30 Days in the Hole

"30 Days in the Hole" is a song by English rock band Humble Pie. Released in late 1972, it was composed by the band's guitarist/singer Steve Marriott for the group's fifth album Smokin' (1972). The song received minor airplay at the time but failed to chart. However, it gained a following on album oriented rock (AOR) and classic rock radio formats and consequently it remains one of Humble Pie's best known songs.

"30 Days in the Hole"
Single by Humble Pie
from the album Smokin'
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 1972 (1972-09)
RecordedFebruary 1972 at Olympic Studios, London
Genre
Length3:58
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Steve Marriott
Producer(s)Humble Pie
Humble Pie singles chronology
"Hot 'n' Nasty"
(1972)		 "30 Days in the Hole"
(1972)		 "Black Coffee"
(1973)
Audio
"30 Days in the Hole" on YouTube

The B-side on its US release was "Sweet Peace and Time", while everywhere else the B-side featured "C'mon Everybody" and "Road Runner".

The song, a Steve Marriott composition, bemoans being arrested for possession of small quantities of illegal drugs, including cocaine; Durban poison, a potent strain of marijuana; and Red Lebanese and Black Nepalese, two types of hashish. "New Castle Brown" is often mistaken as a reference to Newcastle Brown Ale but actually refers to heroin also known as "Brown" or "Smack".

Pie guitarist Clem Clempson has said it is one of the tracks he would most like his career to be remembered by.[1] But the predominant group personality shown through by the song is Marriott's; so much so that when years later Clempson was asked about efforts to reform the group without Marriott, he simply declaimed, "It's a waste of time."[1]

Live versions

Marriott regularly played the song in the 1980s with his band Packet Of Three (with Jim Leverton and Jerry Shirley). The song was included in a 1984 concert at Dingwalls released as a live album two years later and a 1985 televised concert at the Camden Palace posthumously released on DVD and CD.

Cover versions

In the years since, "30 Days" has been recorded by several artists, most notably Gov't Mule, Mr. Big, Ace Frehley, The Black Crowes, Kick Axe, and The Dead Daisies, and is a live staple of Canadian rock band The Trews.

In other media

The song was featured on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC versions of Grand Theft Auto V, on the in-game radio station Los Santos Rock Radio. It was also the intro music to the "Tin Can Rehab" edition of Doug Stanhope's podcast.[2]

Personnel

Humble Pie

References
  1. "Interview with CLEM CLEMPSON". DMME.net. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  2. "DAY 30 - Tin Can Rehab". All Things Comedy. 2015-03-18. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-10-06.



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