Jerry McCain, AKA "Boogie" McCain made his first recordings on Trumpet Records before moving over to Excello, where he released this as his first single. "That's What They Want" takes it's cue from Bo Diddley's "I'm A Man", but it's money that he's talking about. By the time we get to the b-side, he's demonstrating his point and out cavorting and "Courtin' In A Cadillac."
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Upon further listening, it's clear that "That's What They Want" is what you would call an answer song to the Bo Diddley track mentioned above, so without further ado here's "I'm A Man."
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Muddy Waters' take: GONE mp3
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oh ya gotta post the early muddy waters version of im a man...
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ReplyDeletei originally intended to put this up, but my 78 is cracked and then i considered putting up several other tangents from that theme, and ditched the idea. i love the chorus of women shouting "yeah!"
i realize this is an post now...but the muddy water version is much more than a 'take' on the song....it his answer to bo diddley....
ReplyDeletemannish boy...
bo diddley was using waters band for his first couple of albums...
as i understand, because chess insisted it be so...
hes showing the 'little boy' how to do it right...
and honestly, you tell me...who's got the bigger balls here?...