"Painter Man" (Pickett & Phillips, EMI United Partnership Ltd.) [2:52]

Released 28 October 1966. Charts 3 November 1966; UK #36

The Creation: Kenny Pickett (vocals), Jack Jones (drums), Bob Garner (bass and vocals), and Eddie Phillips (guitar) [Jimmy Page, second guitar?]. Nicky Hopkins piano?

Produced by Shel Talmy.

The Creation. 1993. Painter Man [2]. Brentford, Middlesex: Demon Productions. [Edsel Records NESTCD 904]

Notes and Quotes

	Section	Meas.	Description	Text
	Introduction		Guitar solo features bowing.	*
A	Verse		Vocal solo over ensemble. (Drop bowed guitar)	a
B	Refrain		Harmonized hook followed by entrance of bowed guitar theme.	b
A	Verse		As above with sustaining choral chords. (Bowed guitar continues.)	c
B	Refrain		As in refrain above.	b
A	Verse		Bowed guitar solo (extended ending).	*
A	Verse		As in verse 2 above.	d
B	Refrain		As in refrains above.	b
B	Refrain		As in refrains above without drums and bass	e
B	Refrain		Add drums and bass.	b
	Coda		Based on verse followed by quote from "Mona Lisa."	*

Text
Went to college, studied art. To be an artist, make a start. Studied hard, gained my degree. But no one seemed to notice me.	a
Painter man, painter man; who would be a painter man? (2x)	b
Tried cartoons and comic books, dirty postcards, women's books. Here was where the money lay. Classic art has had its day.	c
Do adverts for TV, household soap, and brands of tea. Labels all around tin cans. Who would be a painter man?	d
La la la . . . .	e

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