Rufus Thomas Bear Cat / Walking In The Rain Third Man Records Sun-Ray Limited
$
160
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Description
Purchased new from the Third Man Records rolling record store in Louisville, KY. Never played.
Limited to 150 pressed on Sun Ray, black and yellow splattered vinyl.
From Third Man Records:
Originally released in 1953, "Bear Cat" by RUFUS THOMAS is as certifiable a primitive R'n'B smoker that's ever existed. Complete with the inimitable Joe Hill Louis on guitar, the future "Funky Chicken" Thomas gives his male-perspective answer record to Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog." In the process, the legal powers behind "Hound Dog" writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller won a lawsuit claiming "Bear Cat" infringed on the duo's copyright. Ever since the writing credits have been Leiber/Stoller, but what has not changed is the unbeatable groove that moves the song. "Bear Cat" is as fresh today as it was when it was originally released sixty years ago.
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