Buy MONKEY IN A SACK by LIL BUCK on FUNK 45 for £4.99 at Scenario Records

Back in the 60’s, there was a New Orleans, Louisiana-based band known as Lil Buck and The Top Cats. Aside from jammin’ at all of the joints across the chitlin’ circuit, Buck Sinegal and the boys took it to the bridge by even playing in the marshy stinkin’, mosquito swarmin’ swamps and even once in a decrepit wooden tool shed on the silt of the Mississippi delta. As their sensational swamp-dog reputation seeped through the hills and down into the valley, they finally stumbled upon the fantastic opportunity of recording a 45 rpm record on the small La Louissianne label, otherwise better known for its country and blues output. The super funky sound of the deep South’s down-home vibe is captured on both sides with the curious yet fabulously titled Monkey in a Sack and Cat Scream, and the wild smoky swamp sound is personified with Lil Buck’s cotton pickin’ guitar licks which are saturated with more grease than a blackened catfish with a cajun po-boy on the side…! This record captures the very essence of a wild and crazy touring band being corralled into the studio, being given the chance to make their one and only 45 & literally blowing their pork chops right off the picnic table in the process. But, unfortunately, as often is the case in these situations, their rib-tipped dreams didn’t sell like mama’s homemade cornbread and even to this day, this record is extremely scarce, eluding even the most inquisitive of vinyl archaeologists! And now at last, this is your chance to hear that delicious Southern-fried funky sound for the first time, lovingly restored from dusty master tapes after all these years.