In late 1985, he released 'Burned Like a Rocket' which was rapidly climbing the country singles chart, and had just entered the top ten in January 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, and due to the title of the song, the single began to fall quickly back down the charts with many radio stations pulling the song off the air. His subsequent hits included 'I Knew You When' and 'Cherry Hill Park'. In 1965, Royal released 'Down in the Boondocks' which peaked at No. It was there that Royal would become friends with Roy Orbison who gave him encouragement to pursue his dream as an artist. Royal gained a huge following at the Bamboo Ranch in Savannah, Georgia, where close to 2,500 people each night would flock to the club to see him and others perform.
Royal, who was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1988, died in his sleep of natural causes.Īmerican Pop and Country Singer. His final album, 'His First Gospel Album', was released in 2009. His final charted single was 1992’s 'I’m Okay (And Gettin’ Better)', which peaked at No. His next fourteen single releases hit the country charts, with the biggest being his cover of 'Tell It Like It Is', which hit No. The version below is sourced from a second generation tape (see right photo), and is likely the best you will hear.Ī lossless copy of this track can be downloaded at Demos & Studio Outtakes/Download.ĭates where Down In The Boondocks was playedĭown In The Boondocks has never been played live.American Pop and Country Singer. "This track was fully completed as part of the project but Martin was unable to obtain the relevant permission for releasing it as part of counterfeit." " originally recorded and included on the very early Mute studio tapes."
Michael Lyons, Andrew Fletcher's brother-in-law, stated on the Home forum : Somehow though it has found its way onto YouTube.
We thought this was great until Fletch came down for a visit and opined “sounds like bleedin’ Dave Edmunds”, so that killed that one. I managed to record one of these jams (without my harmonies), the old Billy Joe Royal classic Down In The Boondocks (written by Joe South). He’d often turn away from the cranky computer, pick up his acoustic and launch into an Everly Brothers song, or even John Denver, and I’d happily join in on harmony. Martin’s nifty guitar playing was a major revelation. As co-producer Rico Conning recalls on his blog: Martin Gore covered this song for his first Counterfeit e.p. The second generation tape containing "Down In The Boondocks".
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