For the Love of The Band...Words and Music by Floyd Thomas Pratt F.H.C., M.A.G.I.
Publisher: Floyd Thomas Pratt F.H.C., M.A.G.I.
Published: 1974
Place of publication: St. Louis, Missouri
Format: .wav
Description: During my "show business era" I became weary with the day to day grind of equipment changes, set-ups, moves and relocations from club to club, gig to gig and I wrote this song as a protest against the grind the music industry forces musicians to endure. As you listen, it sounds like I enjoyed the rigor of the band, but it reality it was a drag. There are hints in the words, which give away my true feelings...for instance "Smokey lights in honky tonk bars, singing songs on my funky guitar, Booking agents and union cards, so they say is the way if you wanna be a star" Sarcasm...yes but nevertheless, a lesson, which had to be learned the hard way.
Table of contents: title: For the Love of The Band...Words and Music by Floyd Thomas Pratt F.H.C., M.A.G.I. 1974; title: Had a wife and kids, you know I loved them so, had a little place down in Springfield, MO.,; title: Had a good job a-workin' for the man, left it all for the love of the Band; title: Oooo-ooo on the road again, Oooo-ooo just to be with my friends,; title: Oooo-ooo  booked in one-night stands, Oooo-ooo For the Love of the Band,; title: Smokey lights in honky tonk bars, singing songs on my funky guitar,; title: Booking agents and union cards, so they say is the way if you wanna be a star; title: I sold everything that I would not need, you gotta travel light if you want to succeed,; title: Makin' music is in my blood, playin' in the band is the life that I love,; title: Oooo-ooo on the road again, Oooo-ooo just to be with my friends,; title: Oooo-ooo  booked in one-night stands, Oooo-ooo For the Love of the Band,; title: Smokey lights in honky tonk bars, singing songs on my funky guitar,; title: Booking agents and union cards, so they say is the way if you wanna be a star; title: Oooo-ooo on the road again, Oooo-ooo just to be with my friends,; title: Oooo-ooo  booked in one-night stands, Oooo-ooo For the Love of the Band,; title: Oooo-ooo For the Love of the Band, Oooo-ooo For the Love of the Band