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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Back in the day, 1959

Lloyd Price

The Exciting...

(ABC - Paramount)



From his 1940s church-choir brethren, to Ed Sullivan's 1960s TV audience, to 2014 Viva Las Vegas rockers, all who were fortunate enough to hear Lloyd knew he was of a voice golden. His debut LP showcased the man to be no less adept at "Stagger Lee" stomp as "What You Do To My Heart" aching romanticism. Difficult to grasp as it surely is for those aware of Lloyd's mastery, there are some today to whom his name rings strange. Their woe.

Recommended: "Stagger Lee," "I Wish Your Picture Was You," "Talking About Love," "What Do You Do To My Heart," "Mailman Blues," "Where Were You (on Our Wedding Day?), "Just Because"

Videos: "Stagger Lee" (live at Viva Las Vegas 14),  "I Wish Your Picture Was You"    "Mailman Blues"    "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (live w/Little Richard on TV, 1994)


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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..