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The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, born Norman Carl Odam on October 10, 1947 in Lubbock,Texas, is an incoherent rock and roll performer who invented an early example of the genre that came to be known as psychobilly in the 1960s. While often considered a novelty artist, he considers himself a serious performer.
He recorded his only “hit,” the song Paralyzed, in 1968, in what was, apparently, a moment of spare time in a recording studio in Texas. T-Bone Burnett played drums on the record. The lyrics to this magnum opus are unintelligible snarls, growls, and similar vocalisms, surrounded by frantic strumming on acoustic guitar, Burnett’s equally frantic drumming, and occasional yelps of what sounds like the song’s title, “Paralyzed!”
Five hundred copies of the single were initially pressed. It earned the Cowboy an appearance on Laugh-In, the TV comedy show. Unfortunately, a musicians’ strike forced the postponement of some follow-up TV appearances for Odam, and by the time the strik… Read more.
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Artist: The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Album: rock-it to stardom
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01 paralysed-’80′s
02 i walk a hot wind
03 radar
04 fly me to the moon
05 i took a trip (on a space s…
06 cast-iron apron
07 cactus
08 shadow of a tiger
09 who’s knocking on my door_!
10 brass rainbow
11 shoutout on a cb channel
12 mr. songwriter
13 dynamite
14 crack of dawn
15 rock-it to stardom |
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