Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan | Behind the Song

What happened when Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan joined The Beatles on their pilgrimage to India? Among many things, inspiration for one of his biggest hits, Hurdy Gurdy Man.

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[phillipthomas-sp]

Thanks for the info! Just what i was looking for

[lovelywoman]

Hurry first was Jamaican Ganga and rum for sure. Perhaps influenced by past experience. Love it either way. Kudos to Donovan!

[tylerfoss]

Weed and rum is the genesis of this song imo.

[neh]

I am a highly creative/psychic'ish RN, also bipolar. I find it difficult to walk with 1 foot in both the physical and ethereal worlds. It is painful. I can see Donovan clearly now.

[charlesgardner]

Good song to be used in the movie zodiac by David fincher based on a true story BTW

[billsmith]

id like to know what the mystery verse was and did Donovan ever play it live?

[GeorgeDee]

Alan Holdsworth was not the guitarist ! According to John Paul Jones who was also a session player on this song remembers specifically that
it was a guitar player named Alan Parker !