I am an admirer of Louis Jordan, Bill. Good vocals, fine sax playing and a great sense of humor.
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
If a string breaks during a solo do you have a spare? She does - a spare violin.
I guess the guy she borrowed the fiddle from got to at least hold a Stradivarius
One of my sax students turned me on to two CDs called "Honkers & Bar Walkers". Various nice sax players and a lot of R&B that preceded rock n roll.
"Sausage Rock" - Doc Sausage
Surfin' USA - Beach Boys
They settled the lawsuit with Chuck Berry and gave him writing credit and half the songwriter royalties because it sounded like "Sweet Little Sixteen". I wonder why "Twistin' USA" didn't fall to the same fate. Perhaps because it didn't sell enough to matter.