I dig the Mighty Hannibal's stuff, got a Norton LP and some of the original 45s. Killer beats, but deeper than that: Hannibal played with a white backing band, and it led to some tense moments. He was a civil righs pioneer as well, but mostly unrecognized. This song's killer, despite it's off-kilter title: "Jerkin' the Dog." Jerkin' the dog? I guess it's supposed to combine the Jerk with the Dog, and from the video below, it's pretty awesome to see him giving the dancers the eye, as in: "Get with it, sisters, you're doing the wrong moves!"
Hymn No. 5 was an anti-Vietnam War song, from 1966. Reached #21:
And redone in 1973, as the war came to an end:
Both killer.
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