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Brothers and sisters (or whatever the hell who reads this page), it’s a hard time. Tough. YES, your host is desperate. THEY’RE GONNA CUT MY INTERNET CONNEXION FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS. I can hear you crying and moanin’ but there’s nothing I can do about it. I know, every woman on earth will be devastated and all men will commit suicide when they’re going to hear the news, but I hope you’re all going to be brave. Anyway, I just hope they’re gonna plug me (hum) before Christmas, ‘cos I got some fine presents for ya ! Ho Ho Ho, I leave you with this fine and sweaty bloody buttshaker mix, hope you’ll enjoy it and please do accept my apologies for gnagna bla bla blah….. ROCK ON PEOPLE !!! Yours truly, Reverend Frost. Rev Frost Presents…A Bloody Buttshaker Mix ! (59 :44) 01. Louis Chachere – The Hen 02. Lindy Blaskey & The Lavells - Papa Ooh Mow Mow 03. Solomon Burke - It's All Right 04. Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Red Hot 05. Wynonie Harris - Wasn't That Good 06. The Fabulo

Thank God, it’s Friday. Boogie piano master Amos Milburn was born in Houston, and died there a short 52 years later. In between, he created some of the best boogie of the postwar era, usually recording in Los Angeles for Aladdin Records. Quite a lot of the releases proved to be massive sellers in the pre rock and roll era, some of which demonstrated Milburn's oft-forgotten abilities with the mellower side of R&B. By 1972 he had retired from the business and returned to his home town of Houston where he died eight years later - after his alcoholism had first induced epilepsy and a leg had to be amputated in April 1979. Anyway, I could post 50 more extraordinary songs by Milburn, but it’s Friday. It’s drinking time. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND! Amos Milburn - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Amos Milburn - Let Me Go Home, Whiskey

For all of you who loved the eddie bond track of last week, here’s Lou Millet ! Lou Millet was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He started recording about 1950 for Feature records who sold "That's Me Without You" to Dot before he was signed to Columbia when he also worked as Lefty Frizzell's band leader. Lefty Frizzell gave him his first big break and in 1953, he was still associated with him, by fronting the band during one of Fritzell's tours. And on a personal note (...), Lou was six feet and a half and weighed in around 210 pounds then.I'm sure you're happy to know that. Millet obviously recorded until about 1972 without any hit in the charts, but his Hillbilly songs are really something for the fan of this type of music ! And yes, we're fans ! Lou Millet - Slip,Slip,Slippin' in Lou Millet - Shorty The Barber

To be clear, Charlie Rich willfully bended genres, fusing country, jazz, blues, gospel, rockabilly, and soul. Sounds familiar ? Well, forget what you know 'cos he was the man. Rich began his professional musical career while he was enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in the early '50s. While he was stationed in Oklahoma, he formed a group called the Velvetones (not the same one posted last year), which played jazz and blues. Sam Phillips (oh, him again ?) rejected the demos Rich recorded, claiming they were too jazzy. After absorbing some Jerry Lee Lewis records a friend gave him, Rich returned to Sun quickly and became a regular session musician for the label in 1958, playing and/or singing on records by Lewis, Johnny Cash, Justis, Warren Smith, Billy Lee Riley, Carl Mann, and Ray Smith. He was also writing songs, including "Break Up" for Lewis, "The Ways of a Woman in Love" for Cash, and "I'm Comin' Home" for Mann, which was later cut by Presl

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH !!! Hello Congregation ! Yes, we’re celebrating STGW’s second birthday this week, so here’s a mega-top-hits post with some fine choices taken from the vaults of the crypt. Just to thank you. Yup, thanks for tuning in, and thanks for everything ! (Hum, do I sound like I’m going to die or what ?). aaaaw I suck. Well, thanks. We have readers from the four parts of hell, mental comments, and bloody nice folks all the time, and we’re still doing this job for free. (ok, with 1000 visitors a day, you might say it’s quite stupid, but it’s my choice ^_^) So fuck yeah, are you ready for another year ? Cheers my friends ! Bunker Hill - Hide And Go Seek (Part 1) Lalo Guerrero - Marihuana Boogie Moon Mullican - Jenny Lee Hasil Hadkins - Walk And Talk With Me Lonesome Sundown - Gonna Stick To You Eddie Bond And The Stompers - Slip, Slip, Slippin' in Rocky And His Friends - You Weren't Using Your Head And one more for the twist ! Takeshi Terauchi - Riders In

One of the few rock bands signed to the folkie Vanguard label, the Vagrants cut some fair singles between 1965 and 1968 including the excellentissimo (& cult-classic here in the Rev’s crypt) « I Can't Make A Friend » (which is absolutely not the case by the way) Ok, here’s an nice page if you wanna know some more ! The Vagrants - I Can't Make A Friend The Vagrants - Young Blues Have a nice Weekend !

Despite his snarling rockabilly attitude, Giovanni Sacfone Jr.(yes, jack Scott) hailed from Ontario, Canada, and grew up near Detroit, developing a love for hillbilly music along the way. Jack Scott sounded tough, like someone you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley unless he had a guitar in his hands. When he growled "The Way I Walk," wise men (and women) stepped aside. Read a very good bio here Jack Scott - The Way I Walk Jack Scott - Leroy Jack Scott - Bella

Remember Yao Lee back in May ? Well, Rev. Frost brings you… CHANG LOO !!! Chang Loo - The Plough Song Chang Loo - All The Stars In The Sky

Yeeeha we're back Hawkins is best known for writing and recording "Suzie Q", a 1957 release that was a hit on both the R&B and pop charts. The song soon became a bandstand classic for generations of aspiring young rockers, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, which recorded it in 1968 (in case you didn’t know that). The phrase "suzy q" refers to a dance step, and can be heard on many old blues records from the 1920s and 30s. But Hawkins personalized it into a tale of a sultry siren, propelled by a catchy lick laid down by guitar virtuoso James Burton, who was only 15 when "Suzy Q" was recorded. He continued to record, but never experienced another comparable hit, in part because many listeners and radio programmers wrongly assumed that Hawkins was black. The era's rigid, prejudicial boundaries hurt Hawkins career in both white and black markets ! Dale Hawkins - Tornado Dale Hawkins - Mrs Merguitory's Daughter Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q