Screamin' Jay Hawkins News

Having garnered some attention from their first release on both sides of the Atlantic, this follow-up further justifies their reputation with violent race car derby rock, soul stomps and a myriad of other influences.

Saturday, November 28, 2009 An evening with Stephen Fearing The concert series presented by Music by the Bay Live continued Thursday night, with an appearance by Stephen Fearing at the Waterfront Bistro.

Galas is capable of unleashing what has been described as "vocal terror." Diamanda Galas' closest brush with mainstream culture may have been in 1994, with her contributions to the soundtrack of Oliver Stone's controversial film Natural Born Killers, where she delivered dark gospel renditions of such songs as "Judgment Day" and Screamin' Jay ...

November 24, 2009 from KEXP - After KEXP 's live in-studio performance with the British band The Heavy , my mind and body was still vibrating.

Watch Jenny Jimenez's Seattle People slideshow from Saturday nigh at Solo Bar, featuring Ralph Portillo.

Screamin' Jay Hawkins was the most outrageous performer extant during rock's dawn.

Yes, it's a graveyard smash, and yes, it caught on in a flash. But, as the blog pointed earlier today , it's still one of the most annoying human artifacts ever produced.

If you're looking to soundtrack your Halloween party tomorrow night, look no further than Wayward Blog's Halloween Mix .

It's Halloween and time for some scary songs - and not Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash." Really scary songs.

It's Halloween and time for some scary songs a ' and, no, I don't mean Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash." I mean really scary songs.

For some bands, every day is Halloween. Here are 10 artists who love the smell of the greasepaint almost as much as the roar of the crowd: Screamin' Jay Hawkins The great-grandaddy of shock rock used to emerge from a coffin onstage to wail I Put a Spell on You while toting a skull-topped sceptre and sporting a bone through his nose.

Horror has stalked the heart of rock 'n' roll since Screamin' Jay Hawkins donned a voodoo priest outfit and was led on stage inside a flaming coffin.

Artvoice's 2009 Halloween music playlist doesn't hand you the obvious 1980s cliches of Ray Parker Jr.'s "Theme From Ghostbusters" or current hot new zombie Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Instead, here's a selection from well below the rest of the shallow graves that's guaranteed to set the mood at your haunted house, make a scowling jack-o-lantern ...

Dreams don't come true by themselves. We had bands, and Brendan Mullen let people hear them.

Deep inside Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, past the skyward expanding parlor room, past the ghosts materializing in mirrors, there is a room where the dead dance.

I'm watching the episode "Humbug" on "The X Files", and this goofy song plays during the show.

Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under . He's lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood - which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston.

The madman behind Flat Duo Jets , Dexter Romweber is back with Ruins of Berlin , an amalgam of voodoo muzak and croony cosmopolitan country - imagine Marty Robbins meeting Screamin' Jay Hawkins in a back alley for a murky tango.

"Creedence Covers the Classics" highlights the band's taste for 1950s rock-and-roll with versions of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell On You," Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly," Ricky Nelson's "Hello Mary Lou" and Roy Orbison's "Ooby Dooby," all of which were set-list staples during CCR's early days gigging in the San Francisco Bay Area ...