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re: Old Timey -- a thread for pre-rock country, folk, and blues
Posted on 8/17/13 at 2:25 am to Kafka
Posted on 8/17/13 at 2:25 am to Kafka
Never realized Elvis and RJ both died on Aug 16
Robert Johnson Blues Foundation
Robert Johnson Blues Foundation
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Today marks the 75th anniversary of the passing of Robert Johnson. In honor of the world's most influential blues artist, here is one of only three identified photographs of him. This image was later used to create an official Robert Johnson postage stamp, issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 1994.
Posted on 8/18/13 at 2:30 am to Kafka
Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys - "Hot Rod Race" (1950)
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Jesse Lee "Arkie" Shibley (born Jesse Lee Shibley, 21 September 1914, Van Buren, Arkansas - d. September 1975, Van Buren, Arkansas) was a country singer who recorded the original version of "Hot Rod Race" in 1950. The record was important because "it introduced automobile racing into popular music and underscored the car's relevance to American culture, particularly youth culture."
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"Hot Rod Race" prompted the even more successful answer song "Hot Rod Lincoln", a hit for Charlie Ryan (recorded 1955 and 1959, charted 1960, #33 pop), Johnny Bond (1960, #26 pop) and Commander Cody (1972, #9 pop). Shibley's record also directly influenced Chuck Berry's "Maybellene", Gene Vincent's "Race With The Devil", and the succession of hot rod records by the Beach Boys and others in the early 1960s.
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