Got an email from a Zombie this morning.

Chris White, original bassist for The Zombies, emailed me this morning.

I got ahold of an email address from a website he's associated with and contacted him yesterday as I was trying to find the lyrics to the song, "I Love You" - a song he wrote as a B-side tune while with The Zombies, but was a #1 hit for the group People! in 1968.

You can hear the song here. First, go to the right panel and MUTE my IMEEM music box.




Back to Chris White. I was tickled how quickly he emailed me (or that he emailed me period). I mean, it's Chris White of The Zombies - one of the original British Invasion groups. Come on! According to Chris, there have been discussions of the remaining original Zombies (guitarist Paul Atkinson passed away in 2002) touring some U.S. cities next year in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their album Odessey and Oracle, ranked by Rolling Stone in 2003 in 80th place on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. After seeing The Zombies Saturday, believe me - you want this tour to happen.

Chris and Zombie keyboardist Rod Argent wrote all the songs appearing on Odessey - an album that Foo Fighter Dave Grohl said was extremely influential to him as a musician. It IS an excellent listen - recorded at Abbey Road with many of the techs used on the Beatles' Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

If you're a Zombie fan, scroll down a few posts and check out a brief history of the band as well as my review of their show that I saw Saturday night.