Here's the "skinny" on the song, from someone I met online. Like all legends,
it may combine truth & myth:
"...even better than just knowing the song.. a few years ago I spoke with a guy who said he
knew the actual BRANDY from the song.. the sailor was in the 7th fleet stations in San
Francisco and his name was .. He was a good southern boy and his family did not
approve of Brandy.. she was a single mom who worked at a bar... she was about 5'5" with
bright red hair curly as all get out.. when the song talks about laying whiskeys down..
i always thought it refered to her serving drinks.., it seems that this was actually a
game they played ( kind of like the quarters game they play at bars) anyway and
Brandy dated for about 7 years, and eventually did get married in 1970 ( if i remember
right) and the looking glass band members (who had served with *****) the timing is
about right for this song to have been a wedding gift to them.. Not sure how true all
of this is, but it sure adds flavor to the song...
@figs Probably not true at all given that Looking Glass was an East Coast band formed at Rutgers University in 1969 and the song Brandy was released in August 1972. Kind of late for a 1970 wedding gift, let alone would they know some barmaid in California.
@figs Probably not true at all given that Looking Glass was an East Coast band formed at Rutgers University in 1969 and the song Brandy was released in August 1972. Kind of late for a 1970 wedding gift, let alone would they know some barmaid in California.
Here's the "skinny" on the song, from someone I met online. Like all legends, it may combine truth & myth:
"...even better than just knowing the song.. a few years ago I spoke with a guy who said he knew the actual BRANDY from the song.. the sailor was in the 7th fleet stations in San Francisco and his name was .. He was a good southern boy and his family did not approve of Brandy.. she was a single mom who worked at a bar... she was about 5'5" with bright red hair curly as all get out.. when the song talks about laying whiskeys down.. i always thought it refered to her serving drinks.., it seems that this was actually a game they played ( kind of like the quarters game they play at bars) anyway and Brandy dated for about 7 years, and eventually did get married in 1970 ( if i remember right) and the looking glass band members (who had served with *****) the timing is about right for this song to have been a wedding gift to them.. Not sure how true all of this is, but it sure adds flavor to the song...
Apart from being fruit do you know what "figs" is?
Apart from being fruit do you know what "figs" is?
@figs Probably not true at all given that Looking Glass was an East Coast band formed at Rutgers University in 1969 and the song Brandy was released in August 1972. Kind of late for a 1970 wedding gift, let alone would they know some barmaid in California.
@figs Probably not true at all given that Looking Glass was an East Coast band formed at Rutgers University in 1969 and the song Brandy was released in August 1972. Kind of late for a 1970 wedding gift, let alone would they know some barmaid in California.
@figs ...having been in the Navy (mid 70’s) the 7th fleet at that time was stationed in the Atlantic fleet...NOT the pacific...
@figs ...having been in the Navy (mid 70’s) the 7th fleet at that time was stationed in the Atlantic fleet...NOT the pacific...