1959’s “Shombolar” by Sheriff and the Ravels post dated The Chips’ “Rubber Biscuit” by a few years, but had some of the same Hubba inna Jiggawa phrases. Gotta love it. (Watch for the Dick Dale cameo.)
Bill Haley & the Comets’ “Rip it Up” (ripping off Little Richard’s original verision). Awesome jitterbuggin’… Lookee here for mo betta.
1957’s “Untamed Youth.” Scary stuff.
This one’s for Aussie Phil. Ready for some speed blues? Here’s “PRESSURE COOKER.” Clarence Gatemouth Brown was one of the most underrated bluesmen of the modern era. He was one of those rare folks that if you told him a set of jumper cables was an instrument, he could play ‘em.
Tags: Bill Haley, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Comets, Pressure Cooker, Rip it Up, Shombolar, The Chips, The Ravels
Saturday, 15 November 2008 at 2:38 AM
G’day mate
Thanks for that
That was top shelf
Another muso for me to check out
Hows the size of the fingers on him.
No wonder he can play anything
Just loved the Bill Haley clip
You talk of underated artists.
Bill haley and the Comets to me had that grett raw rock n roll sound
Could listen to them all day
Cheers from down under
Aussie Phil
Saturday, 15 November 2008 at 8:14 AM
I love Billy Haley – thank you for posting this! A YouTube spelunker like you who finds so many great songs and videos is a blogger after my own heart. Since I’ve just spent a few hours finding videos to pay tribute to the jazzy & folky wonder that was Schoohouse Rock, watching these is the perfect antidote!
Saturday, 15 November 2008 at 1:32 PM
Phil–
Gatemouth Brown played guitar, mandolin, fiddle, viola(!) and harmonica, had a successful career as a musician and deputy sherrif. I have two of his albums on vinyl, “Alright Again!” and “One More Mile,” both are excellent.
Bill Haley had a modest career playing country swing before he started covering R&B songs (”race records”) at a time when white parents wouldn’t let their kids listen to black artists. He and others helped legitimize Rock and Roll in 1954.
Just two years later,That same year, a white singer from Mississippi was signed up to record because he “sounded black.” Guess who that was.Jimsmu–
Wow. Schoolhouse Rock?! I kinda missed out on that, although some of my friends watched it.
Thanks for the kudos, guys.