Ep. 43: Louis Prima - The Wildest!
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Get prepped to jump, jive, and wail from start to finish, the EarWax crew is covering The Wildest, Louis Prima!With Keely Smith, Sam Butera, and the Witnesses alongside him, Louis Prima set Las Vegas on fire, five sets a night between 12 AM - 6 AM. The template that Vegas lounge acts would follow, Prima and his crew were going to give you a pro's show every time they hit the stage.This album is the closest they came to recapturing that energy in the studio. Proto-rock and roll, hot jazz, jump...
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