With a siren and Ronnie Wood’s booze-induced, sleazy guitar kicking “Borstal Boys” off, you know you are in for a wild ride. I can picture the band set up in a bar with plenty of empty pint glasses all over the place while clouds of smoke fill the room. The song’s ode to the rough boys in “cell block five” only add to its down-and-dirty appeal. The song comes from 1973’s Ooh La La, which was to be the final studio album for the Faces. Wood would go on to serve the Stones soon enough and Rod Stewart would continue with a solo career that was just taking off around the time of this album’s sessions. But for that moment in time, the band was able to hold it together for one more round.

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Celebrating his 70th birthday this August 19, Ginger Baker showcases two stellar tracks on the band’s 1966 debut, Fresh Cream. While some fans might point to his earliest rock drum solo on “Toad” as his album highlight, it’s Ginger’s “Sweet Wine” that deserves the DFD spotlight. This great pop song is an example of what the three members of Cream did best—and all in just over three minutes. The simple intro lyrics of the ba- ba-ba’s might recall what other mod bands like the Small Faces and The Who were doing around this time, but it is the bluesy psychedelic center, delivered with Clapton’s guitar, that changes the song’s playing field and takes the listener on a wild ride.

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