Thursday, March 27, 2025

No Mail Today - Gene Terry and His Down Beats

No Mail Today - Gene Terry and His Down Beats
2:36
single, 1958
Written by Eddie Shuler and Terry DeRouen

I read that this song took Terry (real name Terry De Rouen) five minutes to write.  Terry was known as the king of Swamp Pop.  And what is Swamp Pop?  According to Terry himself, it's "white boys playing black music damned good." This one is a rockabilly number with saxophone and an obvious New Orleans boogie influence to it.  In it, Terry uses the common disappointment of having no mail to build a "come back to me, baby" song.

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