And we started making this record, which believe
it or not, took 17 days from start to mix, done.
After the 18th day there was a bunch of people
sitting in the recording studio listening
to it like this.
The 19th day, Nile was out getting drunk,
the 20th day, Nile was out getting drunk,
the 21st day… [laughter]
We never touched this record again.
It was done in 17 days, mixed, delivered.
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bowie, all those solos,
everything done.
And I think that this record almost more than
anything captures that thing, that enigmatic
thing called rock & roll.
Which is R&B at its roots, it’s R&B, it’s
black music, that’s what rock & roll was.
It changed and all of a sudden it became different.
That’s that Little Richard picture, that's what that record is.
It starts with the Isley Brothers “Twist & Shout”, [sings] with that thing singing
the dominant 7th chord.
Even the Beatles copied it, that was it, it
gave us everything.
The horn lick is a direct rip-off from another
record.
I get passionate about this stuff because
I feel this world going away.
And maybe it should go away, it's what
they call progress.
But this is what I grew up with and when I
got with Bowie, he allowed me to be that dude.
