You've probably heard Dick Dale sing before, and Johnny Otis's "Willie and the Hand Jive", and the Clash's "Guns of Brixton", but there's a whole lot of curiosities in the mix below of wannabe crooners. Ever heard a Venture sing? An odd Cramps song with Ivy singing? Hugh "Grazin in the Grass" Maskela doing a cover of "I Wasn't Made For These Times"? They're all worth hearing, and they're individual mp3s (in a zip), so you can dump the ones you don't like. But, c'mon, you know you're curious.
Here's a couple semi-related moonlighters. The Link Wray cut is all time. I love this song. It's a Jimmy Reed cover. Let it go to at least the :18 second mark if you want to hear some real guttural panting, followed by a tough sounding "yeah". It's vocal stink eye. But I dig the whole song, the raw production, the solo, the repetitiveness. All time, like I said.
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Listen:Link Wray - Ain't the Lovin' You Baby mp3 at Archive.org
Duane Eddy - Guitar Star mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
The mix:
Mace and Grenades: Instrumentalists Sing at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban 41 songs, in a zip
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