: Not one day after laying his band off did Cocker end up browbeaten into touring again. What are the odds?
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_51f90774	type	Step Up to the Microphone
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_51f90774	comment	Step Up to the Microphone: Backing vocalist Rita Coolidge became a minor star after her performance of "Superstar", later Covered Up by the Carpenters. Russell, Don Preston, and Claudia Lennear all take less-heralded turns at the mic as well. Music Is Politics: Bonnie Bramlett's original version of "Superstar" was released only as a B-Side over the singer's objections; her producer's relationship with Coolidge may well be relevant.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_59d9cfbd	type	Let's Duet
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_59d9cfbd	comment	Let's Duet: Cocker and Russell share lead duties on "Girl From The North Country".
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_6228853d	type	Boxed Set
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_6228853d	comment	Boxed Set: Continuing a recent trend with classic rock recordings, a 2006 boxed set collects all four concerts from the Fillmore East theater in New York City.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_67784113	type	Non-Appearing Title
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_67784113	comment	Non-Appearing Title: The band never does cover Noël Coward's "Mad Dogs And Englishmen", the film's namesake. Rereleases of the album became an odd aversion, featuring Russell's later single "The Ballad Of The Mad Dogs And Englishmen" as a bonus track.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_8be2f0da	type	Bicep-Polishing Gesture
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_8be2f0da	comment	Bicep-Polishing Gesture: Cocker does this on the album cover.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_a32a1881	type	Supporting Leader
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_a32a1881	comment	Supporting Leader: Joe Cocker may be the star of the show in name and voice, but Russell is the architect of the entire program, both onstage (as multi-instrumentalist and sometime vocalist) and off, organizing the entire thing. Being pushed aside on his own tour ended up taking a toll on Cocker, who at one point seems to regret the loss of his original band.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_a33b90b2	type	Improv
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_a33b90b2	comment	Improv: Cocker treats The Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" as a platform to invent lyrics nightly.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_a998aaf9	type	Medley
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_a998aaf9	comment	Medley: The "Blue Medley", combining Ray Charles' "Drown In My Own Tears", Sam & Dave's "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby", and Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long".
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_b58c6c9d	type	Cover Album
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_b58c6c9d	comment	Cover Album: Most of the songs are covers of then-contemporary performers in both rock (The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bob Dylan) and soul (Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave). Cocker was almost exclusively a cover artist, after all, and the band barely had time to rehearse even the well-known cover songs. An original single, "Space Captain", nonetheless emerged from the rehearsal sessions and is one of Cocker's more famous songs.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The album title is a reference to a 1934 Noël Coward song of the same name. Gotlib spoofed the cover with his character Hamster Jovial, only to change Cocker's Bicep-Polishing Gesture into a typical French up yours gesture. [1]
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_ca14fa2b	type	Music Is Politics
Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_ca14fa2b	comment	Music Is Politics: Bonnie Bramlett's original version of "Superstar" was released only as a B-Side over the singer's objections; her producer's relationship with Coolidge may well be relevant.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen / int_d29f109e	comment	Live Album: A companion album came out with the film, compiled from the New York nights. Since home video technology was in its infancy, the album was far more widely available than the film.
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