Then Came the Last Days of May by The Bastard Sons of Dennis with Dave Danielli.
Album: Cruelty to Blues

Then Came the Last Days of May is a cover song.
Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult on their 1972 eponymous album. 

Music and lyrics: D. Roeser.

This arrangement by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
Inspiration drawn from the versions on the 1972 eponymous Blue Öyster Cult studio album, and the 1975 live BOC album On Your Feet Or On Your Knees.

Then Came the Last Days of May was always a tremendously popular Bastard Sons of Dennis song. It was one of the first songs the duo ever performed, appearing in the duo's first ever live performance at The Angel in Exeter.

The lyrics are a true story. This song was composed by Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser, guitarist and vocalist of Blue Öyster Cult, after three friends of his from Stony Brook University in New York were murdered in a drug deal that went very wrong.

Derek would often change the word 'truck' in the line "Now and then a truck" to 'duck'. This was always hilarious, with his exemplary comic timing.

Ducks became something of a theme for The Bastard Sons of Dennis. Fans would often bring their own toy ducks along to shows.

Occasionally Chuck's lips wouldn't be moist enough to perform the little whistle that comes at the end of his solo. This was also very funny. Check would just end up blowing and puffing and shrugging in a comical way.

The whistle actually comes from the 1970s uk sitcom The Goode Life. The character Tom Goode would often give this little whistle. Exactly where Tom took it from remains largely mysterious.

Blue Öyster Cult perform this song in the key of E minor. The Bastard Sons of Dennis transposed it to A minor.

The tempo increase after the first verse was Derek's suggestion. It was a very good one.

Performers:
Derek Broom - vocals, guitar
Chuck Palmer - guitar, vocals, whistle
Dave Danielli - bass

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One, exeter uk.
Bass recorded in north devon, October 2023.
Produced, mixed and mastered by George Davies 2025.

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Treaties
https://genius.com/Blue-oyster-cult-then-came-the-last-days-of-may-lyrics
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruelty-to-blues
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosy-lube-turtle
https://linktr.ee/bastardsonsofdennis
https://linktr.ee/wudrecords

Here is a live version of The Bastard Sons of Dennis performing Then Came The Last Days Of May:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXYOrrKuTE0

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Then Came the Last Days of May

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