A BIG OL' MESS

Here's a backlog of neat stuff from the past few days, none really related, but judging by the "Current Boss 10" list (top left of your screen) on this particular night, that doesn't seem to bother anyone.

First up is a Dick Dale video, from 1963, a movie called "A Swinging Affair." It's really awesome. I had a laugh last night trying to imagine what would be going on in the heads of his band members. They all look they're in a daze, like zombies. And what about the chick (and I do mean "chick") in the blond bouffant. By the end of the song, she's ready to pounce on the unsuspecting King of the Surf Guitar. The whole time her dance partner seems to be trying to talk her down. Reel her in, brother! Dig it!

Next is a great jiggle club number at Diddy Wah, Ernie Fields doing "Workin' Out." I swear, just about everything Adam (the host there) puts up is right up my alley. (The man has taste!) And here, from A Barrel of Nails, is Sister Rosetta Tharpe. A nice downshift. Ooh, here's a good one: the Bamboos doing an instrumental cover of THE Tighten Up (the Archie Bell & the Drells one), courtesy of Rollo & Grady. Soul Sides has U Roy and Hopeton Lewis's "Tom Drunk," and an earlier Stranger Cole cover of the Guess Who's "These Eyes" (retitled "Crying Every Night"), using the same rhythm.

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Ernie Fields - Workin' Out mp3 at Diddy Wah
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happening Every Day mp3 at A Barrel of Nails
The Bamboos - Tighten Up mp3 at Rollo & Grady.
U Roy & Hopeton Lewis- Tom Drunk mp3 at Soul Sides
Stranger Cole - Crying Every Night mp3 at Soul Sides