#ronnie self

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Ronnie Self - Big Blon' Baby

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Ronnie Self 

July 5, 1938 – August 28, 1981

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Late career Ronnie Self, once coined "Mr. Frantic" for his wild stage presence and scorching rockabilly 45s like "Bop-A-Lena", "Ain't I'm A Dog", "Pretty Bad Blues" and others. I had "high" hopes for an unknown rocker when I dug this up- Ronnie Self produced by none other than Dale "Suzie Q" Hawkins, but here he sounds more like Lorenzo St. DuBois from Mel Brooks' The Producers.

I still love it- rockers can be a dime a dozen, but weird is priceless.

Dig these lyrics (and the sound effects): Green hickory wood will make your fireplace pop/But man try to tell that to a Frisco cop/He choked me with my beads and shoved me down for pot/And said that long strong daddy was going to blow my top/He finally hauled me in for possession of.../Love... and a pocket knife/And I was only high on life

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Ronnie Self

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bobby helms & ronnie self, c. 1957

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ain't i'm a dog, ronnie self

a-side 1. ain't i'm a dog 2. bop-a-lena b-side 1. petrified 2. date bait

the name of ronnie self first appeared on the australian charts in 1958 with 'ain't i’m a dog'. this proved to be only of moderate success, however, the follow-up 'bop-a-lena' (one of the wildest singles put down) was to prove his biggest success. as well as singer, ronnie self penned a number of tunes examples of which were 'all alone am i' and two tunes recorded by brenda lee — 'sweet nothings' and 'i'm sorry'.

manufactured for and distributed by discontinued records. © 1981 cbs inc./© cbs inc./sound recording made by cbs inc. - first published © in u.s.a.

[rootsrockweirdo]

Country Music Show: Carl Smith, Red Sovine, Goldie Hill and Ronnie Self

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Ronnie Self

One of the last tunes he wrote before killing himself: