Peter Zaremba, Carlos Grasso and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus swing at the Third Copycat Cover Song Night Tribute to Nuggets!

Everybody always has a great time at Copycat Cover Song Night, hosted by DJ Xerox and held at Otto’s Shrunken Head in Manhattan. When it pays tribute to the great garage rock compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965 – 1968 the boss quotient is immeasurably magnified. Such was the case on September 23^rd when the third tribute to that great compilation album was held. As per the others, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus was asked to be guest DJ. Also, at the last two the creator of Nuggets Lenny Kaye was a special guest DJ. However, he couldn’t make the scene this time. In his stead there was someone who many regard as one of Lenny Kaye’s greatest disciples, a man who definitely studied the Nuggets album and used those lessons to create a whole new scene called Super Rock. We are talking about Peter Zaremba of The Fleshtones.

The bands that played were Giant Fingers…

The Unaccounted Four, which was formed just for the occasion, played ALL garage rock and freakbeat favorites, and featured some of our favorite local musicians and personalities…

Mothers Little Helpers…

For his part, Peter Zaremba played a wide variety of garage rock-styled records from Ohio, Detroit, Canada and France. In keeping with the “cover song” theme of the night, he played the fine version of “The Green Slime” by The Fuzztones! Also, our pal Carlos Grasso was in town. Mr. Grasso is a hip video director who we first met when he was the producer of the MTV program The Cutting Edge back in the eighties. At one point, Mr. Grasso grabbed the official Boogaloo Bag camera and took some art shots of Peter Z and The Boog as they spun records and goofed off.

Here’s a list of all the songs played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus:

• The Hogs–Loose Lip Sync Ship (HBR)
• Bobby Arlin with the Hustlers–Mushroom Machine (Part 2) (Tiki)
• The Sonics–Any Way the Wind Blows (Uni)
• Dick Dodd–Lonely Weekends (Tower)
• Cher–For What It’s Worth (Atco)
• The Chords–Incense and Peppermints (Hit)
• The Lost–Back Door Blues (Capitol)
• The Seeds–The Wind Blows Your Hair (GNP Crescendo)
• The Sinners–You Don’t Love Me (Mercury)
• The Electric Prunes–I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) (Reprise)
• Les Aristocrates–Je Ne Vois Qu’Elle (Choc!; Canada)
• The Light–Back Up (A&M)
• The Odds and Ends–(Cause) You Don’t Love Me (South Bay)
• Ox-Bow Incident–Reach Out (Smash)
• The Ventures–Eight Miles High (Liberty; Japan)
• Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs–Red Hot (M-G-M)
• Harbinger Complex–I Think I’m Down (Brent)
• The Other Half–Mr. Pharmacist (G.N.P. Crescendo)
• The Stillroven–Hey Joe (Falcon)
• The Ides of March–Sha-La-La-La-Lee (Parrot)
• The Leaves–Love Minus Zero (Mira)
• The Sloths–Makin’ Love (Ugly Things)
• Love–Stephanie Knows Who (Elektra)
• The Druids–It’s a Day (Columbia)
• The Uniques–You Ain’t Tuff (Paula)
• Liverpool Five–The Snake (RCA Victor)
• The Sonics–Do You Love Me (Norton)

None of these records are for sale!