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[bomp] Re: Big Bopper
<<Years ago, while searching through old singles in a
used record store in Barcelona, I found a copy of the
Big Bopper's "Little Red Riding Hood" on (US) Mercury
and picked it up thinking it was the same song as the
Sam the Sham song - turns out that it wasn't, but it
was still a really great song very much on an early
Lord Sutch level. To this day that's all I've heard of
his stuff OTHER than "Chantilly Lace". I know J.P.
Richardson wrote "White Lightning" but I don't know if
he ever recorded it. So if I ever see his album on CD,
should I pick it up - was all of his stuff up to that
level of quality? Just wondered because he gets pegged
as a one hit novelty artist.>>
I'd definitely recommend the Big Bopper's album (or even a compilation, if his real album doesn't turns up). Yes, the man brought that leering "Chantilly Lace" voice to every song (not a bad thing), but even without the theatrics, the music still sounds like Gulf Coast rockabilly with an R&B edge. Along with "Little Red Riding Hood" ("bing, bang, biddly-bang, baby let me in!"), my faves include "White Lightning" (later a hit for George Jones - the Big Bopper wrote it) and "Walking Through My Dreams." Go ahead, take the plunge.
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