New Jersey Stage Issue 54 | Page 90

The Doc even wrote a verse of lyrics for Spirit’s hit song, (#25 in the top 100 for 1969) “I Got a Line On You”, but was never credited. He never asked for one, it was a different time, the “peace and love days” as he puts it. His influence on classic rock maintained over the years though. In one example, when the Dr. Demento show was in full swing in the 1970s, he played a funny and risqué double entendre rhythm and blues song by Bull Moose Jackson called “Big Ten-Inch Record”. Aerosmith heard it on his show and decided to cover it for their Toys in the Attic album—a classic and one of their most successful albums of all time. Steven Tyler later called Dr. Demento asking if he could recommend any more “dirty blues” songs, so the Doc sent him one called “Reefer Head Woman”, which Aerosmith covered on their 1979 Night in the Ruts album. Listen to “Big Ten-Inch Record” by Bull Moose Jackson NJ STAGE - ISSUE 54 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 90