Recorded: New York City, NY June 30, 1959
Personnel:
Buster Brown - Vocals, Harmonica
"Wild" Jimmy Spruill - Guitar
Riff Ruffin - Guitar
Unknown - Piano
Unknown - Bass
Unknown - Drums
*The names in the rhythm section on this classic tune have been virtually impossible to find.
I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has this information, or could point me towards it.
I'm sure we'd all agree that their contributions deserve to be acknowledged.
am sure a number of the legendary blues artists led some songs with harp intros, but either way this song is great, and the interplay of falsetto with harp in the choruses is very cool and gets my attention, a use of the style dating way back (Sonny Terry taught me the first song he learned, coming up all falsetto, whoops or not, from his grandfather) . Thanks for posting this...
howlingsandy 8 months ago
The Guy Named after a shoe with a rockin blues classic that has a special place in the Beach Music hall of fame.The Harmonica leading the vocals was truly ahead of its time.Nevertheless this is a forgotten classic that gets very little airplay on Oldies station but is on just about all the grand strand and crystal cost juke boxes.
miketheshanmanmangan 1 year ago