All Hail the Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson: “Shakin’ All Over”

What we have here is 73 year-old Wanda Jackson - rockabilly’s leading lady-- joining forces with the aristocratic horseman of rock, Jack White to take on British buccaneers, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates' “Shakin' All Over” – the B-side to the Third Man Records single, “You Know I’m No Good.” The result: the Sooner songstress delivering her raunchy untamed drawl with riptide force; hard-edged blasts of brass, a chugging rhythm section and kinky lines of guitar fuzz – a downright enjoyable barnburner.

With a career spanning six decades, the First Lady of Rockabilly (who spent a brief stint dating Elvis Presley,) holds a stockpile of hits under her garter: “Let's Have a Party,” “Fujiyama Mama,” and “Riot in Cell block No. 9.” Bob Dylan pegged her as, “An atomic bomb in lipstick.” And if all goes as planned, her first LP since 2003 will be released on Nashville’s Third Man Records in September. White had this to say about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member’s upcoming untitled release, “It’s really powerful. We did a lot of songs that we had to abandon because they’re so outrageous. We just took it too far. And it’s all cover songs — we didn’t even have to go into originals. We just had so much energy to work with. I can’t wait for the record to come out; it’s just wild.”

“You Know I’m No Good” (Amy Winehouse) b/w “Shakin’ All Over” (Johnny Kidd & The Pirates) 7” is available at thirdmanrecords.com and digitally on iTunes - LP due in September.

“Shakin’ All Over”
Written by: Johnny Kidd

When you move in right up close to me
That's when I get the shakes all over me

Quivers down my backbone
I got the shakes down my knee bone
Yeah the tremors in my thigh bone
Shakin' all over

Just the way that you say goodnight to me
Brings that feelin' on inside of me

Quivers down the backbone
I got the shivers down the thigh bone
Yeah the tremors in my back bone
Shakin' all over

Quivers down my backbone
Yeah the shakes in my knee bone
I got the tremors in my thigh bone
Shakin' all over

Well, you make me shake and I like it, baby
You make me shake and I like it, baby
Well, shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake

Recorded at Third Man Studio, Nashville, TN
November 2009

Wanda Jackson – Vocals
Carl Broemel – Steel Guitar
Joe Gillis – Organ
Patrick Keeler – Drums
Justin Carpenter – Trombone
Leif Shires – Trumpet
Craig Swift – Saxophone
Jack Lawrence - Bass
Jack White III – Guitar

Take Up Thy Rock 'N Roll Stethoscope and Walk,



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MP3: Wanda Jackson – “Shakin’ All Over”

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