Sass is comprised of front man, the illustrious and talented Dave Cope, and 7 other members. On "If Your Mother Only knew" Dave rocked it with 2 other band mates. He kindly told me ""Actually, only three people played on this tune, Fred Berman (drums), Ethan Rider (bass) and myself (vocals, guitars, organ). On this track I used a Fender Strat for the electric and a Martin D-28 for the acoustic part."
The lyrics center around a teenage girl who is exercising her right to be bad while her mother sleeps in blissful ignorance thinking her little girl is "the teacher's pet". Picture her slipping out of her house either furtively out the front door or sliding out of the bedroom window to go meet her gang of other wild children. I imagine she is out to most likely have a puff, take a drink, perhaps make out with a random cute boy. The guitar playing is reminiscent of the Raspberries and Alex Chilton who in my estimation was very underrated for his stellar picking abilities. Dave and his mates sizzle and shine. The guitar solo that comes in at 1:43 lasts a glorious 36 seconds. The song doesn't go as heavy as a sardonic Big Star track It is light and tight. It is in my opinion "If Your Mama Only Knew" is a clean fresh song" which is what a critic called the Raspberries "Go all the way"
Sass needs to be on your radar if you dig going back to the 70s while living in 2019. Go pick up the track on Bandcamp. To my delight more music is on the way. I'll keep you posted.
Still another fan comments
"Urban dictionary definition says Sass is a noun, a verb and a musical sensation.
"Wow, that's Sass!"...
"listen to Sass!"
"let's go see Sass!"
"He's so Sass!"
can you feel it?"
"Wow, that's Sass!"...
"listen to Sass!"
"let's go see Sass!"
"He's so Sass!"
can you feel it?"
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