Savoy Brown

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Rock And Blues International: I know that Savoy Brown has been a big part of my life. I’ve been listening to Savoy Brown ever since… I want to say ’68 or ’69.

Garnet Grimm: That’s incredible, yeah!

Rock And Blues International: One of my favorite Savoy Brown albums is “Street Corner Talking”. That was an unbelievable album.

Garnet Grimm: That’s a great album. ’68 or ’69 would have been a school night for me. I would have had to been in bed by 8 o’clock all those shows, so I couldn’t have gone to those.

Rock And Blues International: Well, we still would sneak out the window to go to some of these shows back then. You did that I’m sure. You’d sneak out the window to go somewhere you shouldn’t have been.

Garnet Grimm: (laughs) Yes, Yes. I did that a few years later, but I was a young boy in ’68. But that let’s you know how long he kept this thing going. You know, there are so many incarnations of the band and Kim helped launch a whole bunch of careers. I don’t know that he intended to do that, but he really did. I believe that the only band he was in was the band he started, which is Savoy Brown when he was about 16, 15 or 16. He was involved in every album, every show, and wrote most of the songs and took the organization around the world several times.

Rock And Blues International: Oh yeah, I’ve seen him in Houston several times.

Garnet Grimm: Yes, I know I’ve played there with him. We used to do a Texas Tour at least once a year. We would do Austin. We would play San Antonio. I know we played Houston. I can’t remember where. It was around The Woodlands. Is that around Houston?

Rock And Blues International: Yeah.

Garnet Grimm: We would play Dosey Doe. Is that right?

Rock And Blues International: Yeah that’s right. And even further back than that in the ’70s, I’d see him at The Music Hall, places like that. That was a long time ago, before you were in the band. Now I’m showing my age.

Garnet Grimm: Yes that was quite a few years before me. I’m sure he was doing all that. He was going all over the place. I’m amazed that I found out that there’s a lot of bands that started their careers touring with Savoy Brown. I think the Doobie Brothers first tour was with Savoy Brown, the first tours that ZZ Top did outside of Texas were with Savoy Brown. So, there’s quite a few of them. I think the first tour that KISS did was with Savoy Brown.

Rock And Blues International: I wouldn’t be a bit surprised. What was the atmosphere like in the studio when you continued on next page