Perhaps it was Chas Hodges honky-tonking roof-raiser at The Railway a couple of weeks back, but I've been on something of a buzz for Jump Blues and Boogie doings lately. Louis Jordan, Sunnyland Slim and Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson have all been beating eight to the bar round at our juke joint..
One tune never that fails to put some zip in your zoot suit or a tap in your spats comes from our old chum Smiley Lewis, writer of One Night (raunch version) and name-checked on the first podcast from Piley and I. (See if you can spot the lyrical connection with Tuesday's Eno post)
Smiley Lewis - Shame Shame Shame
Back in Ye Olde Days of Crocs Sam Butera's Bim Bam was a surefire floor-filler uniting punks, skins and blitz kids in a multi-cult shakedown
Sam Butera - Bim Bam
If you're in the mood for some live jiving, hotfoot it down to The Railway this Saturday where you can swish the night away with a vintage swing night
Chas Vegas....
Chas Hodges: rocking at The Railway.
Liberace: camper than a Christmas cake
7 comments:
Good heavens. Haven't heard Bim Bam since...well, since Crocs in about 1983, as it happens. Nice choice!
More ivory tinkling with the the rather FAB Paddy Milner. We saw him at The Pigalle a couple of years back.
I was there in 83!! We may have even shared a space on the dancefloor or been ordering a purple nasty at the same time. Weren't tassle jackets and check shirts all the rage in 83. That and T-shirts with the sleeves snipped orf?
Look at that left hand fly - must have been a blast J. I'd love to play like that - more here if you fancy
I'm not seeing you in that clip at The Railway, Mondo?!
Possibly at the bar (waddya mean again!).. although the back of Mrs M's head can be spotted bopping left to right at 00:36 - 42..
Next time I pop over to Ireland to see Dad I will get a video clip of him belting out Shame Shame Shame, he has a baby grand in the front room and a half decent voice to match!
That's a must Jacqui - I'm amazed anyone knows it, let alone bangs out a versh on the front room Joanna
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