Thursday, February 23, 2017

WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

Just poking around for more New Orleans stuff, I was teetering, trying to decide who to post first. Then I ran into the above photo of Eddie Bo. Look at that. He could be playing complete crap and I'd get sucked in just by that. Four barefoot women in short skirts putting their dukes up, with Bo in the middle of them. Wait. Look at his feet. (You can see them better in this high resolution version.) Just why in the fuck would he have the toes cut out of his shoes? Who knows? The nut.

Eddie Bo's music though is not crap. It's New Orleans R&B, classic to the core. He recorded for something like forty labels and released more singles than any other New Orleans artist, with the exception of Fats Domino. And he cut his shoes up for photo shoots.

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Listen:
Eddie Bo - Roamin-itis mp3 at Groove Addict
Eddie Bo - Baby I'm Wise mp3
at Groove Addict
Eddie Bo - The Sissy Walk mp3
at Groove Addict
The full LPs
Eddie Bo - Check Mr. Popeye
at Groove Addict
Eddie Bo and the Soul Finders - The Hook and Sling
  at Groove Addict

2 comments:

Frankipop said...

I think he's wearing Roman sandals?

Tom G. said...

On closer inspection, you may be right. Even negating the footwear, there's an awful lot of WTF going on in that photo!