{"id":4585,"date":"2014-02-09T12:17:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T17:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2014-02-09T12:17:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T17:17:49","slug":"megatons-shimmy-shimmy-walk-pt1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4585","title":{"rendered":"Megatons – Shimmy Shimmy Walk Pt1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Billy Lee Riley<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download Megatons – Shimmy Shimmy Walk Pt1 <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I thought we\u2019d get the week rolling with something from the pride of Pocahontas, Arkansas, the great Billy Lee Riley.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have even a passing knowledge of classic rockabilly, the name Billy Lee Riley ought to be familiar.<\/p>\n

Riley laid down legendary sides like \u2018Flyin\u2019 Saucers Rock and Roll\u2019 and \u2018Red Hot\u2019 for Sun Records, both in 1957.<\/p>\n

\u2018Red Hot\u2019 would be revived in the late 70s by Robert Gordon<\/strong> and Link Wray<\/strong> (which is where I first heard it).<\/p>\n

Riley and his band the Little Green Men<\/strong>\u00a0also did a lot of work backing other artists.<\/p>\n

In 1962, Riley and his new band (featuring several of the Little Green Men) went into the studio in Memphis, and as the Megatons<\/strong> recorded the record you see before you, \u2018Shimmy Shimmy Walk\u2019.<\/p>\n

Initially released on the Dodge label, it was eventually picked up and reissued by Checker, where it made it into the Hot 100 later that year.<\/p>\n

If the tune sounds familiar, it is because it is a reworking of the R&B standard \u2018You Don\u2019t Love Me\u2019.<\/p>\n

Originally recorded under that title in 1960 by Willie Cobbs<\/strong> for Mojo records (his version was basically a reworking of Bo Diddley\u2019s<\/strong> 1955 \u2018She\u2019s Fine She\u2019s Mine\u2019), it was a local hit n Memphis and was picked up for national distribution by VeeJay.<\/p>\n

The song went on to become a rock\/blues standard in the 1960s, being recorded by a wide variety of artists, including the Kaleidoscope, John Mayall\u2019s Blues Breakers, The Al Kooper\/Stephen Stills Super Session, Junior Wells<\/strong> and the Allman Brothers Band <\/strong>as well as\u00a0<\/strong>the legendary 1967 Jamaican version by Dawn Penn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Megatons version features rolling guitar, a very nice reverbed harmonica solo and some groovy combo organ.<\/p>\n

It was also released in the UK on Sue, where it became popular with the Mod\/soul crowd.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PS Head over to Iron Leg too.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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