For Your Love

In this episode, we put the spotlight on the song that made Eric Clapton fly away from the Yardbirds - "For Your Love" (4:08). This Graham Gouldman-penned chanty of chivalry only features the band for about 20 seconds, while the rest is a bongo-harpsichord-and-vocals- only affair (with a bowed bass to boot). That sounds like it wouldn't work, but obviously it did! Did you know that Herman's Hermits covered the tune in 1965? Hear their twee-er, mid-wattage version at (50:06). The girls in the garage took the song on, too - namely, The Liverbirds (1:15:30), with deeper voices than Peter Noone and a drummer (Sylvia Saunders) who demands your attention!! Is "For Your Love" a secret tubthumping classic for the Buddy Rich/Gene Krupa set? Only the bongos know ...