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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

JUNIOR WELLS - SHAKE IT BABY! b/w (I GOT A) STOMACH ACHE


Here's another one of those mid-60s Chicago blues numbers that cooks so hard it FRIES! Both sides of this one are perfect after midinght jams...Shake It Baby! is great for right around 12:30 when everybody is nice and buzzed and ready to dance relentlessly, and Stomach Ache is perfect for about 1 AM when it's starting to chill out a bit but nobody's ready to quit. Junior's intro 'OOH Ouch" chant is so bad ass I can't even put it in to words.

Plus, Buddy Guy's guitar work on Shake It Baby is simply out of this world.

4 comments:

Gyro1966 said...

thatnks foor both sides! Very cool 45.

Anonymous said...

Great picks! I used to spin Stomach Ache back during my blues/soul nights all the time. Awesome cut. Thanks for the cuts!

Anonymous said...

i love the slower groove of Stomach Ache...i hadn't heard it before...

didn't Junior Wells usually play harp?...

ana...

Derek See said...

Yep, Junior usually played harp. Although in this period of Chicago blues, seems as though they were definitely going after the club/ dance market with uptempo vocal tracks. The last great era of blues, in my humble opinion.