This album is included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, from a 1981 book of his.

* - On the album 'Frank's Wild Years' / This song was used as the theme for HBO's "The Wire"; a different recording was used each season.

* - He died Sept 1st, 2005

Recorded by the Library of Congress in Detroit, Michigan - October 16th, 1938.

* - Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN: June 1972.

Birth name: 'Nehemiah Curtis James'

In 2003, this album was ranked #424 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 greatest Albums of all time".

Real Name: James Lewis Carter Ford / Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original album.

From the Discogs entry for the comp: "So, this independent tribute to the Blasters, the hottest American roots music band to ever come stormin' out of Downey, CA, is a pleasant surprise. And one that has earned a strong thumbs-up from both the man who penned all of the songs included here, Dave Alvin and his older and wilder brother, Phil, who remains the frontman of the current edition of the band"

Click on the Link above, to see album // The songwriter Duster Bennett was a fellow label-mate on the Blue Horizon label, an eccentric one-man-band bluesman; he recorded this on his debut album 'Smiling Like I'm Happy', 1968

Sampled in Young MC's "Bust A Move". / * - Click on Link above, left, to view the original single.

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Covered by Johnny "Guitar" Watson in 1963 / Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original single.

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English blues/ heavy rock / Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original album.

* - Weiss also wrote 'Rhinestone Cowboy' {Glen Campbell} and 'Bend Me, Shape Me {American Breed} ' / Song was also recorded by The Troggs, Canned Heat, Lou Rawls (my favorite version - LsA), Spooky Tooth.

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They evolved into Ambrose Slade, then Slade. / * - This is REALLY blatant, they didn't even try to disguise it ... // Click on the Link above, to view the original US single, where it was titled 'Girl Child, I Am An Evil Witchman'

* - Live at The Avalon/ San Fransisco, 1966

* - he also wrote 'For Your Love' and 'Heart Full Of Soul', their previous two singles / Music critic Cub Koda described this as a "minor-key pop classic" and Beck's solo as "equal parts classical and James Bond soundtrack"