music friday: double shot (of my baby's love)

The Swingin' Medallions, "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)". I'm not sure the Swingin' Medallions ever expected to be big stars, and I like to imagine they enjoyed their moment in the sun. Many (most? all?) of the original band members have passed on now, but the band retained a popularity in the South for a long time, and if YouTube is proper evidence, they never tired of playing their classic for fans. I love this trivia about the song. It was originally released in 1963, three years before the Medallions' version, by Dick Holler and the Holidays. Holler went on to write "Abraham, Martin, and John", a memorable record by Dion. "Double Shot" was an example of a subgenre called "Frat Rock" (think "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen).

One big fan of the song was Bruce Springsteen, who mentioned it at least once when introducing his own frat-rock composition, "Sherry Darling". Bruce being devoted to his influences, and always ready to share the stage, it was inevitable that the following happened in 2009:

Bonus: Bruce Springsteen, "Sherry Darling". I love late-70s Bruce more than anything in the world.