Los Brigands

The Brigands' "(Would I Still Be) Her Big Man" was an outstanding and unusual 1966 garage band single. In addition to a good fuzz riff, the usual staple of many a 45 in the genre, there were also fairly involved lyrics espousing a working-class perspective, bolstered by good backup harmonies. It sounds like the kind of thing heard on many a regional indie, yet it came out on Epic Records, and was produced by Artie & Kris Resnick (Artie Resnick had cowritten the Rascals' "Good Lovin'"). Given the major label and songwriting credits from the producers, there's been speculation t...