Sam The Sham – Tacky Raccoons

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Man Child, Sam The Sham (1963)
Domingo Samudio, aka Sam The Sham, released his first 45rpm in 1962, a cover of Chick Willis’ Betty and Dupree; the B side was Man Child. Two years later, Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs’ hit Wooly Bully made No. 1 in Billboard’s Top 100 for 1965. Contrary to popular belief, Samudio wasn’t of Mexican ancestry; he was of Basque/Apache descent.

HORSE.

Little Sadie.

A true woody.

Speed climbing.

Comfortable shoes.

Too many gummies.

A reunion at Lowe’s.

Creating mediocrity.

Recycling briquettes.

Animated Beastie Boys.

Jaya The Cat’s roadtrip.

Melbourne train stations.

George Washington’s beer.

Robotic prototypes of 1968.

Erik Kogan’s odd photography.

The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.

Tower Records 1971 [via Everlasting Blört.]

The new recipe smells just like the old recipe.

Headbanging with glasses [via Thompson, blog].

Chaco Chachalaca, Dickcissel & 98 more cool bird names
[via Memo Of The Air].

[Image at top: Slotville Gas by Jarel Built found here via here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Saturday Matinee – The Marshall Tucker Band, Sam The Sham & James “Super Chikan” Johnson

In the late 70s, there was a shift away from hard rock, pop, disco, and other over-produced gag-inducing genres, and I took a liking to Country Rock Jazz fusion. The Marshall Tucker Band caught my ear with “The Last of the Singing Cowboys,” one of the prettiest songs ever written, featuring one of the greatest country rock vocalists ever: Doug Gray (and yeah, that’s one silly-ass hat on the guitar player.)

Domingo “Sam” Samudio is still live and howlin’ in this vid from 2000. IIRC, Sam took his nic “The Sham” because he only knew 3 chords. “Little Red Riding Hood” is probably my favorite STSATP song – even in elementary school we got the innuendo. “Oh, That’s Good” was fun due to our juvenile misinterpretation of the lyrics: “He operated on my 3rd leg…”

Okay, um, let’s move on.

Never heard of James “Super Chikan” Johnson? Crank it up.

Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow for more inanity.

Have a Sam the Sham Halloween

Is it just me, or are they dancing to “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs?

Alternate .mp3 version of “Wooly Bully” is available at here along with some other freebees. Rhino Records put out a Best Of compilation on vinyl decades ago, and it’s prolly available on CD.