Little B - Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas

[howarddobson]

Hi - I was thinking about the Shads and the various influences in their sound and music.

Obviously there is a lot of rock and roll there and perhaps skiffle but I was also thinking that bee bop jazz was an influence, as this genre established a melody and then improvised around it, as Hank does.

Coincidentally I was then listening to a Bud Powell Blue Note jazz album and thought about how the track Collard Greens and Black Eyes Peas sounds very similar to a Shads track, Little B. So I suppose there must be a bee bop influence there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N76ErzOdk9g

[dave robinson]

My investigations reveal that said track was originally from 1954, so you're very probably right.

[GoldenStreet]

Definitely the inspiration for Little B, the piece by Oscar Pettiford is also known as Blues In The Closet...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_y1RZDdGWU

Bill