The Hombres


The Hombres were an American garage rock band from Memphis, Tennessee, known primarily for the 1967 single "Let It Out ".

Origins

Formed in 1966, The Hombres comprised Jerry Lee Masters ; Gary Wayne McEwen on guitar; B. B. Cunningham, Jr., on lead vocals and electronic organ; and John Will Hunter on drums.

Greatest hit

Written by Masters, Hunter, McEwen and Cunningham and released on Verve Forecast Records, "Let It Out " hit No. 12 in 1967 and was revived on the soundtrack of the 2005 Cameron Crowe film Elizabethtown. On WLS, The Box Tops' "The Letter" and The Hombres' "Let It Out" were respectively Number One and Number Two on the 20th through the 27th of October 1967.
The song's spoken intro – "A preachment, dear friends, you are about to receive on John Barleycorn, nicotine and the temptations of Eve" – dates to the 1947 novelty recording "Cigareets, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women" by Red Ingle and His Natural Seven.

Musical legacy

A 1967 version of the song by disc jockey Barney Pip was included on the Pebbles, Volume 7 compilation.
The original "Let It Out" was included in the 1972 compilation album .
The track has been used in a U.S. advertising campaign for Foster's Lager.
The song was covered by Jonathan King in 1969, and also appears on his 1989 compilation album, The Butterfly That Stamped.
A version of "Let It Out" was recorded by The Nails in the mid-1980s.
The song appears on John Mellencamp's 1989 album Big Daddy.
The song appears on David Lee Roth's 2003 album Diamond Dave.

Band members

Hunter committed suicide with a gun February 1976.
B. B. Cunningham, Jr. was shot and killed on October 14, 2012, while employed as a security guard in Memphis, Tennessee.

Discography

Album

Track listing
  1. "Let It Out " - 2:05
  2. "Little 2 + 2" - 1:40
  3. "So Sad" - 3:47
  4. "Gloria" - 5:43
  5. "Am I High" - 2:49
  6. "Mau Mau Mau" - 2:15
  7. "This Little Girl" - 1:58
  8. "Sorry 'Bout That" - 2:15
  9. "Ya Ya" - 3:11
  10. "Hey Little Girl" - 1:46
  11. "It's a Gas" - 1:56
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