The Syndicats were Steve Howe's first band. Their three singles on Columbia… Read Full Bio ↴The Syndicats were Steve Howe's first band. Their three singles on Columbia (EMI) were produced by Joe Meek. When lead guitarist Howe left for Tomorrow in 1965, he was replaced by Ray Fenwick. Fenwick plays lead-guitar on "Crawdaddy Simone". He co-wrote it with Jeff Williams, the bands' keyboardist. That song has recently been covered by The Horrors.

Further members were John Truelove (drums), Kevin Driscoll (guitar), Johnny Lamb (vocals), Paul Holm (drums, last single)

Crwadaddy Simone
The Syndicats Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by The Syndicats:

Crawdaddy Simone Cheating was his trade A seller of lies A heart so cold He…
Leave My Kitten Alone You better leave my kitten all alone, You better leave…

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Comments from YouTube:

@iamdamosuzuki_

1y↑5

That last part almost sounds like no wave!

@Sandbagger300

15y↑13

Couldn't agree more! It's amazing how many GREAT 60's songs never have seen the light of day on the radio. And the guitar work back then blows away anything seen today!

@f.d.3289

5y↑9

The fourty seconds 1:15 are the best fourty seconds ever in rock'n'roll and punk and rock and music in general. Still remember how it blew me away first time I heard it, 15 years ago. God bless these guys!

@anothersettlementneedsyour9628

39w↑2

I’m into all kinds of heavy music… black metal, grindcore, cybergrind… you name it, I’ve heard all of those, but that part still shocked me. It’s so unecxpected, I can’t imagine hearing that back then.

@falkirkfirmm

12y↑10

top notch example of freakbeat

@topman165

16y↑5

one of my personal meek favourites, this tune was rated number one top uk freakbeat track of all time some years ago in record collector mag & how right there are.

@raybradhausen

14y↑2

A scatter-shot of sound that hits all areas of the brain.

@kunjidee

7y↑3

I'm here because I saw the movie Telstar...and this was the closing song...and I loved it.

@gilessteve

33w↑2

Me too.

@ferocel

12y↑2

I knew the vocalist about ten years ago. Johnny Lamb (2nd from right). He co-owned a pub I frequented at that time off the Strand. He sang the 'A'-side as well. Nice bloke.

@brainfreeze9653

5y↑2

Right up there with TheSonics !!!

@lambla2010

11y↑12

hes my grandaddy! hes well and happy xx

@dimbus2000

who is?

@f.d.3289

Hope he's still well and happy!

@heli-crewhgs5285

Did your grandad consider himself a 'mod?'

@ferocel

She was replying to a comment of mine from a decade ago, before we could reply directly to anyone.

@kenrutkowski1270

16w

Joe Meek...!

@mewrth

15y↑1

The ending was nuts!!!

@chuckdee121

16y↑1

Few songs are better. Always a kick to hear!

@JH-lt6hn

2y↑2

R.I.P. Ray Fenwick, passed away 30th April 2022.

@WedgePee

NOOOO!!!!

This has to be one of the greatest underground songs of the 60s!

@ArDaLarge

13y↑1

Fuck yes. Joe Meek it's still the best producer!!!

@InfraRendell

14y

Sheer brilliance!!

@ljjj777

16y

ahhh looove this song!

@jennyisberg

17y

This is so good! Go, Johnny Lamb!

@stardust1083

They're drummer was insane

@HeidiLoveUall

9y↑1

Whoa, amazing, amazing! I did not know this track was this old (shame on me) and neither did I know it was produced by the amazing Joe Meek! Such a classic, and NOW I know where it's from! Distortion, freak!!! So lovely! I wonder what those flickin sounds in the beginning really are, sounds almost like a unit being switched off and on again. Mmmm

@Khultan

15y

Well said!!

@Czechmate1967

12y↑2

To be fair this was played at least once on "sounds of the 60's" on Radio 2.

@psychedelicsam1

13y

i listen to family dogg radio. they play nothin but 60s underground. great song

@tiborvivi

13y

Awsome great band! I am a '60s psychedelic fan or fanatic, but I never heard about them. VERY HAPPY to hear this music! Thanks Bro.

@johnlamb6365

3y↑1

I sang on this and 'on the horizon '.Steve howe played on the horizon, fenwick on Crawdaddy, truelove played on both tracks, if my memory serves me. Just amazing that people are so appreciative of the music we made back then. I have good memories of that time .

@TamaraF91

15y

i love it !

@Czechmate1967

13y

@Sandbagger300 Actually this was played on "Sounds of The 60's" on BBC radio 2 about 2 years ago.

@The1200Dude

This is a fucking great track, garage rock at it's best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TD

@joker9494949494

13y

@thebradfordinvasion1 i actually heard this radio driving home yesterday, hense why i looked it up :)

@patriciamurphy5324

Great

@SavantSvant

15y

Been listening and loving this song for so long. If you guys like this you should download or even better BUY the nuggets collections. But since you found you'r way here, you proberbly know that already. :)

@kurt52073

13y

Little Steven played this tonight. It's the second time I heard him do this

@JasonUmbrellabird

16y

Motorhead's Louie Louie is a classic, the 7" also had a great B-side, I wish still had it..., was it TEAR YOU DOWN?

@JFBridge

16y↑1

Just to remind everyone that 'Crawdaddy' is now available on a recently released CD compliation,'THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE!',an indication that the song is gaining in reputation.About time too!!

@9750939

10w

It's also on a newish box set "Box of Pinups" (Grapefruit)--and it totally blew me away! My God!

@WerewolfMorgue

17y

Two words: Fucking. Brilliant.

@Khultan

15y

Yeah, I agree with ya, Sandbagger300. It's strange to think about it.

@ferocel

11y

That's good to know. Send him my regards!

@Eskilno1

12y

On Dimension of Sound - probably one of the coolest ravers ever to scratch the vinyl . . .

@Louiseskybunker

Thought it was called Demention of Sound

@LouisMancrief

17w

Proper bo!! Me thinks that those cheeky young Pretty Things, may have been peeking around the studio door !?What do you lot think, eh?

@jackjensen422

Good grief this shreds

@adolforodolfo6929

9y↑8

Never heard this before. 1965!!! You'd guess later. Hard to classify - psychedelic punk? "Ahead of it's time" is a bit of a cliché, but surely this is. They say genius is one step from madness, and Joe Meek was certainly beginning to lose it before flipping completely in 1967, but maybe it needed a madman to produce this piece of genius.

@openyourearsopenyourmind8069

Possible genres include Garage Rock, Freakbeat, and Proto-Punk.

@chrishenniker5944

adolfo rodolfo Sounds more American than British.

@nblBer

13y

how dirty is that guitar!

@alexdelaville

16y

he produced it

@programkill

13y

i always walk alone

@anothersettlementneedsyour9628

34w↑1

They are the ones who invented blast beats.

@Viznel137

15y

another user recommended this to me!Saw cant Judge a book by them-A Bit Yardbirdish!

@seansmith675

11y

check "crawdaddy simone horrors"

@ranchowilli

2y↑2

sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come, because everyone likes to listen to music and love peace and animals.
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@opensaucemusic

14y

@Sandbagger300 Hehe, thats my step dad. :D

@stefanpredoi4564

It's like the Sonics & Velvet Underground joined forces to make the best underground rock song of the 60s.

@freebrainstorms

14y

freakbeat is the shit.

@JasonUmbrellabird

12y↑2

@littlexine It so bugs me how the Horrors screw the song.

@jimm6095

8y↑1

Guitarist is a Ray Fenwick(Google him!), Not Steve Howe(who was in Syndicats before), or Jimmy Page! This was produced by Joe Meek!

@PurpleHounding

Replaced the 14 year old Howe.

@yes_head

Yeah, Steve Howe was never a string bender like this. And you can tell it's not his ES-175.

@CycolacFan

3y↑4

When your drummer is playing so fast there’s no longer any space between the beats...

@loempiavreter

16y

Paul Anka - Diana vs Alton Ellis - Diana The Early Reggae version of Alton beats the crap out of the original (seems to be 2 versions, i'm talking about the one on the other side of English talk, not the one that's on youtube atm). A lot of Rocksteady & Early Reggae reggae covers soul/motown/southern soul songs. Some of them are actually better (but most of the time way different then the original).

@kylebook

14y↑1

Makes you wonder where Pete Townshend got the idea for the ending of "My Generation"....

@JFBridge

13y

Just sold for £590.00 on ebay-I was £583.80 short as that's all I could afford!

@melitosse

13y

And it was on the B side...

@MarsHottentot

16y

Ah! The Horrors covered this on their debut EP. This is better!!

@holydiver73

15y

I know Steve Howe played in this band. Is he on this record. Sounds like him.

@ferocel

I think he played on the 'A-side'. It was called 'On the horizon'. Ray Fenwick played on this track. It seems it was a crossover period.

@arjunkaul

12y↑1

Whole Lotta Rosie (ACDC)??

@andythomas706

6y↑1

Arjun Kaul: Since when did AC/DC ever record anything original?

@seanstreit6192

Yep!

@geeza1964

11y

sold mine on ebay in 2000 for 770

@maydom04

bargain

@markusalcudia

7y↑1

Why sell it ?

@ianshaw2321

still got mine

@johnlamb6365

@@ianshaw2321 so have i.amongst my mother's effects

@benjaminbrown6502

no shellfish fo me

@JasonUmbrellabird

12y↑1

@TheHunty2010 I get annoyed with the Horrors because they go into the song too early and the singer and the whole band are confused and miss their cue.

@sk8Piti

14y

the horrors Crawdaddy Simone ?????? who song :S original ??

@JasonUmbrellabird

12y

@Widleykidz And played wrong.

@callejontranquilo

15y

the horrors screw this great song!!! the original its so much better

@JasonUmbrellabird

16y

The Horrors play the song wrong, they go to the chord change before "He always walks alone" and not straight after. It makes a big difference. Their's sounds fake.

@LED1512

11y

Disagree 100%. Perfect summin' up of a certain brand of white boy RnB. It was coined in the early 80's on the Rubble compilations.

@TheHunty2010

14y

it's weird. i prefer the horrors version because half way through this one i get annoyed with it. no offence, these people rule. it's just a matter of personal preference, and i like the differenc of the other version.

@qtpysusie54

16w

A bit noizy midway through. Not for me.

@Czechmate1967

12y

Freakbeat is a new fangled and frankly shit term for British Rhythm and Blues.

@Czechmate1967

11y

Disagree even more with that "freakbeat" conjures up horrible images of flares wearing twats in purple hats and daft women with dresses made from curtains. Exactly NOT what bands like the Bo Street Runners or the Muleskinners or the Syndicats were about.