The Master's Apprentices hailed from the South Australia city of Adelaide. They were far more than your typical one-hit wonder. They put out single after single of high quality work: Undecided, Buried & Dead, Elevator Driver, War Or Hands of Time. And they put out this one, Hot Gully Wind, which appeared on their 1967 debut album.
Hot Gully Wind has one of those bitchin' bass lines that always puts me in a good groove. It also has some rather curious lyrics that I don't think I have ever quite figured out.
My baby's been and gone like a hot gully windAnd then it has that guitar riff that owes a lot to a Chuck Berry lead riff slowed down and put over a a nice stutter-rhythm. It's a real gem. We hope you enjoy it.
Leaving' on a noon train with her brother Jim
Here I stand alone like a backwards young tree
Hanging out my branches trying to dry my brown leaves
