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Pink Cadillac, 1979
Written by Charles Underwood, 1956
This is a full-on throwback rockabilly number, which I never imagined John Prine would have done. The music is a typical, primitive rock beat, with the lyrics decidedly unfashionable. They tell a story of rocker who comes upon an African tribe who rock like any cool cat. There is some conflating of cultural stereotypes: "Well, I looked up the chief and he invited me in / Said a heap big jam session 'bout to begin / He handed me a tom-tom I picked up the beat." It was a different, less educated, time.