The Bastard Sons of Dennis: Then Came the Last Days of May

Then Came the Last Days of May by The Bastard Sons of Dennis. Album: Cosy Lube Turtle Then Came the Last Days of May is a cover song. Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1972 eponymous album. Music and lyrics: D. Roeser. This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis. Inspiration drawn from the versions on the 1972 eponymous Blue Öyster Cult studio album, and the 1975 live BOC album On Your Feet Or On Your Knees. Then Came the Last Days of May was always a tremendously popular Bastard Sons of Dennis song. It was one of the first songs the duo ever performed, appearing in the duo's first ever live performance at The Angel in Exeter. The lyrics are a true story. This song was composed by Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser, guitarist and vocalist of Blue Öyster Cult, after three friends of his from Stony Brook University in New York were murdered in a drug deal that went very wrong. Derek would often change the word 'truck' in the line "Now and then a truck" to 'duck'. This was always hilarious, with his exemplary comic timing. Ducks became something of a theme for The Bastard Sons of Dennis. Fans would often bring their own toy ducks along to shows. Occasionally Chuck's lips wouldn't be moist enough to perform the little whistle that comes at the end of his solo. This was also very funny. Check would just end up blowing and puffing and shrugging in a comical way. The whistle actually comes from the 1970s uk sitcom The Goode Life. The character Tom Goode would often give this little whistle. Exactly where Tom took it from remains largely mysterious. Blue Öyster Cult perform this song in the key of E minor. The Bastard Sons of Dennis transposed it to A minor. The tempo increase after the first verse was Derek's suggestion. It was a very good one. Performers: Derek Broom - vocals, guitar Chuck Palmer - guitar, vocals, whistle Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One in Exeter UK. Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2023. Copyright © 1972 Columbia Music. Copyright ℗ 2023 Wud Records. Original release date 1st June 2011. Remixed and remastered version released 3rd October 2023. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_(album) https://genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-then-came-the-last-days-of-may-lyrics https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/ https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis https://linktr.ee/wudrecords Here is a live version of The Bastard Sons of Dennis performing Then Came The Last Days Of May: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXYOrrKuTE0