JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - TALK ABOUT THE BLUES (CD, US) DATE: 6.OCTOBER.1998 LABEL: Matador Records CAT NO.: OLE 327-2 01. Talk About The Blues 02. Bacon 03. Get Down Lover NOTES: VIEW: Issued in album-size plasic case with the same B-sides and almost identical artwork to the UK Single release of Magical Colors. This single, taken from the album Acme, was also issued on 12" in the US (and UK) and featured the B-sides Lovin' Machine (Automator Mix), Calvin and Calvin (Zebra Ranch Mix). Also released in the UK on CD and 7" with different B-sides. The song Talk About The Blues was written as a direct response to a Rolling Stone review of Now I Got Worry and Q&A with Jon Spencer. The review asked "what right young, white boys have to play the blues, the scribe opined that "Spencer's faux backwoods drawl verges on minstrel-show insult." What actually sent Spencer off, however, was a tamer Rolling Stone Q&A, in which he answered earnest queries about how a New Hampshire boy fresh from sneeing punk deconstructionists Pussy Galore fell for the authentic blues music of Hound Dog Taylor and Mississippi Fred McDowell. After the interview - perhaps feeling his authenticity in question, perhaps frustrated that the soul, funk and hip-hop sides of his band get overlooked because of the name Blues Explosion - Spencer sat down and wrote "Talk About The Blues." [This text is from a CMJ New Music Monthly article titled 'Acme Blues Explosives, INC' (click here to read full text).] The song lyric features a the line "I do not play no blues, I play rock and roll" which, of course, is a reference to the album I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll by Mississippi Fred McDowell. In a later Rolling Stone interview (click here to read full text) Jon Spencer said "I'd rather be known as a rock & roller. I mean we don't really play blues. How would you describe it? It's the exact opposite of Mississippi Fred McDowell. He'd always say, "I do not play no rock & roll." He had a record called that, too. " Talk About The Blues appears on the album Acme and was commercially released as single on 7" (UK), CD (UK/US) and 12" (UK/US). VIEW: Mississippi Fred McDowell - I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll (LP, US) VIEW: Acme Blues Explosives, INC / Rolling Stone Interview  VIEW LYRICS: Talk About The Blues VIEW: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion releases SONG CREDITS: 01. Talk About The Blues © 1998 Dirty Shirt (BMI) Writers: Spencer/Explosion Recorded: Suz Dyer, Calvin Johnson and Greg Talenfeld Mixed: Dan the Automator Noises: Rick Lee Scratching: Automator 02. Bacon Writers: Spencer/Explosion © 1998 Dirty Shirt (BMI) Recorded Suz Dyer Mixed with Nick Sansano and by Chris Shaw Violin: Ralph Farris and Krysztof Witek Cello: Garo Yellin String Arrangement: Kurt Hoffman 03. Get Down Lover Writers: Spencer/Explosion © 1998 Dirty Shirt (BMI) Recorded by Steve Albini Mixed with Nick Sansano Trumpet: Mark Pender Saxophone: Jerry Vivino SLEEVE INFORMATION: "Photo: Joe Dilworth Design: David Warner Blues Explosion: Judah Bauer, Russell Simins, Jon Spencer Matador Records 625 Broadway NYC 10012 www.matador.recs.com" DISC: "© 1998 Spencer/Explosion (p)© 1998 Matador Records OLE 327-2 625 Broadway NYC 10012 www.matador.recs.com Manufactured by EMI 7 44861 032724" DETAILS: ARTWORK: Photo: Joe Dilworth BARCODE: 7 44861 03272 4 MATRIX: "744861032724  MASTERED BY EMI MFG. IFPI L043" RELATED LINKS: matadorrecords.com