Monday, June 4, 2012

What you believe is the vanity you conceive

I knew Entombed took the title Wolverine Blues from a James Ellroy short story; I had no idea that Ellroy himself lifted it from an old jazz standard by Jelly Roll Morton:



As much fun as this stomping little ditty is, it's still not as good as Big Bill Broonzy's "Immortal Rites" or Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Hammer Smashed Face."  Wocka wocka...