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Crawling through the Night

The Nightcrawlers - "The Little Black Egg" (1966)

A '60s jangle-pop classic, complete with simple but unforgettable ringing-guitar riff and inscrutable lyrics. Covered by The Cars, The Lemonheads, and The Minus 5 among others.



No one was more surprised by the record becoming a hit (#85 in Billboard!) than the band themselves, who all expected success would go to their Daytona Beach high school classmate -- one Duane Allman.

Somebody actually made a documentary about the Nightcrawlers: Watch the trailer here

Meanwhile, far away in the frozen Northland...

The Night Crawlers - "You Say" (1966)

Not the same band our heroes from Daytona (note the space in the name), these fellows hailed from Owatonna, Minnesota. Their one and only record is an irresistibly catchy, harmony folk-rocker.





And yes, there's a very brief documentary about them, made by the bassist's son. Curiously, he doesn't mention that the band's drummer, Bill Redeker, would later become a very successful international correspondent for ABC News.