Larry Bright _ Shake That Thing!
In Flac - covers are included
1. Bacon Fat
2. Shake That Thing
3. Maybelline
4. New Orleans
5. I'm a Man [Alternate Take]
6. Got My Mojo Working
7. When I Did the Mashed Potatoes With You
8. Surfin' Queen
9. My Hands Are Tied
10. One Ugly Child
11. Mojo Workout
12. Bloodhound
13. Twinkie Lee
14. (I'm A) Mojo Man
15. Teenage Jailbreak
16. Ugly American
17. The Thing
This amazing disc provides the perfect career overview of the inimitable brand of trashy, greasy dance-rock of Virginia-born, Texas-bred voodoo enthusiast Larry Bright, most accurately described by his very own mammy as "my li'l white bastard". Cut primarily in the pre-Beatle era by legendary L.A. producer Bob Keane, Larry is revealed alternately as a way cooler Johnny Rivers, a West Coast Ronnie Hawkins (dig his blistering "Mojo Workout"!), and most often as a more down, definitely dirtier Gary U.S. Bonds (the previously-unreleased "New Orleans" is positively swampy!). Heck, Bright even tried to cash in momentarily on the Surf Rock craze, though his Southern-fried "Surfin' Queen" sounds like it's hanging ten or eleven at the foot of the Mississippi rather than anywhere near Brian Wilson's sandbox.
Meanwhile, Larry more than proves he was, as claimed, Howlin' Wolf trapped inside the body of Pat Boone with an "I'm A Man" which, thanks to ferocious guitaring, cuts to absolute shreds other versions from the era - yes, even The Yardbirds'. As if all this isn't yet recommendation enough, howzabout the unsettlingly bizarre "When I Did The Mashed Potatoes With You" (Drifters on acid, I kid you not) and for real fun, check out Track 16, which begins with Keane ordering Larry, "I want you to write a song right now called The Ugly American". Gary Pig Gold
http://www.multiupload.com/KAOV1DR6WD
In Flac - covers are included
1. Bacon Fat
2. Shake That Thing
3. Maybelline
4. New Orleans
5. I'm a Man [Alternate Take]
6. Got My Mojo Working
7. When I Did the Mashed Potatoes With You
8. Surfin' Queen
9. My Hands Are Tied
10. One Ugly Child
11. Mojo Workout
12. Bloodhound
13. Twinkie Lee
14. (I'm A) Mojo Man
15. Teenage Jailbreak
16. Ugly American
17. The Thing
This amazing disc provides the perfect career overview of the inimitable brand of trashy, greasy dance-rock of Virginia-born, Texas-bred voodoo enthusiast Larry Bright, most accurately described by his very own mammy as "my li'l white bastard". Cut primarily in the pre-Beatle era by legendary L.A. producer Bob Keane, Larry is revealed alternately as a way cooler Johnny Rivers, a West Coast Ronnie Hawkins (dig his blistering "Mojo Workout"!), and most often as a more down, definitely dirtier Gary U.S. Bonds (the previously-unreleased "New Orleans" is positively swampy!). Heck, Bright even tried to cash in momentarily on the Surf Rock craze, though his Southern-fried "Surfin' Queen" sounds like it's hanging ten or eleven at the foot of the Mississippi rather than anywhere near Brian Wilson's sandbox.
Meanwhile, Larry more than proves he was, as claimed, Howlin' Wolf trapped inside the body of Pat Boone with an "I'm A Man" which, thanks to ferocious guitaring, cuts to absolute shreds other versions from the era - yes, even The Yardbirds'. As if all this isn't yet recommendation enough, howzabout the unsettlingly bizarre "When I Did The Mashed Potatoes With You" (Drifters on acid, I kid you not) and for real fun, check out Track 16, which begins with Keane ordering Larry, "I want you to write a song right now called The Ugly American". Gary Pig Gold
http://www.multiupload.com/KAOV1DR6WD
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