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George Tomsco (guitarist, The Fireballs) : Keith McCormick wrote that song. He was a member of The String A Longs from Plainview, Texas, USA. You remember the song Wheels? It was covered by Chet Atkins...by Billy Vaughn. It was another instrumental group from Plainview, Texas, USA. He was a writer.
The String A Longs came over to Norman (Norman Petty's studios in Clovis, new Mexico) to record from Plainview. He was over there just like some of the other artists Everybody was kind of sharing information, sharing songs and listening to everybody else's stuff. And so, they brought these songs over to demo them at Norman's studio so they could be played for the artists coming in looking for material. Sugar Shack was one of the songs.
I think probably Jimmy and Norman picked it up and thought 'that's be a good little song to do.' We just worked up that arrangement of it. Without the solo Vox, that sweet little potato thing in it. We had recorded just the gutsy tracks. Then we came back. We were gone for a few weeks doing a little playing tour. We came back and let Norman know we were in town and he said 'let's go to the studio. I want you to hear something.' He was always trying to put the Leslie organ or piano in our stuff.
When we heard Sugar Shack come on and that funny little merry-go-round come on, I really thought he messed up. But, after it became number one, well, I had changed my mind by then and thought that was a pretty neat little line.
(Source : interview with gary James on www.classicbands.com)
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I think probably Jimmy and Norman picked it up and thought 'that's be a good little song to do.' We just worked up that arrangement of it. Without the solo Vox, that sweet little potato thing in it. We had recorded just the gutsy tracks. Then we came back. We were gone for a few weeks doing a little playing tour. We came back and let Norman know we were in town and he said 'let's go to the studio. I want you to hear something.' He was always trying to put the Leslie organ or piano in our stuff.
When we heard Sugar Shack come on and that funny little merry-go-round come on, I really thought he messed up. But, after it became number one, well, I had changed my mind by then and thought that was a pretty neat little line.
(Source : interview with gary James on www.classicbands.com)