[klaatumail] Re: frustrating day
- From: "Fred Hinnegan" <fhinnegan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:22:18 -0400
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3878
"Very few people know that the song was originally written by bassist Bill
Wallace and guitarist Kurt Winter. Napoleon was actually Burton Cummings who
was very Napoleonistic when the #10 album was recorded. The rest of the band
was extrememly upset about it, and Kurt and Bill had a completely different
set of lyrics for the song.
When producer Jack Richardson heard the song, he knew it would be a hit, and
had Burton come up with lyrics, and their record company RCA also had
Wolfman Jack under contract. So they had Wolfman as a special guest, I saw a
concert with them and the Wolfman as a special guest, needless to say it was
a very interesting show. They did Wolfman, but Wolfman also 'sang' the
classic 'StaggerLee'.
- Richard, Lansing, MI"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Hinnegan" <fhinnegan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 2:03 PM
Subject: [klaatumail] Re: frustrating day
> The original title was "Clap for Napoleon", I believe...so it probably
> wasn't about Wolfman Jack originally. I'll have to check around to see
> how/why it ended up as "Wolfman" instead. -- Fred
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bradley, David" <David_Bradley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 8:54 AM
> Subject: [klaatumail] frustrating day
>
>
>>
>> What was the purpose of the Guess Who's "Clap For The Wolfman" ?
>>
>> The sound bits of Wolfman Jack make it sound like he was in radio more
>> for the women it attracted to him than for the music. (gosh, could it
>> really be?) And putting that out there in a song on the radio seems
>> like a direct attack on the man rather than an attempt to get their
>> record spun on his show.
>>
>> Just my two cents on a bad day.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
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