Saturday, May 11, 2019

Jackson

The song Jackson has been done and redone a few times.  As a youth, I remember my brother's copy of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood's rendition.  It was years later before I realized the Johnny Carter and June Cash had also recorded the song.  Nancy Sinatra never had the vocal skills to hold on to her dad's coattails and Lee Hazelwood never was, but their version of the song hit the flavor nearly perfectly.  Carter and Cash seemed to be hamming their way through the song.

The Swiss rockabilly band give a whole new view of Jackson.  Between the vocals of Emanuela (who can sing) and Sparky (who makes some sort of noise) and the old manual pinsetting alley, it just seems to capture the song.



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