Friday, April 28, 2023

Slow Down - Larry Williams

Slow Down - Larry Williams
2:46
single, 1957
Written by Larry Williams

It's Larry Williams week!

Williams' careening piano drives this song, along with a yelping but confident vocal ("Whoo! If you want our love to last") and two saxes buzzing along.  It's a roller-coaster of a song, thundering down a track.  I feel like he escapes the looming shadow of Little Richard here, owning the boogie-woogie and turning it to something wild and almost punk.

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