{"product_id":"screaming-jay-hawkins-a-portrait-of-a-man-and-his-woman","title":"Screaming Jay Hawkins - A Portrait Of A Man And His Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003eEx-boxer turned showman, SCREAMN’ JAY HAWKINS was\u003cbr\u003eborn Jalacy Jay Hawkins in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1929.\u003cbr\u003eDuring the sixties he became infamous for his outrageous\u003cbr\u003estage performances that would plague him for the rest of\u003cbr\u003ehis professional career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHawkins recorded his signature song “I Put A Spell On You”\u003cbr\u003e(featured here in a hauntingly macabre reinvention) in October\u003cbr\u003e1956 for Okeh Records, reputedly while drunk, and later\u003cbr\u003eclaimed that he didn’t even remember making the record. It\u003cbr\u003emight explain the wild screaming and cannibalistic grunts that\u003cbr\u003esecured his fame and led to his pioneering shock rock stage\u003cbr\u003eshow. He reprised the song, first in 1967 with a funky beat and\u003cbr\u003elater in 1972 for ‘Portrait Of A Man…’ during a Nashville\u003cbr\u003erecording session that found the showman in a more sombre,\u003cbr\u003ereflective, mood charged with emotion and alive with his\u003cbr\u003echaracteristic moans and groans – a powerful monologue to his\u003cbr\u003esmoking skull-on-a-stick, stage prop, named Henry!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“On this album, we have a very different Jay Hawkins. He is still\u003cbr\u003e“Screamin’” Jay Hawkins but he doesn’t scream as much these\u003cbr\u003edays. Jay is now doing his thing in fine soul style and displays\u003cbr\u003eof lot of versatility This album will bring Jay back to a new group\u003cbr\u003eof Soul-Rock fans. There are many good cuts here, including a\u003cbr\u003ere-make of “Spell” that’s outta sight!”\u003cbr\u003e—JOHN RICHBOURG, Nashville 1972\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHARLY","offers":[{"title":"Bone LP","offer_id":58712639471960,"sku":"TKM-46351","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4266\/0184\/files\/369_20261009_1215_113552_682_p_5060767440940_014.jpg?v=1791557404","url":"https:\/\/truckmusic.store\/products\/screaming-jay-hawkins-a-portrait-of-a-man-and-his-woman","provider":"Truck","version":"1.0","type":"link"}