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I finally found a clip of old time legends Pete& Lillie Steele performing!

Playlist....of the previous month!!! Not very coherent but I love these songs dearly. The main song and inspiration for the design itself is La Porte En Arriere by D.L Menard

Song of the day

Song of the day

Song of the day

Song of the day

song of the day

song of the day

Lloyd Price- The Exiting Lloyd Price And what an exiting album this is indeed! It takes the listener on an emotional Rollercoaster and demonstrates very well why Lloyd Price is considered a pioneer of rock n' roll. The sound of the album is defined by the New Orleans RnB sound that was popularised by Dave Barthomlew and Fats Domino, who produced/ played on "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", a track I will come back to. Lloyd Price also draws great inspiration from Big Band Jazz, most audible on the Gershwin Brothers penned "Foggy Day". The two most famous tracks on the album, Stagger Lee(1959) and Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1952) probably demonstrate why Lloyd Price is great as he is. "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" is a track that put New Orleans RnB on the map in all of America, with the session performers being a downright star parade of what would become the 50s rock n roll scene. The pianist and the trumpetist/producer were already on their way to become the most successful act of the 50s, after Elvis, and it would be easier to list the artists that legendary drummer Earl Palmer didn't play with than those he did. But in order to explain why I love Lawdy Miss Clawdy so much I don't need to list all the people that were on it. Let me say one thing…when the piano intro is over and the vocal starts it feels like im ascending to heaven. There is just a sense of magnificentness that this song radiates. "Stagger Lee" is thematically very different. It tells a story based in truth: On Christmas in 1895, "Stag" Lee Shelton shot William "Billy" Lyons, allegedly over Lyons taking Sheltons expensive hat as gambling debt. The story quickly became the subject of folklore, and with that music. Songs about this murder predate recorded music and many iconic blues and jazz singers have sung their take on what happened that day. There aren't really any specific lyrics to the song, so this is a Lloyd Price (and his co-writers) original. (And not a Blues or Jazz song). What I love about this song however is not the subject, as many rock musicians of the time drew from folklore and urban legends. The story here is told with many beats similar ti a western story, with dramatic entrances and broken glasses. What makes this song a hit however is the arrangement. The saxophone underlines each action, and Lloyd Price narrates the story with his powerful booming voice, while the background singers either dis-or encourage Stagger Lee, depending on how you hear it. By using very theatralic arrangements and vivid imagery that is probably familiar to most listeners, he creates what feels like a mini musical or play. But now that I've sung the praises of the two big hits ob the album, let's talk about the rest. If you know anything about 50s music your forehead is starting to sweat and your knees begin to shake. Through clenched teeth you ask… "I-is it just f-filler?". This is where I answer…"No :-)". While the rest of the songs don't match the two Big Ones, they are still exquisitley performed songs that show the singers emotional range. Not to mention all the fun hooks that got stuck in my head (in the best way possible).

Bobby Day- Rockin' Robin