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This will never be on DVD! Too Bad!
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I saw the early androgynous'esq pic of him in that documentary- man, it had to take a lot of conjones for him to go that route back then.
A loooong list of former and modern day performers owe their image to this man.
Little Richard didn't spring up out of a vacuum. There had been a circuit of black performers touring the rural areas of the south and performing in tents. Among those performers were female impersonators and flamboyant gay singers. Billy Wright, almost forgotten today, was well known in the late '40s and Little Richard has cited him as a major influence. Another influence was the incredible Esquerita who was even more outrageous than Little Richard (Google him to see what he looked like) and who taught Little Richard to play piano.
The link below is to a blog article about some of the musicians from the tent show circuit.
Great history, thank you, never knew this : )
I've seen some live footage of Little Richard from '69 or '70 and I am absolutely convinced that Prince saw it too. :-)
I'm convinced both Prince and Hendrix stole his mustache and attire, ditto for Hendrix with the head band and ultimately the hair do. Prince, Rick James, (and hundreds of other side men) were most likely emulating Hendrix, but yes-it's still all traced back to LR. Hendrix gets a pass since he had first hand experience with LR (supposedly hired and fired twice by him- Woooooooooo! -in my LR voice LoL).
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As posted below, I grew up with this music. So I remember well when Pat Boone's cover of "Tuttie Fruity" was released. My friends and I laughed at how silly that sounded compared to Little Richard.
You can probably guess which one is in my old collection of 45s. ;^)
"The piano ain't got no wrong notes." Thelonious Monk
I love LR-
I saw him on a Talk Show later in his career.
He said, "My doh (sic ) swings both ways."
I wonder what he meant...
in the Jimi Hendrix documentary he said Jimi made his "big toe shoot right up in his boots" Lol...I hope he was referring to Jimi's guitar licks!
An undeniable talent with or without the image and the way he was able to lampoon himself... priceless.
I became a teenager in 1955 so lived through the birth of popularity of rock and roll. Fortunately I still have nearly 100 45s from that era, and in decent condition too. Fondly remember listening to WLAC late nights in Michigan.
I saw this program on PBS when first aired and agree it should be made available on DVD.
"The piano ain't got no wrong notes." Thelonious Monk
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