The Dominions - I Need Her (1966 Garage From Oregon)
Here Is Something Ken Paxton Organist / Vocalist wrote about his time as a member of THE DOMINIONS:
The Dominions were formed in 1964 when I started at the University of Oregon. We were a basic hard rock group that made up for lack of quality vocals with a very driving rhythm. We were probably the most popular band in the Eugene area for over three years. Our one single, "I Need Her", is still selling on E-bay and was the best selling record in Oregon for several months, until we ran out of copies. The first two weeks we released the record we far outsold all other records, including the release of the Monkey's "Last Train to Clarksville". One of our claims to fame was a performance at the U of Oregon Student Union where a dancer, on top of my speaker system, took her top of during the show. She was behind me so I couldn't see what she was doing. All I could see was the crowd really loved what we were doing!!!! I thought it was the music but the school quickly closed us down. We made all the papers for a few days until she left town with her boyfriend, who drove an ambulance with two tiger cubs in it.
It was a fun time and the band members enjoyed being with each other, We still maintain contact and actually had a twenty year reunion a few years back. We thought we sounded ok until we saw the video tape!! I focused the Dominions on being a show band. I played the organ laying on my back or with the guitar player sitting on my shoulders, we danced on stage with audience members, switched instruments during a song and had squirt gun fights during performances. The idea was to have fun and get the audience into the action.
Ken Paxton, February 2004
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A fantastic slice of garage punk ☠️ and as far those vocals, wow! wow! wow!
Psychedelic garage surf camp.and that sax is out of this world.
@Soundofsilence-j4d
3 жыл бұрын
Yes he plays sax like voice in heaven
@gwugluud
3 жыл бұрын
The singer makes Johnny Rotten sound like Doris Day.
@LS-ti1rz
Ай бұрын
I find it rather sad that today's hit songs don't have the saxophone in them at all. I remember listening to so many of the big hits of the 1980s and many of them had the sax in them, for example: Hall & Oats' ManEater and numerous other hit songs they had in that decade. David Bowies Let's Dance and many of his other hits throughout the decade as well. Cyndi Lauper, Culture Club (Boy George) Billy Idol, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran, you name em' and more than likely that artist had a hit song with the saxophone in it. It is such a versatile and sexy sounding instrument. It gives what I call atmosphere to any particular song if applied appropriately and in the 80s boy did they ever apply it so well. Now presently you rarely hear a sax in any major hit song, in fact almost all of today's hit songs don't even have real instruments if we're going to be transparent. Most songs are manufactured via a computer program and it's just soulless. We'll just my personal opinion. What say you?
So many incredibly talented musicians and producers of that era!
A haunting tune, savage vocals and a sax that just won't quit ..... perfection!
It would be amazing to find a man in this modern age who plays 60s style garage rock. What woman can resist a moody, sensitive rocker? 😍 Gotta thank my dad for introducing me to this stellar genre
@tommydiamond3539
3 жыл бұрын
Check out JJ from KALEO
@holosuites
3 жыл бұрын
Try out "lizard state" by King Krule! Somethings a little similar for sure
@HemiVic
3 жыл бұрын
Listen to “You May See Me Cry” by The Best Things! A real tear jerker!
@wildride6349
3 жыл бұрын
I'm forming a garage rock band
@HemiVic
3 жыл бұрын
@@wildride6349…..dress the role too! Look authentic just like 1964-67! Beatle Boots, Paisley Shirts, wide belts, bowl haircuts! 1966 forever!
Very very The Doors-esque feeling. Excellent song
These guys are way more punk than their photo led me to believe. Wow, what a song! Punk vocals with a sax.
GREAT SONG!!! haunting, catchy, with a very unexpected sax riff. This should be a classic!
This song is better than any synthetic drug today. Is a time travel machine, i can felt me by 2.56 minutes on 1966 Oregon.
absolutely unreal...brilliant.....Punk before PUNK arrived,Best track have heard in years....that sax roll,,,,unreal!!!
Ommmgggg .......never heard this before and I'm 60 ...what a gem of song 🎵✨❤
@timhoovermusicman
Жыл бұрын
Im 60 and a lifetime oregonian and I've never heard it...
One Killer 1966 thumping punker! This song reminds me of my teenage years in high school. We would have dances the first Friday of every month. I remember going to the dances with a group of my friends and simply hanging out and walking around through the crowds looking at all of the pretty girls and wanting to be with anyone of them who’d simply notice me! Several did notice me! We would slow dance then there would be that special moment of passion! Holding her close......Looking into her eyes......kissing her.....feeling fantastic! ....Really needing her! ......Hoping to see her again!.........Such great times!
@edelectromechanicalmachine3773
6 жыл бұрын
I have never heard this one before. Powerful, haunting wonderful 60s song
@HemiVic
3 ай бұрын
@@edelectromechanicalmachine3773…..this song Rocks!
These baby boom bands were the real deal pure passion !
This song has been drilled into my head. For the past week the drums have been the rhythm of waking hours. When I’m reading and working, it’s been in the background. Must’ve replayed this song some two or three dozen times over that span.
This song is a lost gem .... haunting, brilliant in its simplicity
@TheAcidjoe
7 жыл бұрын
that is right. And almost forgotten.
@Soundofsilence-j4d
3 жыл бұрын
Fn awesome. They deserve lot to be remembered
@sasazivanovic777
2 жыл бұрын
@@Vesna9 tako je Veki.
@Rousemouse100
Жыл бұрын
@@TheAcidjoenot with the advent of the internet…
@daviaraujo5631
Жыл бұрын
Realmente, uma a jóia assombrosa.
Found the original inspiration for grunge music.
@heinoustentacles5719
Жыл бұрын
Lol I can actually hear vague strains of it in here.
Drove to Salem Oregon to see these guys. Great road trip.
@timhoovermusicman
Жыл бұрын
I was born in salem and never left... 60 years ago.
I love this music garage rock from all over America awesome
Great music
Can’t stop hearing it over &over again. 👍
Thanks for sharing this beautiful Gem even though obscure but sounds interesting enough. Has a killer Sax in the middle and at the end. If it wasn't for Y-Tube most of these wonderful songs would have gone unnoticed. What's sad that most of these songs weren't even played on FM Radio. That's when 60's music started coming alive.
This may well be the finest song made by man
@The_Klystron7
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely in the top 20.
@VincentGauguin-ko6cs
3 ай бұрын
Agree!
awasome very very good
What a fucking mash-up. Thirteenth floor elevators meets Joy Division meets x-ray spex.
Love the garage sound and vocals are cool! Rhythm is reminiscent of Liar Liar by the Castaways.
love the way it starts so slow and goes wild afet about a minute...cool sax too...brilliant!
This song is absolutely marvelous and bone chilling. It’s really groovy, mysterious and psychedelic too! So much class as well. It almost seems to me as though this group probably hailed from a Canadian High School band. I really dig this kind of sound, eventhough it’s probably been recorded on an 8 track mono tape system. Out of sight...! ❤️👍😘🙏🌈🌎🌺
Has that N.W. sound, for sure. Great!
This is more punk than punk itself
Insane the sax coming into this sonic stew. Gotta love this one.
They were the true essence of teenage all gens even the cheerleader football captain and nerd all there
Garage punk goes hard
I like it. True garage.
Talk about a jam ? Talk about a gem ? Well, here you go ! Awesome punkish vocals A " tuff ' tune
Hard to imagine these guys are singing this, by their suit and ties. They had me fooled. lol
@maurogonzalez4098
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite punk bands is The Jam. Even with their earlier stuff which is the epitome of 70s British punk (a-la Clash, Buzzcocks, etc) they would always preform in suits & ties at concerts
@chrishenniker5944
Жыл бұрын
@@maurogonzalez4098They started the mod revival.
I can see n hear the cramps in my mind performing this song in a haunted psychedelic seaside mansion at night
For another great 60s garage song, check out The Streys "She Cools My Mind."
So much happening in this song... a saxophone!?? Nice touch.
Like the way that sax comes in... this is a great tune.
I like how he let the "I need it!!!" In there heh hehe
Starts like a little Doors---enjoyed it!
Sublime chanson,
HAUNTINGLY GROOVY MAN !!!
Vvery Doorsy...reminiscent of JDM and company💜💜💜
Me encanta 😍
Perfection ! ! !
Wonderful...
A sax solo that's actually listenable.
@VincentGauguin-ko6cs
3 ай бұрын
The sax is sex!
Awesome band; phenomenal hit. I kept only a dozen 45 r.p.m. records from this time period, but wish this were in that collection.
Song goes!
Magic!!
Los 60's tienen un sonido siempre bacan
Being born in July 96 I do perform a garage music from 30 years before my birth. That's strictly but they are included. The WordD You're going to make me. Through today ( Marc Valentine!) Just stumbled upon this just now as I'm writing.
Wow! Great song. It should have hit the charts. Regards from Ody Slim
This is perfect.
excellent record
Great song - thanks for posting!
a gem
total killer track
OUTSTANDING
Way,cool!!!
Best Sixties punker that has a sax solo.
Garage explosion! 😃🎶
amazing
Great Song !!!
Awesome
very interesting to combjne a sax lead with psych - cool stuff !
That drum groove is pretty sick
Love
What kind of a testosterone-free meeb puts a "dislike" on THIS?? I want to meet them, just so I can stare at them.
@surfrocker2545
6 жыл бұрын
As of 05-21-18 you will be staring at 8. Some people are just tone deaf. Period.
@stevie4853
5 жыл бұрын
@@surfrocker2545 Thanks for you
@rstvmo
5 жыл бұрын
@@stevie4853 testosterone-free meeb beep beep
@pavloivanchenko6346
5 жыл бұрын
better to kick the shit out of them in a moshpit
@Soundofsilence-j4d
3 жыл бұрын
I thought of same thing total amazing sax was big surprise. I will pray. Lov it
On repeat 😍
Interesant song
Well i was walkin' Down by her house Well i saw her Sittin' by herself We were together Now we're apart Well i loved her With a broken heart Well i loved her But i let her go I was afraid To ever let her go ★ chorus ★ Oh yeah yeah, well i need her, (need her) I need her by my side,( my baby) Oh yeah yeah, well without her (without her) You don't know how i cried, (my baby) Oh yeah yеah, well where is shе (where is she) Oh yeah yeah, well i need her, (need her) All right (instrumental) Yeah, where is she, you know i need her, i want her by my side ★ hook ★ Oh yeah yeah, well i need it, (need it) Oh yeah yeah, well i need her, (need her) ★ second verse ★ Well i loved her But i let her go I was afraid To ever let her go ★ hook ★ Oh yeah yeah, well i need her, (need her) Oh yeah yeah, well i need her, (need her) All right (instrumental ii) Yeah i need her, you know i need her by my side, you know i need her, yeah
@JumptheTrench
6 ай бұрын
You’re the goat
great and crazy
I luv it! ty! ♥
Génial
Cool song!
SO cool
nice n twisted
This excellent singer is on par with Roky Erikson or the Starfires. Is there a different mix of the recording available? More guitar, less drums?
i totally agree with gwugluud the 17 are lost for music a small clin d oeil to the fall
Those drums...
Good song! Great band! Sounds a little bit like Nirvana-ish during the Chorus, am I the only one?
@heinoustentacles5719
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I hear it too! Those guys were born in the late 60s, so they probably stumbled on a lot of this stuff in their earliest years.
This was heavy
Doze were the daze
Delicious!
sick
This shit is incredible
@Farewell tomorrow Did you ever play at the New Westminster BC Grooveyard teen dance cub? Almost everyone and anyone in the '60s played there. The animals, Raiders, The Collectors etc.
C'est bon .
Начало классно звучит.
Yeah 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻
this is like metal played with jazz instruments
@thecrude5907
4 жыл бұрын
its pre-punk 60s garage
@charlie891
4 жыл бұрын
@@thecrude5907 i know... it's called a joke bub
@tingleblade4274
4 жыл бұрын
@@thecrude5907 it's ROCK in his the purest and most beautiful form, ROCK like it is
Doors-like feeling!
Salvaje este tema. Negroide a tope.
Wo❤❤❤❤
Maybe Iggy & The Stooges heard this before they recorded "I Wanna Be Your Dog."
pure fucking DOOM.
The Doors!
i want this 45 badly its quality builds & exsplodes & great drumming.known worldwide because its on pebbles highs in the mid sixties volume 16 the northwest part 3 lp,a vinyl boot that lifted it from the 45,sadly many rare but great bands end up only being bootlegged so the bands get nothing,also legit vinyl reissues are pointlessly digitally remastered with criminal overdubs & inferior sonics.so fuck em if its not analogue its not true to how gd these bands really were,this needs a proper reissue on 45 from the mastertape.oh yeah fuck sony they buy the biggest record pressing plant just to enforce digital tech on vinyl now 97% of vinyl reissues are a carbon copy of the sonically inferior cd version.
@pavloivanchenko6346
5 жыл бұрын
I was lucky to have built up my vinyl collection before 1990