[HAM] Tune "Sideman" (sidemen?)

[Richard Horton]

Is this any relation to the 'babaloo" that Ricky Ricardo played?

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From: "OF" <scott195 at centurytel.net>
To: "The Hammond Forum" <hammond at zeni.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [HAM] Tune "Sideman" (sidemen?)


> At 11:10 AM 2/6/2007, Drew Hoelscher wrote:
>
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogaloo
>
> I find much to argue with in that article, and the related term they
> define, "electric boogaloo." Scholarly as the article sounds, the writer
> doesn't know what the hell he/she is talking about! "Commonly-used term,
> 'electric boogaloo'"??? In 40 years of playing funk, R&B, blues, and jazz,
> I have never once heard that term. Then then they go on to claim that
> "electric boogaloo" (which they are trying to distinguish from "Latin
> Boogaloo) was the funk version, invented in 1975. What a load of crap! We
> were boogalooin' to James brown boogaloo songs in the mid-60s! Check out
> "Mashed Potatoes USA" that I posted recently. Total boogaloo, early 60s.
>
> It is a dance, and it has to be seen to be described. A common example of
a
> boogaloo beat is Lou Donaldson's/Lonnie Smith's old hit, "Alligator
> Boogaloo," though that tune lacks much of the complexity featured in many
> boogaloos.
>
> -Scott "Can't Believe I'm Posting This" H.
>
>