Artist
Andre "Mr. Rhythm" Williams is a R&B legend, and you may
not even know it. He wrote "Shake A Tail Feather," and sang such
uber-raunch cult classics as "Bacon Fat" (covered by the Cramps),
"Greasy Chicken," and the epitome of songs about little girls, "Jail
Bait." He worked at seminal
labels such as Motown, Chess, and Fortune.
He wrote songs for, or produced folks Ike Turner, Parliament/Funkadelic, Edwin Starr and Stevie Wonder. The guy is like music's version of Zelig; he's been everywhere, man. Yeah, baby.After a few hard years in... er... retirement, he stormed back in the late 90's with a record of smutty garage punk called Silky recorded with members of the Demolition Doll Rods and the Dirt-Bombs. Since then he has recorded with the Sadies, Jon Spencer, Two-Star Tabernacle (which included a very young Jack White)
and many others. His resurgence of popularity (and notoriety) continues
as he tours the world. Recently he was the subject of a documentary, Agile, Mobile, Hostile
that premiered at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival. Andre tells it like it
is, and if you get all bashful and shit with the blue language, you
might want to steer clear--this guy can make Redd Foxx (who gave him
his nickname, by the way) look like Bill Cosby. Don't let the shtick
fool you, though, the man has put together some of the most bad-ass
soul shakers in the history of music. He strips away all the bells and
whistles and shoots musical arrows right to your goodie spot. Music at
its most feral.(From Bloodshot Records)
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Album
Red Dirt
Album
Can You Deal With It?
