Hot Jam - Tobacco Road
Posted on July 15, 2008 by Kris Holmes
This was exactly what the world needed back in 1975, another version of "Tobacco Road". It's one of my favorite songs ever & has been covered by every man & his dog worldwide. This 45 is a version of it by a band that I'd never heard of & a label I'd never seen before I bought a box of unplayed stock copies for peanuts a few years back. It quickly became one of my favorite versions & I love how it touches on so many genres. For example you get a bit of blues (the flip is a solid cover of "Stormy Monday"), some barroom boogie, it's a touch garagey & the breakdown even gets little psychish. Whoever Hot Jam were, they could definitely play & they produced a pretty tight 45 with this release. Does anyone know anything about the band or label? The only info is that it was mfg. & dist. by Kajac Record Corp., Carlisle, IA. Cool label design, but a couple years on & this is still the only 45 I've seen on this label & the 45 is pretty un-googleable except for it popping up on the odd set sale list from time to time. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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