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Post by nolamike on Aug 22, 2019 10:31:45 GMT
What, no Esquerita? (I kid, I kid)
LIttle Richard was a helluva performer, and every one of these songs is (justifiably) a classic. I *do* think a big part of it comes down to the backing band - that group of studio musicians Cosimo Matassa had assembled in the '50s was an undeniable force; you can tell almost instantly which records came out of that studio.
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Post by osgood on Aug 22, 2019 10:40:41 GMT
Yeah, Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally, Good Golly Miss Molly and also Ready Teddy are missing, I thought it was intended like that. Anyway, Keep a Knockin' beats them all. It's what punk was trying to do without realising it had been done already.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 15:54:45 GMT
He did some good soul stuff in the 60s, I'll post some later.
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Post by tg on Aug 22, 2019 17:38:28 GMT
I went with Rip It Up and The Girl... I might have chosen Miss Ann if it had been an option.
And listen to Nolamike about that band. Lee Allen, Alvin “Red” Tyler, Charles “Hungry” Williams and Frank Fields (to name just a few of the regulars) played on so many big hits but remain relatively unknown in music history.
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Post by nolamike on Aug 22, 2019 19:58:04 GMT
And listen to Nolamike about that band. Lee Allen, Alvin “Red” Tyler, Charles “Hungry” Williams and Frank Fields (to name just a few of the regulars) played on so many big hits but remain relatively unknown in music history. Yeah! And Dave Bartholomew, Herb Hardesty, Huey Piano Smith, Earl Palmer! That band just killed. Their recordings just have a heavier sound than so much of the other stuff from that time period.
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Post by Sneelock on Aug 22, 2019 20:05:04 GMT
yeah, that band is amazing. who in their right mind would argue with that? the fact of the matter is that those damned songs and the outrageous, otherworldly confidence of LR are at least half of the reason we are talking about him all these years later.
I'll admit, we don't talk as much about his work with lesser bands or lesser songs but that dude was on FIRE. look at that footage from "the Girl Can't Help It" - that guy is out to stomp the world! the band certainly helps with the stomping but, make no mistake, Little Richard's fire burned brightly!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 20:35:26 GMT
Did the same band play on the Don and Dewey stuff?
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Post by nolamike on Aug 22, 2019 20:40:16 GMT
Did the same band play on the Don and Dewey stuff? Yep!
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Post by tg on Aug 23, 2019 1:44:44 GMT
Did the same band play on the Don and Dewey stuff? Yep! Technically, yes and no. Don & Dewey were L.A. kids and their sides were recorded there. Some NOLA ex-pats (most notably Earl Palmer) were there but it was also L.A. musicians. Sonny Bono would have been involved.
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Post by Charlie O. on Aug 23, 2019 2:03:07 GMT
He did some good soul stuff in the 60s, I'll post some later. Allow me:
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Post by nolamike on Aug 23, 2019 14:03:33 GMT
Technically, yes and no. Don & Dewey were L.A. kids and their sides were recorded there. Some NOLA ex-pats (most notably Earl Palmer) were there but it was also L.A. musicians. Sonny Bono would have been involved. Are you sure? The Allmusic guide to soul states that they were backed on this by "the Specialty house band (the same that backed Little Richard)." But it wouldn't be the first time the guide was wrong.
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Post by tg on Aug 23, 2019 19:42:10 GMT
Technically, yes and no. Don & Dewey were L.A. kids and their sides were recorded there. Some NOLA ex-pats (most notably Earl Palmer) were there but it was also L.A. musicians. Sonny Bono would have been involved. Are you sure? The Allmusic guide to soul states that they were backed on this by "the Specialty house band (the same that backed Little Richard)." But it wouldn't be the first time the guide was wrong. Well, they were both born in Pasadena and recorded exclusively for L.A. based labels - which Specialty was. I can’t imagine Specialty Records honcho Art Rupe sending them cross country to record in New Orleans. He didn’t exactly throw money around. According to this blog by The Hound (James Marshall) - both Don & Dewey played on their Specialty records, as did Earl Palmer (who left New Orleans for Los Angeles by then). It seems to make more sense.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Aug 23, 2019 19:47:58 GMT
They don't sound terribly different from one another, not that that's a bad thing.
I'm going with "Girl" - pleasant associations with the movie, which I adore - and "Lucille," which has always seemed "a step beyond" in wildness level.
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Post by daveythefatboy on Aug 24, 2019 19:02:46 GMT
Blah, blah, blah ...something about all of them being better than Nick Cave.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Aug 25, 2019 18:36:12 GMT
Blah, blah, blah ...something about all of them being better than Nick Cave. Hoping you at least voted, even if it was a random two.
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