DANCING BAREFOOT (Celibate Rifles)
“Dancing Barefoot” is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Ivan Kral, and released as a second single from the Patti Smith Group’s 1979 album Wave. According to the album sleeve, the song was dedicated to women such as Amedeo Modigliani’s mistress Jeanne Hébuterne. In 2010, the song ranked #331 on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”. Cover versions include a 1988 recording by the Celibate Rifles (12-inch EP, bonus track on reissued CD version of Roman Beach Party). (More from Wikipedia)
Yet another SS-20 song, “Still I’m Sad” (the Yardbirds song) is on a split 45 that was given away by an Italian magazine called Lost Trails, with the other side being a live performance of the Patti Smith Group song “Dancing Barefoot” by the Australian punk rock band Celibate Rifles. Discogs has several more of these free 45’s listed that feature other bands from the Bomp! Records roster, such as past UARB the Tell-Tale Hearts, Gravedigger V, the Fuzztones, the Steppes, and the Miracle Workers.
(December 2017)
