LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 30, 2019…JULY 30 1972 MARKED THE AMERICAN RELEASE OF ‘30 DAYS IN THE HOLE’
THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY HUMBLE PIE LEAD SINGER STEVE MARRIOTT. THE TRACK IS ABOUT GETTING BUSTED FOR DRUGS AND GETTING SENT TO JAIL. MARRIOTT GOT THE IDEA AFTER PLAYING A SHOW IN KENTUCKY, WHERE HE LEARNED THAT GETTING CAUGHT WITH DRUGS EARNED YOU 30 DAYS IN JAIL. HE WAS THINKING OF A FRINED THAT WAS SENT TO JAIL FOR HAVING A JOINT.
MARRIOTT WAS MAKING THE POINT THAT DRUGS WERE PART OF CULTURE( JUST AS ALCOHOL WAS A GENERATION BEFORE) AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH POT. THIS SONG IS ONE OF THE EARLY PROPONENTS FOR LEGALIZATION!!
THERE ARE SEVERAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL REFERENCES IN THE SONG.
“RED LEBANESE” AND “BLACK NAPOLESE” ARE FORMS OF HASH, AND OF COURSE “NEWCASTLE BROWN” IS AN ALE.
HERE’S A COLLAGE VIDEO OF HUMBLE PIE WITH THE ALBUM VERSION OF ‘30 DAYS IN THE HOLE’
