RE: [Harp-L] Cadillac Records Review

["Bill Hines" <billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

USA Today liked the film. As far as accuracy - hey it's the movies. They
always have and always will take some license. It's not a documentary.

I think on "Keep it to Ourselves" you can hear Sonny Boy II getting a
little cranky with whoever the engineer is shouting things like "You
better get this while it's hot goddamnit, if you let it cool it won't be
wurf a damn..."

Bill

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Whether or not that's the "original", I don't know, but it's on "The
Essential SonnyBoy", a 2 disc set. 
Another version is actually more interesting lyrically, but lacks the
"interaction" between Rice Miller and "the man". 
Brad Trainham
 

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So far, everything I heard about the film has been negative! Its a shame
because the Chess Brothers were so important in American Music and the
Blues in general. Both Leonard and Phil Chess were excentric Polish Jews
whose real lives alone could have made an interesting film. I understand
"Shakey" Walter Horton is totally ignored So is Sonny Boy II Anyone have
the origional version of "Little Village" Blues were he and Leonard get
into a shouting match.? 
Also I have read evey book and magazine written about the Chicago Blues
scene and I never heard of this crush between Etta James and Chess Sr.
Etta James gave an extensive in Living Blues and she said nothing.
Actually it was Johnny Otis who disvovered. He is the one who wrote
"Roll with me Henry" or "The Wallflower as it became known"