it's a query they were asking long before thomas edison was flat born: why should the satan hold all the good music? there's plenty to go around , for christians and heathens alike.
Case in point: the unsung career of the blistering singer david walker , who sang for the lord when he wasn't singing for the guitar satan unite wray. as a girlish man , walker , a washington d.c. natal , was a heavyweight contender who sparred with archie moore. in the fresh 1950s , he joined an l.a. gospel grouping called the sensational wonders , which soon morphed into the mighty clouds of delight. though the group's leader , joe ligon , was noted for his rough , barking vocal rage , walker's voice was something else totally.
"this guy makes little richard sound like pat boone , " comments one fan upon youtube , and that can't be argued. in the primordial '60s , walker met up with another d.c. product , unite wray , the master of menacing rock 'n' list instrumentals , whose 1958 whack 'rumble' was banned in several markets -- despite the fact that it had no lyrics.
Link wray and his ray men , which included the guitarist's brothers doug and vernon , brought walker into vern's domestic studio , where they recorded several tracks together. given the insinuations of the songs they haggle -- 'hide and go seek , ' 'red riding hood and the wolf , ' 'the girl can't dance' -- the churchgoing walker was loath to put his cognomen upon the records. the wray brothers decisive to confer him an modify ego , considering the kooky cognomen four h glide before settling for the slightly more believable bunker hill.
As bunker hill , walker released several singles with mala records , which would soon signal wray. the basic , the two-part 'hide and go seek , ' actually nudged its way into the top 40. (much latter , it was covered by joan jett , and the ditty also appeared upon the soundtrack to the john waters film 'hairspray.')
But it was the utterly unhinged 'the girl can't dance' (recently reissued by retro rock 'n' list label norton records) that actually secured the pseudonymous hill's office in the dusty corners of rock history. dave walker's little taste of the big-time with unite wray pulled him absent from his churchly duties. "we begged him not to go , " remembered ligon , who went upon to convoy the long-running mighty clouds of delight to mainstream success and the nickname "the temptations of gospel." walker bounced in and out of the gospel grouping until the fresh '60s , then dropped out of sight.
"he had one extensive record , but it apparently didn't proper his lifestyle , " said ligon. crate diggers are uncertain what became of the singer known as bunker hill after he left the music business. whether or not his conversion was his downfall , provided there's a rock 'n' list heaven , he's welcome anytime.
Case in point: the unsung career of the blistering singer david walker , who sang for the lord when he wasn't singing for the guitar satan unite wray. as a girlish man , walker , a washington d.c. natal , was a heavyweight contender who sparred with archie moore. in the fresh 1950s , he joined an l.a. gospel grouping called the sensational wonders , which soon morphed into the mighty clouds of delight. though the group's leader , joe ligon , was noted for his rough , barking vocal rage , walker's voice was something else totally.
"this guy makes little richard sound like pat boone , " comments one fan upon youtube , and that can't be argued. in the primordial '60s , walker met up with another d.c. product , unite wray , the master of menacing rock 'n' list instrumentals , whose 1958 whack 'rumble' was banned in several markets -- despite the fact that it had no lyrics.
Link wray and his ray men , which included the guitarist's brothers doug and vernon , brought walker into vern's domestic studio , where they recorded several tracks together. given the insinuations of the songs they haggle -- 'hide and go seek , ' 'red riding hood and the wolf , ' 'the girl can't dance' -- the churchgoing walker was loath to put his cognomen upon the records. the wray brothers decisive to confer him an modify ego , considering the kooky cognomen four h glide before settling for the slightly more believable bunker hill.
As bunker hill , walker released several singles with mala records , which would soon signal wray. the basic , the two-part 'hide and go seek , ' actually nudged its way into the top 40. (much latter , it was covered by joan jett , and the ditty also appeared upon the soundtrack to the john waters film 'hairspray.')
But it was the utterly unhinged 'the girl can't dance' (recently reissued by retro rock 'n' list label norton records) that actually secured the pseudonymous hill's office in the dusty corners of rock history. dave walker's little taste of the big-time with unite wray pulled him absent from his churchly duties. "we begged him not to go , " remembered ligon , who went upon to convoy the long-running mighty clouds of delight to mainstream success and the nickname "the temptations of gospel." walker bounced in and out of the gospel grouping until the fresh '60s , then dropped out of sight.
"he had one extensive record , but it apparently didn't proper his lifestyle , " said ligon. crate diggers are uncertain what became of the singer known as bunker hill after he left the music business. whether or not his conversion was his downfall , provided there's a rock 'n' list heaven , he's welcome anytime.
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