Brian Setzer Orchest'The Dirty Boogie' [CD] { } ~54.00.00 87779

But the real thrill came when our band finished practicing and actually played. The performance was in a big dance hall called the Cowboy Boogie, where hundreds of booksellers and publishing-industry people had drunk themselves into a highly literary mood. The show went great. The audience whooped and screamed and threw underwear. Granted, some of it was extra-large men’s Jockey briefs, but underwear is underwear. We belted out our songs, singing, with deep concern for literacy in our voices, such lyrics as: You got to do the Mammer Jammer If you want my love. Also a group of rock critics got up with us and sang a version of “Louie Louie” so dirty that the U.S. Constitution should, in my opinion, be modified specifically to prohibit it. Also—so far this is the highlight of my life—I got to play a lead-guitar solo while dancing the Butt Dance with Al Kooper. To get an idea how my solo sounded, press the following paragraph up against your ear: BWEEEOOOOOAAAAPPPPPP Ha ha! Isn’t that great? Your ear is bleeding. Mustang Davey Recently, I was chosen to serve as a musical consultant to the radio industry ...»