THE FENDERMEN ``MULE SKINNER BLUES´´ LP SOMA MG 1240
$
152
$ 152
Sold For
May 16, 2009
Sold Date
May 6, 2009
Start Date
$ 25
Start price
10
Number Of Bids
France
Country Of Seller
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Description
Mule Skinner Blues ; Torture ; Beach Party ; Bertha Lou ; Honky Tonk ; Lonesome Road ; Don’t You Just Know It ; Heartbreakin’ Special ;
Jack Of Diamonds ; High Noon ; Koo-Koo ; Caravan
• The story of THE FENDERMEN is one of those too good to be true stories of the business, but true nonetheless. It's one of two guitarists, Jim Sundquist and Phil Humphries, born on the same day and month in two different towns who didn't meet until they were teenagers. Mutually infused with the rock'n'roll bug, they started playing as a duo, naming themselves after the Fender guitars both of them plugged into a single amplifier. One of the songs that always received the biggest response when the duo played live the local bars was a hopped up, rockabilly rendition of Jimmie Rodgers' "Mule Skinner Blues" complete with goofball yodels and hot guitar licks. A local entrepreneur convinced the boys to record it—sans drummer or bassist—and had it pressed up on the local “Cuca” label in Wisconsin, then it was re-recorded for a Minnesota label, Soma. Inexplicably, the record caught on nationally, zooming up to the top of the charts in 1960. Humphries and Sundquist grabbed a local drummer and hit the road, touring behind their massive hit and eventually recording an entire album before the duo went their separate ways two years later. A one hit wonder group, the Fendermen nonetheless made full blooded, energetic rock'n'roll and provided one of the last gasps of rockabilly in a teen idol infested era.
THIS IS THE REAL THING, ORIGINAL 1960 MONO PRESSING ON THE MINNESOTA-BASED LABEL “SOMA” AND KILLER ROCKABILLY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM VERY HARD TO GET ! VERY NICE COVER WITH LIGHT SOIL ON THE BACK SIDE, NO WRITING... THE DEEP GROOVE VINYL RECORD SHINES AND PLAYS GREAT WITH OCCASIONAL, FEINT BACKGROUND NOISE ON A COUPLE OF TRACKS •
