Hey Hey Baby!
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Track:Hey Baby - (studio)
John Lennon,Delbert Mc Clinton and Bruce Channel. Delberts funky harmonica inspired John's own harp playing in "Love Me Do".
Delbert McClinton and Bruce Channel
Bruce Channel might have been a footnote in pop music history if he hadn't hooked up early in his career with another Ft. Worth musician who straddled the musical worlds of that city's legendary Jaxboro Highway. This stretch of bars alternated black and white clubs, where white boys played blues and black boys played country music and everybody kept an eye out for the law. Channel was a country singer, often heard on the LOUISIANA HAYRIDE radio show, but when he ran into harmonica player Delbert McClinton, he found someone as wild as he was.
Channel's big hit, "Hey, Baby," topped both the U.S. and British charts in 1962, and McClinton's harmonica on it inspired John Lennon's playing. Channel continued to record country in the years afterward, and McClinton has had a long career as a blues and roots singer.
Comments (7)
and here's the Beatles on YouTube doing " Love Me Do".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwbOp8mqD7g
Yeah, definately hear the similarities in the harp playing. Never heard or heard of this before. Thanks!
This is great!
In case you haven't noticed, I love musical history thing
Thanks Madeline
GROOVY!
Tried to comment last night, but wouldn't "take". Testing 1 2 4
Ahhh, that's better. I have not heard this since it was on the radio and I was in kneepants but it sounds great, and between the two of us, has aged better.
What with all the Americana return to acoustic instruments, what's with the harmonica still being so rare on records these days? One of the things I love about 60s music is the ubiquity of the harp. Why would such icons as Lennon and Dylan give it up later in their careers, apparently (Lennon: certainly) never to return to the instrument?
Good'un, Madeline. I ain't heard this one in ages, and, like all the greats, it still sounds mighty fine. (Glitch notwithstanding...)