This is the Tams first record for ABC, cut at Rick Hall's Fame Studio, Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The Tams took their name from the Tam-o-Shanter hats they used to were on stage. The Tam-o-Shanter was a head dress in the form of a kind of large cap worn by Irish menfolk in the 19th and early 20th century, during the mid 20th t was also favored by West Indians, primarily, town dwelling Rastafarian's, to ensconce their Dread Locks, and latter still as a fashion accessory for non Rastafarians during the 1970s and 80s. Another type of head dress worn by the Irish, this time by the notorious 'Straw Boys' in the early 19th century, is depicted below.
The habit of dressing as women added to their grotesque appearance.