Why Today's Performers Have Nothing On Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

Last week’s news that Shane MacGowan is getting together a motley crew of musicians (including Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie, Mick Jones, Chrissie Hynde, Glen Matlock and Johnny Depp) for a charity single in aid of Haiti was music to my ears for a multitude of reasons. Obviously it's helping a needy cause and of course, it’s the perfect alternative antidote to the bloated back-slap fest that was that ‘Everybody Hurts’ cover, but more than that it’s the fact that the song they chose (the ...

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