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"Hurdy Gurdy Man" is a song by the Scottish singer/songwriter Donovan. It was written during a trip to India,〔 was recorded in early 1968, and was released in May 1968 as a single. It gave its name to the album ''The Hurdy Gurdy Man'', which was released in October of that year in the U.S. The single reached No.5 in the U.S. and No.4 in the UK pop charts.〔(Donovan UK chart history ), The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 16, 2012.〕 The song features a harder rock sound than Donovan's usual material, supplying a range of distorted guitars. It also features an Indian influence with the use of a tambura. The song may have been influenced by 'Green Circles', a psychedelic 1967 UK single by Small Faces. The similarity is in the melody of the descending verse, the strange vocal delivery, and most tellingly, the topic of being visited by an enlightened stranger. In 2012, Donovan said that he'd made friends with them in 1965.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Donovan )〕 According to some sources, the song was written for the band Hurdy Gurdy (which included Donovan's old friend and guitar mentor Mac MacLeod)〔(15 June 1968). (Donovan's More Down to Earth ), ''New Musical Express''.〕〔Altham, Keith (December 1968). (Coming Down From the Clouds ), ''Hit Parader''.〕 with Donovan intending to be the producer, but the collaboration was cancelled due to creative disagreements, leading Donovan to record the song himself.〔(6 July 1968). (Don Wants to Spin a Film Legend ), ''Melody Maker''.〕 However, there is no mention of this story in the chapter of Donovan's autobiography that is devoted to the song – there he says that he originally wanted it to be recorded by Jimi Hendrix.〔 == Musicians for the song == In the booklet that came with Donovan's 1992 double CD, ''Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976'', Allan Holdsworth and Jimmy Page are listed as the electric guitar players and John Bonham and Clem Cattini (spelled as "Clem Clatini") as drummers on the recording. However, according to John Paul Jones, who arranged and played bass on the track (and also booked the session musicians), Clem Cattini played the drums and Alan Parker played the electric guitar. This line-up was confirmed by Cattini. In Donovan's autobiography, he credits Cattini (spelled as "Catini") and Bonham for the drums.〔 On Jimmy Page's website, he lists this song as one on which he plays.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sessions - JimmyPage.com )〕 Donovan said that Page was the guitarist in Hannes Rossacher's 2008 documentary ''Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan'', where he also asserted that the song ushered in the Celtic rock sound which would lead to Page, Jones, and Bonham forming Led Zeppelin soon afterwards. In Donovan's autobiography, he credited both Page and "Allen Hollsworth" as the "guitar wizards" for the song.〔Leitch, Donovan, ''The Hurdy Gurdy Man'', Century, an imprint of Random House, London, 2005 (published in the U.S. as ''The Autobiography of Donovan: The Hurdy Gurdy Man'', St. Martin's Press, New York, 2005, ISBN 0-312-35252-2.), pp. 218–219.〕 However, he also says that "Hollsworth" had played with Blue Mink, which was a band that Alan Parker had played in.〔 In the autobiography, Donovan said that perhaps this session inspired the creation of Led Zeppelin.〔 The tambura which Donovan himself plays on the track had been given to him in India by George Harrison, and in his autobiography, Donovan said that with the drone of the tambura he had created "Celtic Rock".〔 The session was produced by Mickie Most and engineered by Eddie Kramer. Donovan had originally hoped Jimi Hendrix would play on the song, but he was unavailable.〔〔 In fact, Donovan said he wanted to give the song to Hendrix for him to record, but that Mickie Most "flipped out" when he heard the song and insisted that Donovan should record it himself as his next single.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hurdy Gurdy Man」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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