Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns - Sea Cruise

Ace Records owner Johnny Vincent removed the fog horn and boat bells and whistles from the beginning....other than that, same instrumental track that was used for Ford's version.

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[johnniejukebox]

the original and the best.

[9thWardJukebox]

@johnniejukebox I think Huey would agree with you.

[weightfeather1]

The harmony singer is rather badly off pitch. I understand why the vocal got re-recorded.

[9thWardJukebox]

@weightfeather1 Well, this is the "re-recorded" version (at least one of them using the same music track). The mix is also a bit flawed but I think the novelty in itself is funny.

[1957Hepcat]

Thanks for posting! I've been curious about the original non-Frankie Ford vocal version. I like it but I do like Frankie's version better. His voice is sharper, more exciting and the hint of a yodel when he sings "Ooh Wee" is very effective. Great song! I can play it on piano. I used the Ford version as my theme song on WUNH - Durham, N.H. 1988-92 and still play it on my WEGL - Auburn, Ala. radio show sometimes. Either way, it's still Huey "Piano" Smith on piano and it sounds great!

[9thWardJukebox]

@1957Hepcat I agree. it really captures an era of Rock and Roll when it was exciting and still in an exploratory environment. I really believe it was something special to witness and to archive.

[TheIntruders]

This is the best version!

[MegaVoodooChile]

@9thWardJukebox Thnx Nint' You give me objective clarification on info. When it comes to music, sometimes I can't see da forest in da middle of all these trees. And man, do I remember buttermilk drops!! I didn't mind da cokkaroches cause I was eating them with scotch at 10 in da morning (Butterscotch Drops?) Yum! Make you throw rocks at Little Debbie. ;-)) But- Aint Dere No More :-{ Later, Big Chief JOKER

[9thWardJukebox]

@MegaVoodooChile Jihnny got into the game a wee bit too late. Most of all the great blues-man were in Memphis, Chicago amd even Nashville, many by way of Goldband Records out of Crowley, La. Dave made his deal with Imperial in the late 40s so much of New Orleans stuff headed west. It is good Johnny came along. I think that really solidified Cosimo's studio since after Ace, we saw Ric, Ron, Minit amd about 50 different labels by Eddie Bo. Oh yeah...and "Scram" for Scramuzzua.

[MegaVoodooChile]

Black, white- humbug. What appealed to Johnny was GREEN. He was a business man in a ruthless business. He regularly stripped the original vocals from recordings and replaced them with versions he considered more "marketable". "Alimony". "Sea Cruise" and "Loberta" are just a drop in the bucket. I also had people in the biz (da Cosimo clique) tell me Johnny definitely had a personal beef with Marchan, but their stories are apocryphal and everyone remembers it differently - like "Rashomon"