Word: mindshaft
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...blues) found the ideal blend of honking sax solos by King Curtis and the singers, who had distinct comic personality: Gardner?s lead tenor in a vaudeville vibrato of fear and trembling, Bobby Guy?s smart-guy growl (a nastier version of the Ray Charles tout-voice), Dub Jones? mindshaft bass delivering the cool catchphrases (as parent: "You better leave my daughter alone" and "Don?t talk back!"; as Charlie Brown: "Why is everybody always pickin? on me?") The Coasters? hits were loud, terse, vivid and un-sit-down-to-able: baby, that is rock ?n roll...
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