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Song of the day - If Your Mama Only Knew - Sass

 
The level of talent coming out Philly is astonishing. I ask all the time what is in the water? Listening to my beloved independent radio station shaking the airwaves out of Philly,WXPN (88.5/91.9 wpn.org), DJ great Dan Reed spun a tune that made me question if I had missed a hidden Big Star track. The catchy chorus and power popping riffs hit me with a hug of 70s love. He announced that it was a track from Sass, a local Philly band. Well color me happy. I welcome the return of some good old power popping rock and roll with heavy emphasis on crushing guitar playing. Sass is described by one Facebook fan as "The Sexiest band in Philadelphia Metro Area"
Another fan writes "They are sassy, they are sexy, they are stone cold dangerous - and they rock!"

 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?"
 
 

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