While I was in Chicago I heard The John Rawls Revue.
Rawls, the guitar player in the band had a nice red '60's Reissue Strat (I think).
On that Strat was the international symbol for "NO" something.
You know, the red circle with the white center with the red diagonal line running across it?
Except, instead of a cigarette, indicating no smoking, two words were written within his red and white circular sticker.
Those two words were Mustang Sally.
I had to smile...even though I like that tune.
I like it. I may have to make one for the website. No Mustang Sally, no SRV, no Beatles, no Loverboy. No jukebox hits. BBBBBBLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEHHHHHHH!
ONE OF MY TEACHERS HERE AT SCHOOL WHO USED TO SING IN A BLUES BAND HAS THE SAME STICKER. I LAUGHED MY ASS OFF WHEN I SAW IT. NOW IF ONLY WE CAN GET SOME "NO FREE BIRD" STICKERS MADE UP.
"don't worry, i'm a professional!"
It sounds cool if you sing it like Elmer Fudd.
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify. -- Ambrose Bierce
Wide Sawwy Wide!
Even Magic Slim can't make that song sound listenable to me...and that's saying something.
pbradt....if you make up some of those stickers, I want one PLEEEZE!
I broke my liver
Guys, I gotta stand up for the song. If you listen to the original, it's got a sparse, tight groove. It WORKS. Problem is, every local band has to do it maximum volume with guitars cranking the rythym. I think if it was covered in the style of the original, it would be a lot more fun to do. Really, go listen to it and tell me that the constrained, minimal groove isn't the coolest. We can al learn lots about dynamics from it.
Wilson Pickett, soft drums, a bass, and a muted guitar made a HUGE groove. Now everytime I hear it there's two overdriven guitars, a B3/Leslie, bass, and drums out the ying yang.
A pop a pop a pop pop
A pop a pop a pop pop
sounds cool.
BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM...
does not.
"No harmonic knowledge, no sense of time, a ghastly tone, unskilled vibrato, and so on. Chuck is one of the worst guitar players I know" -Gravity Jim
I agree Chuck. I like Mustang Sally.
Matter of fact I played it acoustically just Wednesday night at this music circle I attend. The "Folksy" attendees there sang along joyfully.
I merely thought that the sticker was very witty because I know how so many players, including players here, are really tired of that tune.
My own sticker would be concerning a song we did over and over again in a folk rock band several years ago:
NO AIMEE
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