JM
Joel Morris
@gralefrit.bsky.social
Writer & highwayman.
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What was the reason for not letting them play it? Too savage a sound? And the whole band being in sync with the guitar amp’s tremolo is amazing. Not easy to pull off. (Also: ooh, capo-ed on the third. Don’t see that often in the 50s…)
Right! Answered! Amazing. Sneak in your title track.
Not suitable for a general (i.e. white) audience. Too black, too groovy, too instrumental, too unknown, too alien. Sullivan had given a strict instruction to play "16 Tons" instead and Bo Diddley played both songs more or less in the time allocated for one.
JM
Joel Morris
@gralefrit.bsky.social
Writer & highwayman.
Writer & highwayman /
Links, agents etc: www.gralefrit.co.uk /
Ladybird, Cunk, Wipe, Be Funny Or Die, Framley, Candidate band, Comfort Blanket pod etc
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