Re: [IRCA] Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon

["Bob Young" <youngbob53@xxxxxxx>]

I think Jack Jack Kerouac is still among us. Was Neal in the car also?
Cold Sweat: unbelievable song. Could of listened to a 30 minute version.

Bob Young
Millbury, Ma


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>Subject: Re: [IRCA] Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon
>Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:23:34 EST
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>Godfather of Soul croakoff headlines today's Drudge. How can we forget 
>James'
>sensitive 'I Got the Feelin', lilting 'Cold Sweat' and ethereal tone poem
>'Hot Pants'? Didn't he literally kick us onto dance floor like Parkinson's 
>on
>DextroHydrazine?
>
>  August, '83. Steamy. Cruising decrevalent south Providence waterfront, 
>flat
>black ex-hiway patrol car, Ken Weber built Chrysler 440, "Special Cam",
>Hookers, Weiand intake, Holley Dual Pump, Imperial mufflers. Smog controls? 
>Right.
>Dead quiet until stomped, no exhaust noise, just raw intake roar.
>
>Cruise lovely Eddy Street, named for Uncle Phil, no doubt. "Smokestack
>Lightning", black iron & rivet South Street Generating Station stack, looms
>iconically above. Cassette/EQ blares James' child-rearing treatise set to 
>music, "Papa
>Don't Take No Mess". James screams, car gurgles, friend/helo pilot Captain
>Steve acts as spotter. Femal 'comfort specialists' flounce about. We make 
>snappy
>remarks with no intentions beyond baiting & bad taste.
>
>Street flounce trumps hi-power car & low-ball occupants.
>
>Chicas hear Godfather's sweet strains & our commentary. Comes their witty
>riposte, #@%^&@() Detectives. Laughter erupts, throttles slap open, wicks 
>light,
>intake roars, James segues to 'Sex Machine'.
>
>James made it possible. Ours is a quieter albeit less lively world. In 
>time,
>all its ravages will be undone.
>
>
>                      Dr. Zecchino
>
>pvz
>manasilence key, fl
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