"Keep Your Big Mouth Shut" very popular with the birds in Manchester

 

pdfs of 7 issues, with thanks to the original sharer

To those of you who may be shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean in the near future, I offer the following advice; head for Hawaii. There, in a club in downtown Honolulu you will find one of the greatest ravers of all time, the legendary Screamin' Jay Hawkins. [Jay had by now fully recovered from his stab wound inflicted by his ex-partner, a girl called Shoutin' Pat.] "I Put A Spell On You" is the big one. Jay starts by doing a special war-dance, prowling around the stage with tambourine in one hand, and Henry in the other. Accompanied by rolling drums he stalks across stage as though looking for blood. Crash! Jay bashes Henry over the head with his tambourine and leaps back across stage. One, two, three, four, and in comes the well known "Spell" beat. Halfway through Jay leaps back with arms outstretched as a vivid green flash lights up the entire club. Jay's other self-composed song was "Alligator 'Wine," which really shook some of the younger birds - dig the opening line "Take the blood out of an alligator!" ... Tremendous ...  

"Solomon Burke loves to eat," said our man Jalacy Hawkins when asked about the King Of Rock 'n Soul during a crowded car-ride from Blackpool to Manchester. "If a chick goes out with Solomon she has to like food, all kinds of stuff. Solomon has his flat filled with hamburgers all hours of the day and night.'' Jay used to live next to Solomon in New York, so he ought to know. Jay digs chicken gumbo, by the way, and Ginny sure cooks a mean chicken gumbo! I look forward to the day when hamburger sales increase, and Solomon comes to spread some much-needed soul amongst us. Long live the King Of Rock 'n Soul!