andre williams and the 5 dollars - jail bait 7 inch detroit 1957
this here records goes back to a time when black men in america still werent allowed to mention women on mainstream records without being accused as rapists. so they had to do it in whole many funky ways. go listen to your old tunes and try and hear a black man singing about doing the dirty. he couldnt, well on the mainstream anyway, or it was disguised. if you look it up yourselves itll save me doing it......anyways, how mister 'dirty' rhythm got away with 'jail bait' is beyond me. he did, and here we have an excellent wee tune. this is the kinda tune, like link wray, youd imagine from some 50s film about bikers and street punks. theyre coming ahead to fight each other. running through dark alleyways. to congregate in some rain soaked square surrounded by rubbish, cats and winos. and this here tune would be playing as the soundtrack. im of to comb my hair and look in the mirror. warriors..!!
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