Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - I Can Tell - 1962 45rpm

Great take on the Bo Diddley number - with Mick Green's stylish choppy guitar - on the back of 'A Shot of Rhythm And Blues'

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Music

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• 60's
• Pop
• Beat
• R&B
• Johnny
• Kidd
• The
• Pirates
• Can
• Tell
• 1962
• 45rpm

[fab60s4ever]

this is a great version but I really dig Rory Storms version much more !! Thank you for posting .

[2322Hoover]

In these days of big stereo sytems (that's what a 25K pa rig is, after all) it's unimagineable to hear everybody using their own amp, with no di's to a pa system. It's the difference between a photograph and the real thing. These guys were electric in every sense of the word. Thank you for reminding me.

[jofrad]

@MrChristobisto

I agree 100% but if you'd ever heard Brian Griffiths of the old Merseybeat group The Big Three you'd have heard somone who could run him a close second. Unfortunately none of their recordings do the band justice c/f their live performances, the nearest is their debut single Some Other Guy which was apallingly recorded and the intro cut. On this recording Brian was using a cheap Vox guitar through a homemade amp and speakers. To hear them live was an unforgettable experience.

[MrChristobisto]

Mick Green the first man to use a banjo string for a top E and drop every other string down one, so they were bendable. Plus playing lead with only a bass as backup leaves most guitarists pretty naked (certainly at that time when there were no effects pedals), so he played rhythm at the same time. Why not?!? Nobody else came anywhere near him for competence & inventiveness. And that Johnny Kidd voice, what a combination. RIP boyz, your music will never die.

[blisse123]

One of the first really great double ''A'' sides, thankyou.

[MrPlectrist]

The great Mick Green had a truly unique sound. in 1962 no other guitarist in the world sounded as cool and modern as this. This can be considered the birth of modern funky guitar style, some years before any other attempt. What a great musician.

[jofrad]

The only band from the South of England that could hold a candle to the the northern beat groups (at this time).

An absolutely blistering version of the Bo Diddley classic. The Pirates at their very best.

[Tepawox]

Best version ever!

[northlight1908]

Not bad, but the Bo Diddley original (especially the longer album edit) kills this. The beat is better in Bo's version and it's just grittier overall.

[55KatDaddy]

If you like this version (what's not to like), check out the Dr Feelgood version (definitive, IMO)