scared the hell out of me for many years while chasing down my own
dreams. Incredibly sobering to sing those words on a good show
night and downright scary to sing them on a bad show night…
“Twist and Shout” - performed by the Beatles - There probably is
not a song that has brought me more joy in performing over the years
then this Isley Brothers classic. I’ve don’t it solo acoustic and with a
rock and roll band. I’ve done it in a house concert setting and I have
sung it a packed music venue. I know many people think of it as a
tired ‘ol bar band song but there is a secret to this song, and I think it
related to Johnny B. Goode as well. It’s simple but you have to get it
right: sing it and perform it like its the first time you are doing it and
it will never let you down nor will you let your audience down. They
both are perfect rock and roll trains and only a wayward conductor
can ruin them but if you feed the coal and stoke the fire you will not
go wrong!
Watch The Beatles perform “Twist & Shout”
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