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From the original 1966 vinyl 45 Dave Bartholomew “Hey-Hey” on New Orleans’ Broadmoor Records

Today as I leave Mexico City all to soon and head back to the states, I’m throwing up the Dave Bartholomew killer that kicks off, “Hey Hey, Let’s go to Mexico”…

Though some Big Easy arrangements were getting strung out or sitar-ed in the late 1960s, this one is recorded rough and retains the classic elegant aesthetic of many of Bartholomew’s finest masterpieces, leaving plenty of room for the immediate rhythmic force of the instruments to dominate the track – with a heaping helping of classic Mardi Gras call-and response ladled all over the top of it! While you can hear funkier times coming on, and there are some flaming hot drum breaks in here, this one is still rooted in raw rhythm and blues! Its own wild animal, way beyond category, and one of the supreme spins…

Employ this to get the party started! And check out the killer flip “Junk Man”…