As things start getting autumnal in parts northeast, we here at RK-BS Industries continue, like a fine PBS Frontline documentary, to address the events of this past spring. So here's a funky(ish) number for you from the March combo, Day 1, when we were fresh and saucy. Just in case anyone was under the impression that your Merry Band of Hooters limited ourselves to slop-rock and a Beatles cover, well, take a spin on "Jockey Full of Bourbon". I believe it was a cover that was broached independently by Dillo and Roger, and therefore proof that great minds do think alike.
For those not familiar with the song, "Jockey Full of Bourbon" is yet another classic sprung from the carnival mind of the great Tom Waits, off of his landmark "Rain Dogs" LP from '85. The original is indeed a distillation of that particular Waits-ian era: barking vocals, chugging rhythms, a stinging and echo-laden guitar line, bubbling organ, a baritone sax, tons of percussion, something that sounds like a whip cracking, and lyric references to busted $2 pistols, Cuban jail, a Slingerland ride (cymbal, that is), stepping on the devil's tail and, it goes without saying, bourbon, birds and a house on fire.
We slowed it down a bit and tried to play up the Afro-Cuban feel. Double secret extra credit goes to Mr. Bonanos, who absolutely sealed the deal by nailing his parts on the inimitable Wurlitzer 200a electronic piano. Maybe next time we lay on a horn section! Now accepting applications....
Roggie: vocs and gtr; Paul B: Wurlitzer; Paul C: Bass; JK: gtr, percussion; Road: Drums
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