Screamin' Jay Hawkins was a true wild man, even by first-generation rock & roll standards. A veritable musical witch doctor, he combined swampy blues, R&B punch, and rockabilly carousing, adding in his own fascination with voodoo, magic, and loopy exotica to create a stew all of his own. He was the originator of outrageous onstage theatrics, often rising out of a coffin onstage. A talent as mercurial as Jay's is never meant for constancy, but he inspired generations of rock & roll weirdos and appeared in Jim Jarmusch's 1989 film MYSTERY TRAIN before checking out of the mortal plane in 2000.

Listen to Screamin' Jay Hawkins at Finetune.

• (1990)  Voodoo Jive: The Best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins
• (1956)  Cow Fingers And Mosquito Pie

• I Put a Spell On You
• Little Demon
• Frenzy
• Constipation Blues
• Alligator Wine

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• WhiteBobcatCanada on 2009-06-21 16:23:52.717:
  He did a lot of recordings,even before "...spell..." in 1956.Too bad finetune doesn't have any of it.