Rock Candy

About Rock Candy

"Rock Candy" is a song by Montrose, the last song written and recorded for their 1973 debut. It was composed by all four members of the band. The song still gets performed on Sammy Hagar's solo tours and even had been re-recorded as the b-side to the Hagar single "Little White Lie" by the original band. It was also included on Hagar's live release Live: Hallelujah. The song is well known for its distinctive drum intro played by Denny Carmassi. According to Ronnie Montrose in radio interviews, the song originated from Carmassi's experimentation with alternatives to Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham's intro to "When the Levee Breaks". The song was featured in the 1994 movie The Stöned Age, and has appeared in the U. S. television series My Name is Earl. In May 2015, Hagar sang the song with Daryl Hall and Hall's band at Hagar's Cabo Wabo nightclub for an episode of Live from Daryl's House. A recording of "Rock Candy" by Montrose can be heard in a helicopter shot from the original 1976 version of the film A Star is Born. It was filmed at a concert put on by the producers of the film at Sun Devil Stadium at Arizona State University on March 20, 1976. more »

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1973

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Lord oh, yeah
When you need a friend through thick and thin
Don't look to those above you
When you're down and out, ain't no doubt
Nobody wants you

But you're rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky, yes
Rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky

Hard, sweet
When you're seventeen reachin' for your dreams
Don't let no one reach it for you
Pull up your pants,
Stretch out take a chance
If it can be done, you can do it

'Cause you're rock candy baby
You're hard, sweet and sticky, yes
Rock candy baby
So hard, sweet and sticky oh

Sweet , so sweet
You're rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky, yes
You, you're rock candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky
You are sweet
You're candy baby
Hard, sweet and sticky
Lord you are so
You're a candy baby oh
Hard, sweet and sticky

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Montrose

Montrose was a California-based hard rock band. The band originally featured Ronnie Montrose on guitar and future solo artist and Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar. Rounding out the original foursome were bassist Bill Church and drummer Denny Carmassi. more »

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