Put the bacon on the paper so’s the grease’ll run off
The first artist a lot of Detroiters ever remember making it. one that is, that we could relate to as a Detroit dude, a representative of what we were doing, was Mitch Ryder. Jenny Take A Ride may be part field holler, part shitkicker stomp, but the only place the medley could have come from was urban America; Detroit, blighted factory center of the universe.
Put the bacon on the paper so’s the grease’ll run off.
The first artist a lot of Detroiters ever remember making it. one that is, that we could relate to as a Detroit dude, a representative of what we were doing, was Mitch Ryder. Jenny Take A Ride may be part field holler, part shitkicker stomp, but the only place the medley could have come from was urban America; Detroit, blighted factory center of the universe. It was an honest synthesis, running through Good Golly Miss Molly jDevil With A. Blue Dress On, Shake A Tail feather and Sock It to Me. A unique copulation of the white man’s rock and roll and the black man’s rhythm and blues. A marriage between Buddy Holly and Little Richard.
When he dropped out of sight it was commonly assumed that his success had been a fluke. Yet, when he began appearing again, the image of the ass-kicking greaser that we may have had was shattered; he was doing free concerts in the park and it was rock and roll! Catmother should blush.