SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS LOVED NOTHING MORE THAN A GOOD FURBURGER (EXPLICIT LYRICS)

Going back to when the universe was created, well not quite, maybe two plus years ago in the very early days of this website i know i wrote something about SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS, one of the most eccentric blues artists in the history of modern man. For most of his sporadic career Hawkins tended towards a piano style which incorporated the New Orleans doowop of his idols DR. JOHN and FATS DOMINO with a virtually uncategorisable form of the blues, a loose style faintly reminiscent of old time Kansas City blues made famous by JIMMY RUSHING and JIMMY WITHERSPOON, but with a lot more provocative lyrical themes. Without delving through his entire musical career, which dates right back to 1952, i'll pick it up around 1988 when Hawkins made a film debut in the movie MYSTERY TRAIN, his performance in the movie is on the same theatrical and downright bizarre level as HEATH LEDGER was in BATMAN, crazy as a fox, the movie's director, the cult hero JIM JARMUSCH, cast Hawkins perfectly, with the most outrageously bright red suit that was ever made, enough to make AL CAPONE look most uncolourful. It's not a movie for all tastes, it's marginally built around an Elvis theme, i reckon it was a crack up just seeing Hawkins in that red suit. A few years later Hawkins toured Australia and while here, he took the time to record an album, far and way the best of his career, titled I SHAKE MY STICK AT YOU. I know what you're thinking and you are right (laugh). Actually the album isn't a grubfest except for the standout track, which is called FURBURGER. It's not exactly groundbreaking or innovative songwriting but for pure shock value, it's a real winner. The perfect song to play at a swingers party along with EATIN AIN'T CHEATIN by STEEL PANTHER (laugh).