Listen - The Squires perform Going All the Way
The jangly guitar, the lonely bird chirp of the far off organ, the lyrics that exude cockiness, the blazingly fast guitar lead that takes up nearly 1/4 of the entire song. The singer's scream that leads us into said guitar solo. It is perfect. Perfect, perfect, perfect.
The Squires were a bunch of high school buddies out of Bristol, Connecticut. In the fall of '66 they loaded into the van and drove to New York to record a few songs. One of them was this gem, Going All the Way, from drummer and singer, Michael Bouyea. Thomas Flannigan was holding theFender Jazzmaster guitar, John Folick owned a cheap bass that looks to me to be a Kay; and Kurt Robinson from nearby Torrington, played a mean Farfisa organ. The band would later add a drummer and move Bouyea to the front, but that guy isn't on this recording.
The song got picked up by the Capitol subsidiary, Atco Records. However, unlike our last two songs, we can't even say that this song was a regional hit. Atco did not promote it and the number of pressings of the record is rumored to be 2500 or less.
Listen - The Squires perform Going All the Way