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Domingo Samudio (Sam The Sham) : David (David Martin, bassist) and I, we're half-Spanish and half-English. We'd gone to the same high school and we'd just shuck 'n' jive back 'n' forth, half-Spanish and half-English. So, I counted it off in Tex-Mex. I didn't intend for that to stay there and Stan Kessler, the producer, said, "Man, that's wild. Let me leave that on there." I said, "Naw, man, don't leave that on there", and we argued and he won the argument. I'm kinda glad he did.
I guess Wooly Bully was more or less intended for dance rock 'n' roll music and then when we did Ring Dang Doo, they may call it novelty and all that but … Wooly Bully is still valid today as far as rhythm and impact. It's simple and danceable.
Wooly Bully is great and I love it and it's afforded me a lot of things and it's made history, I understand. Somebody told me that it was the first American - one of the first, if not the first - to sell a certified million during the onslaught of the British groups. I guess it's not a light thing, but I didn't dwell on it 'cause I expected more than that. I remember when we landed in New York once and the press met us at the airport, on the tarmac as we were getting into our hearse.
Somebody said, "Do you concede to The Beatles?", and I said "No," and people thought I was insane. My own band said, "Man, you're crazy. The Beatles? You don't concede to them?" I said then as I say now, I knew where rock 'n' roll came from. It didn't come from England.
Ry Cooder : Sam Samudio as Sam The Sham was of course a great American - to me - a great American pop music figure. I mean this was a guy who dreamed up this cross identity, music identity and put a bedspread on as a robe and a towel for a turban. I mean this man was on to it! And sang great songs and had a hell of a persona. And then fell through the cracks somehow.
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I guess Wooly Bully was more or less intended for dance rock 'n' roll music and then when we did Ring Dang Doo, they may call it novelty and all that but … Wooly Bully is still valid today as far as rhythm and impact. It's simple and danceable.
Wooly Bully is great and I love it and it's afforded me a lot of things and it's made history, I understand. Somebody told me that it was the first American - one of the first, if not the first - to sell a certified million during the onslaught of the British groups. I guess it's not a light thing, but I didn't dwell on it 'cause I expected more than that. I remember when we landed in New York once and the press met us at the airport, on the tarmac as we were getting into our hearse.
Somebody said, "Do you concede to The Beatles?", and I said "No," and people thought I was insane. My own band said, "Man, you're crazy. The Beatles? You don't concede to them?" I said then as I say now, I knew where rock 'n' roll came from. It didn't come from England.
Ry Cooder : Sam Samudio as Sam The Sham was of course a great American - to me - a great American pop music figure. I mean this was a guy who dreamed up this cross identity, music identity and put a bedspread on as a robe and a towel for a turban. I mean this man was on to it! And sang great songs and had a hell of a persona. And then fell through the cracks somehow.
(Source : not known)