Freddy Boom Boom Cannon

[Hicksville Hogwash]

Anyone else into Freddy? Who?

Being from England I really only knew - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans. Wooh!

Since I moved to the USA I've found a fair few Freddy 45's records not one a disappointment even though they have a big band sound. I got a best of thing on Rhino and love it. Abigail Beecher is a garage big band punker that astounds me so much. It has horns on it, you're suppose to hate horns, Freddy is a horny dude most everything has horns, I love Freddy horns.

His trademark Wooh! Every song is over-loaded with Woohs. I love it. Wooh Who! Sing a line and go Wooh. It is so dumb.

Every song is fast or danceable. Ballads? Ha ha not one. Yes Freddy looked square never cool. But what other singer can have the credit of never crooning a weepy?

Anyone else think Freddy was a secret but a reasonably large influence on more than a few teen bands and they copied a lot of Cannon's style but mixed it with the Brit Invasion sound? I keep hearing him in mid 60's punk stuff.... I can't think of which bands right now... duh... but those teenage Woohs are there.

You can call me crazy Wooh! I don't care.

And anyone put me onto some 60's teen covers of Freddy Cannon songs and also any obscure Freddy songs I may like.

 

[Frantic]

Garage Big Band Punker. huh? 60s teen with a Bo Diddley beat is what my ears hear. The horns get in the way.

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

Garage Big Band Punker. huh? 60s teen with a Bo Diddley beat is what my ears hear. The horns get in the way.

It is the new "in" genre . You are right but after a while the horns become a fuzz box lead line

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

Go Bo. Diddle it. Buzz. Buzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Listen to that scratchy guitar. Amazing

 

[captainsalty]

i don't have all his LPs, but he cut some cool rockers. my favorite track is this one, a real cool swinger:

YES, it has harmonica playing which should have been done by a (fuzz) guitar, but still.
-Lee

 

[MopTopMike]

This be the one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAnsNGZNn8Y

 

[paul messis]

This guy wasn't a square at all... he was just a normal guy doing his thing in 64..... we all know the later hippies were the real squares.

 

[Ned]

I seem to remember seeing him being on "Bandstand" an awful lot from about 1958 - 1961 or so.

Ned

 

[Darren J Wallace]

This be the one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAnsNGZNn8Y

VERY INTERESTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[franku]

Been digging his hot take on "20th Century Fox" for a while, was not surprised when I recently found out it was the Strawberry Alarm Clock (pre-hits) backing him. I think it's just about on par with the Doors' version.

But this one, which I recently picked up in a thrift store, REALLY floored me. From 1963 - but that opening organ riff is about 3 years ahead of its time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITPlIsb0yxU

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

This be the one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAnsNGZNn8Y

Thanks Mike, I can take this over The Doors any day it has way more groove and Freddys' vocals are really good here

The flip is kind of decent too - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nOVzzVkKKw

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

Been digging his hot take on "20th Century Fox" for a while, was not surprised when I recently found out it was the Strawberry Alarm Clock (pre-hits) backing him. I think it's just about on par with the Doors' version.

But this one, which I recently picked up in a thrift store, REALLY floored me. From 1963 - but that opening organ riff is about 3 years ahead of its time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITPlIsb0yxU

Thanks Franku, The organ is very Mysterianious. Freddy is a little tired here though. Cool false ending.:)

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

Garage Big Band Punker. huh? 60s teen with a Bo Diddley beat is what my ears hear. The horns get in the way.

Abigail Beecher has one beat extra than Bo's. More of a "shave and a haircut and a mohair sweater" ?