Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell
LET'S GET WILD
Sideburn Records 1001
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This is Rockabilly as it was done back in the early days when it truly was a fusion of the country sounds coming from the people that lived in the countryside, and it is filtered/infused through the harder cadences of the black rhythm and blues genre. It is played at the frantic pace that mirrored the speed that was life lived under the threat of "The Bomb". This is the music of the very early Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and all those others who paved the way and helped create the music of today. These people are the people of legend and myth. These are the people who created the lifestyles that we come to expect from our outlaw rock ' rollers that set the benchmarks for today’s music. These are the people for whom the music was an extension of, and it was their way of living. Speaking of one without the other is like trying to separate the hide of a tiger from the tiger while he is still enjoying the use of it. This is the music of having a time that is exceptional, be it exceptionally good or exceptionally bad. Here we have this root music given to us by one of those who was a part of that explosion that changed every facet of life in America as no other revolution has. This is the music of raw emotions, primal needs and love and loss. The music has an urgency or freneticness to it that pounds into us and makes us aware of the now. Yet it can at times be soft and full of the tenderness that is love. Listen to the emotion on IF YOU WANT TO SEE ME CRY and then catch the feeling on DO THE RUDY "TUTTI" or THERE'S GONNA BE A BALL. There is the young lovers classic by Doug Sahm, WHY WHY WHY, who played with Rudy when Doug was an 11-year-old living in San Antonio. Doug was, in 1952, considered a musical genius and was so young that Rudy had to pretend to be his guardian to pull him out of school. There is that wonderful slice of life from that time containing the
humorous but also serious ideas of the importance of a man's hair, DUCK TAIL. These were the wild times in Texas music, no, in all of America. Just read his biography as he writes it in the liner notes. It is called Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell: The Myths Behind The Legend. It alone is worth the price of the disc. If he did 1/8 of the things he says he did he is amazing, more than that and he should take his rightfully place in the Wild Man Hall Of Fame.
Songs and writers
(times are not given for the songs)
YOU'RE GONE - Rudy Grayzell
JUDY - J. Paiz/D. Ketner
WHY WHY WHY - Doug Sahm
DUCK TAIL - Rudy & Joe Grayzell
ONE MILE - Eddie Dugosh
IF YOU WANT TO SEE ME CRY - (Si Quires Ver Me Llorar) - Johnny Herrera (English lyrics by Rudy Grayzell)
HEARTS OF STONE - R. Jackson/R. Eddy
FBI STORY - Rudy Grayzell
THERE'S GONNA BE A BALL - Rudy Grayzell
LET'S GET WILD - Rudy Grayzell
WILL YOU LOVE ME - Rudy Grayzell
DO THE RUDY TUTTI - Rudy Grayzell
BIG BLON' BABY - R. Roberts/K. Jackson
TELL HER I'M GONE - Lou Whitney
Musicians
Rudy Grayzell - lead vocals, guitar
with the Skeletons
Donnie Thompson - guitar, vocals
Lou Whitney - bass, vocals
Joe Terry - keyboards, vocals
Bobby Lloyd Hicks - drums, percussion, vocals
Produced by Lou Whitney, Jim Bradt, Terry Currier