Some years ago I bought the box set of Little Richard's recordings for Specialty RecordsIncluded therein is a short promo segment where Little Richard is recording various takes pitching the pomade Royal Crown HairdressingIt's amazing. He approaches this with tremendous energy and enthusiasm, and no take is even remotely the same. He's just riffing to beat the band. Kinda like his glorious music.
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was undoubtedly past his flamboyant best, but the erstwhile medicine show performer who called himself "Princess Lavone" could still come up with the goods, as he did on this Brunswick recording from the mid-sixties
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I spent last week in Los Angeles, hanging with my family. Along with the cooking, laughing and listening I did, I was finally able to coerce my dad into writing another "DadMog". Hope everyone enjoys reading this as much as I did:It's 1985, we're in a radio studio in Santa Monica with the architect of rock and roll, Little Richard himself, and he can't stop talking about Buddy Holly's schlong...
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in 1970, with a backing band that sounds suspiciously like the Meters.NEED I SAY MORE? Well, probably yes. Despite the openly "flamboyant" nature of the main performers, this song and the riddim attached to it became a huge hit, re-recorded many times since in homophobic Jamaica. Hmmmmm....
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has a spot of bother with the law. Once again, this tune deserves to be better known than it is
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who the lead guitarist is on this ripped from the soul piece of New Orleans R'n'B by Little Richard from 1964?The answer may surprise a few of you
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Fifty-plus years after budding blues singer Richard Penniman transformed himself into the prototype wild man rock 'n' roller Little Richard, these seminal sides on Specialty retain every bit of their invention and abandon. Recorded in New Orleans with the rock 'n' roll pillars of Earl Palmer's second-line drumming and Lee Allen's muscular, swinging saxophone, Little Richard's best singles are a...
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This track, one of the many lost gems resurrected on Rhino's educational, enticing and life-enhancing What It Is box set, proves one of the great funk lessons: once you're down with the groove, you don't need much in the way of words. Who better to deliver this lesson than the man who made the single greatest utterance in rock history when he said "A-Wop-Bop-A-Loo-Bop-A-Wop-Bam-Boom"? Here he d...
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With the public losing interest by the late '60s, Richard was in danger of artistic irrelevance -- a reality he faced head-on with a string of funk albums.
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With the square footage at about 1/3 of that of the big brother version in Cleveland and a hefty price tag of over $30 a head, skepticism is taking its toll on the New York City Annex of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .While there has been plenty of publicity and marketing, the place probably opened at the worst possible time: right in the headwinds of a big ass recession. I admit, I was one of...
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The Domino Effect Benefit ConcertMay 28th, 2009New Orleans ArenaFeaturing BB King, Chuck Berry, Little Richard This Sunday, May 30th, an All Star Tribute to Fats Domino featuring some of the legends of Rock 'N Roll will take placeat the New Orleans Arena. The concert will benefit the Drew Brees Foundation in its efforts to rebuild parks and playgrounds for the children of New Orleans.New Orleans M
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