Screaming Jay Hawkins - A Portrait Of A Man And His Woman Screaming Jay Hawkins
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Ex-boxer turned showman, SCREAMN’ JAY HAWKINS was
born Jalacy Jay Hawkins in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1929.
During the sixties he became infamous for his outrageous
stage performances that would plague him for the rest of
his professional career.
Hawkins recorded his signature song “I Put A Spell On You”
(featured here in a hauntingly macabre reinvention) in October
1956 for Okeh Records, reputedly while drunk, and later
claimed that he didn’t even remember making the record. It
might explain the wild screaming and cannibalistic grunts that
secured his fame and led to his pioneering shock rock stage
show. He reprised the song, first in 1967 with a funky beat and
later in 1972 for ‘Portrait Of A Man…’ during a Nashville
recording session that found the showman in a more sombre,
reflective, mood charged with emotion and alive with his
characteristic moans and groans – a powerful monologue to his
smoking skull-on-a-stick, stage prop, named Henry!
“On this album, we have a very different Jay Hawkins. He is still
“Screamin’” Jay Hawkins but he doesn’t scream as much these
days. Jay is now doing his thing in fine soul style and displays
of lot of versatility This album will bring Jay back to a new group
of Soul-Rock fans. There are many good cuts here, including a
re-make of “Spell” that’s outta sight!”
—JOHN RICHBOURG, Nashville 1972
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