Ray Dorset is Mungo Jerry! Or so every 70s kid thought back in the heyday of their phenomenal 1970 hit ‘In the Summertime’ (23 million copies sold worldwide). After all, if anyone ever fitted a wacky name like ‘Mungo Jerry’ it was the wild-eyed white dude
In Mungo Jerry & Me, Ray Dorset gives an eyebrow-raising, warts-and-all account of more than 45 years on the road in the rock business. From sacking by his own band/reinstatement by the record company (at which point Dorset finally became Mungo Jerry) to writing a surprise 80s hit with the cheesy ‘Feels Like I’m in Love’ by Kelly Marie, the convivial but opinionated frontman takes us on an entertaining ride through the ruthlessly cutthroat music industry. Straddling five decades of rock ’n’ roll, we move from the wild days of the late 1960s to more politically-correct modern times, when Ray is obliged to apologise for the line, “Have a drink, have a drive,” from ‘In the Summertime’ as part of an anti-drink driving campaign . . . |
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