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[mr_bad_example]

Screamin' Jay Hawkins singing "I Put a Spell On You" and "Old Man River."

Both of these videos are from a late-80's show called "Night Music." This show was my first real introduction to jazz. It was also my first real introduction to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and seeing him at such an impressionable age is probably part of the reason I ended up this way.

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[somesuch.livejournal.com]

I think it would be interesting to do a study of people who had seminal role models named 'Bob', 'Esther' or 'Dave', then compare to other folks who were influenced by 'Big Lou', 'The Crusher' or 'Screamin' Jay'. Where's a psych grad student when you need one?

[mr-bad-example.livejournal.com]

That is officially the best comment anybody has ever posted here.

[somesuch.livejournal.com]

I aim to please!