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But I agree that what makes it a '70s song is that the guy’s response to a woman not wanting to talk is … not to walk away, but to stand outside her house and sing about it to her.
What does it take
What must I do
To get you to talk to me?
(Sure, Johnny, that’s bound to work!)
Not sure how obscure this song is, but I discovered it whileI was going through the early Prince catalog and was blown away. The song is a ripping hot and who can resist that album cover 
Too funny. My favorite early Prince song, and I was just watching live YouTubes of it today! MAN that guy could play!
I was also just watching the live versions, including an unaired version played on Ellen!
This was pretty heavy for 1970.
Highly energetic rock and roll, simple, fierce and a bit sloppy. I like it.
Obscure to American Audiences. Giacomo Castellano.
Here is song from a great album called Cutting Bridges. If you run across a copy…you might be in Italy.
Giacomo Castellano - Garbage [Rock/Blues Instrumental] - YouTube
This will blow your mind.
Earth Wind and Fire is not known as a rock group, yet they had tremendous appreciation and value for the hard rock sound and they had some songs that reflected this.
The group released their double album Faces in 1980. While the record produced no major hit singles, it was a tremendous collection of music and really was a display of EWF at their peak.
The song Back on the Road may be the most rocking sounding song the group ever created. The group brought in Steve Lukather of Toto as a sessions guitarist and he was absolutely spectacular on this song. You just have to hear it to believe how amazing this song is. Back On The Road is track 6 on the 1980 EWF double album, Faces.
By the way, Steve Lukather also contributed amazing guitar solos to track 8 from the album, You Went Away, a power ballad featuring the lead vocals of Philip Bailey, and co-written by Bailey and Ross Vannelli. Great song and Lukather really brings his magic. Some of the best work of Lukather’s career is found on two EWF songs and really shows that Earth, Wind and Fire can rock out as good as the best in the genre.
Sydney band Buffalo formed in I think 1971. They ended up signed to Vertigo (the label that Black Sabbath were on) and in fact supported them when Sabbath toured their Vol IV album here. Terrible video quality, I’m afraid - we only had B&W TV at the time!
This obscure (to me, anyway) instrumental came up on iPod shuffle. I can vouch for it being excellent for doing dishes by.
The Small Faces never got enough credit in my opinion.
Meshugga Beach Party
Russia’s own, the Red Elvises
Not obscure, but more obscure than he should be, Link Wray
The Effigies, one of the earliest Chicago punk bands
Nice Dick Dale tribute
Wow. Some of these are truly obscure. I’ll throw these few out, even though I’m not sure if they’re obscure at all.
The Gourds doing a bluegrass cover of Snoop-Dogg’s Gin and Juice:
And my current favorite band, T Bird and the Breaks doing their song, and the namesake of my car, Esmerelda:
Joyous Wolf, Quiet Heart, singer has an amazing voice.
The Red Elvises were a HOOT live! Not to mention a killer soundtrack to a criminally under know film - Six String Samurai.
How about this guy?
He’s so obscure, his first name is Unknown! (He was named after his daddy as listed on his birth certificate!)
Another lovely ditty. (This guy can PICK!)
Thought of another one I tripped across not too long ago that’s pretty cool - Ron Gallo: Young Lady You’re Scaring Me:
I’m not sure what algorithm coughed these two up to me in YouTube, but I’m glad it did…
Great cover
An original, I think
Okay, I’m hooked. Adding Unknown Hinson to my playlists…
Glad to be of service! 
