Saturday, October 20, 2012

PUT THE BAT DOWN

Cruised by Diddy Wah's last night, and thanks to him, I now know who plays the filthy sax solos on Big Joe Turner's "Honey Hush": Lee Allen and Alvin "Red" Tyler. That, of course, led to way too much obsessing about a two and a half minute song.  First off, I loves me my Lee Allen.  You might remember him from his days with the Blasters, but he's had his finger in it since the fifties, (including sessions with Little Richard), After repeated listenings to try to discern which part of the sax solo was his (I'm thinking the first half), I realized that, in the song, Turner is kind of a dick. If you're familiar with the lyrics, you'll no doubt remember him telling his woman to quit crying (or "shut off the waterworks" as he poetically puts it), and not to keep jabbering because he's holding a baseball bat. If you were his real life woman you'd be pissed, right?  Here's the punch line: Turner wrote it, but gave songwriting credit to his wife. She must have had a bigger bat.

Here's a whole mess of Turner's stuff, and because I can't leave well enough alone, a Lee Allen cut, a couple from Turner's piano player Pete Johnson (a boogie woogie pioneer), and a cover of "Honey Hush" by Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n' Roll Trio. Don't be a dick.
 
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Listen:
Big Joe Turner - Honey Hush mp3 at Diddy Wah With glorious pops
Big Joe Turner - Honey Hush mp3 at Rockndog Antiseptic digital version
Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle and Roll mp3 at Kiss Atlanta
Big Joe Turner - Well Alright mp3 at Probe is Turning-On the People
Big Joe Turner - Corrina Corrina mp3 at Boogie Woogie Flu
Big Joe Turner - Boogie Woogie Country Girl mp3 at Boogie Woogie Flu
Big Joe Turner - Sun Rising Blues mp3 at Jazzpla.net
Big Joe Turner - Chains of Love mp3 at Probe is Turning-On the People
Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson - Roll 'em Pete mp3 at Beware of the Blog
Pete Johnson - Death Ray Boogie mp3 at AMRF
Lee Allen - Walkin' With Mr. Lee mp3 at Beware of the Blog
Johnny Burnette and the Rock n' Roll Trio - Honey Hush mp3 at RockinDog.com
Visit:
Big Joe Turner at Wikipedia
Pete Johnson at Wikipedia

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