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by Cousin Geoff
New Orleans funk star Eddie Bo says: “Hook it baby! Now sling it! Ha! Good God! Whooo-weeee!”
This 1969 funk hit on the tiny Scram record label is one of the only ones by local legend Eddie Bo to crack the national charts. I’m guessing that when Eddie barked out these orders live, people did what they were told, and it soon swept up the nation from The Big Easy.
Hear those New Orleans trumpets coming in? What a sound. “Now hook it baby! I feel it now! You got it!”
The strutting, helter-skelter tribal-soul drumming of James Black cuts it up. The bass line guides your booty. But how did they do it? “You over there with the big yams! Sling it!”
Eddie Bo is the New Orleans square-dancing caller. He’s got the mic, the dance floor is packed. People are sweatin’ as they hook and sling. You can’t stop. You gotta do what he says. And this isn’t even Part 2 yet.
So how do you do it?
