THE JESTERS - "My Babe" (1966)

 

I'd like to talk about one of my musical heroes for a little bit, and that person is the late, but forever great, Jim Dickinson born in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Jim Dickinson might not be a household name or in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but without him, music would have been a lot different over the years. 

Jim passed away back in 2009, but before that, he sang and played the piano with countless groups before becoming a record producer in 1966, and everything he laid his hands on was different from the way anybody else might have done it.

Here's a good place to start! 

Jim Dickinson was not even a member of the group known as The Jesters, but he 1966, he played piano and did the lead vocal on their Sun Records release titled "Cadillac Man." 

The flip side was this classic gem penned by Willie Dixon. 

THE JESTERS -  "My Babe"

 

"My Babe" was written specifically for Little Walter by Willie Dixon, and in 1955 it was #1 on the R&B Charts. It has since been covered by everyone from Elvis to Otis to The Righteous Brothers to Steve Miller, and hundreds of others.

LITTLE WALTER - "My Babe"