"if Leonard didn't call you a motherfucker, it meant he didn't like you."


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Warming up for one of the takes, Williamson hummed a few notes and set the rhythm. After several bars of harmonica introduction, he started to sing: "Little village, too small to be a town." He repeated the line.
"What's the name of that?" Leonard interrupted from the control booth. 
"Little Village, Little Village, motherfucker," Williamson said, his voice rising. "Little Village."
"There isn't a motherfuckin' thing in there about a village, you sonofabitch," Leonard shot back to the laughter of the musicians. "There's nothin' in the song that has anything to do with a village."
"Well, a small town."
"I know what a village is," Leonard retorted.
"Well, all right, goddammit. You don't, you don't need no title," Sonny Boy yelled. "You name it after, after I get through with it, you sonofabitch. You name it wha'ch you want. You name it your mammy if you want."
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2 comments:

  1. Bob Mac4 April 2014 at 18:10

    This looks good...many thanks Johnny.
    I remember was "Little Village" was first released on LP back in the early 1970s, we all had a great laugh from that SBW II track.
    Bob

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  2. mckee5 April 2014 at 10:34

    Johnny,

    Stop, you're going to spoil the children! Bob, I can confirm your suspicions on this one; excellent.

    Forget the Hollywood dramatics of Cadillac Records, the real story easily trumps the screenwriter's contrivances. This should be required reading in junior high. Thanks for sharing this true gem.

    Jeff McKee
    Richmond, Va.

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