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Shooby Taylor
The
Human Horn
 (b)
September 19, 1929 - June 4, 2003 (d)
I discovered
the genius of Shooby Taylor, thanks to legendary drummer & good friend,
the late great Mike Smith.
After enduring one too many of my experiments with some tunes
for my upcoming
"Major Holley & Slam Stewart Sing the K-Tel Songbook"
concept project (which will be released exclusively on 8 track), Mike
presented me with a tape to check out. On this tape were four tracks
of Shooby. Without thinking, I put the tape on while driving home
from a late gig, and I was so overcome with emotion that I had to pull
to the side of the road!
Here's a transcript
of his highly stylized scatting on
"Stout
Hearted Men" Transcribed by Phil
S. Thanks
Phil !
edited by Max Murray
Click here
to listen, and follow along - - - if you can
Whee, shoo soo sah, shoo soo swah, shoo voo plah, doo doo rah,
doo doo sah, doo doo rah
(Soo-da-li-twee-daht, soo-da-li-doo-ton-plee-blah)
Dwee, dah dah shrah, plah plah sah, dah dah rah, plav da shree, loh ku pah,
dav du sah!
(Soo-da-li dwee-daht, soo-da-li doo-ton plah-blah)
Ray,
shah-dah-hah, shah-plah-vrah, sah-vlah-sah, shah-plah-rah, sah-vlah-nah, shah-vlah-hah
Soo-day-li doom-bop, doo-dwee-bee-oo-ton-dwee-bee
Bim, soo-dee-lee dee-dah-lah-bay
oo-dayt, dayt, dwee-bay-doo
Shrah, soo, shah, nah, rah, sah, pah, dah, hah
Soo-duh-lay dee daht, soo-duh-lay doh-ton twee-bop
Bim, soo-di-lee dee-buh-lah-bay
diddle-ay doat-und vee-bah
Bim, doodle-ay deedle-lah-bay, soodle-ay doo-dah-laht-nn
Dwin-shoodle-ay-doo-goo-la, dwin-shoodle-ay-doo-goo-la
Bim, doo-bah-lah-odel-doo-bah-lah-bah-doo-buh-luh-buh-doo-bah-lah-bah
Bim, zhoo-doo-lay doo-goo-lah-bay doodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee, dah
Soo
doo-zhoo-lah doo-goo-lah-bay doodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee
Poppy, poppy, poppy,
poppy, poppy, poppy, poppy, poppy!
Soo shoo-doo-lay doo-goo-lah-bay doodle-ay
doat-un dwee-bah
Bih-mm doo-goo-lah ööh-ay-nn doodle-ay hooh-ay-nn
doo-goo-lah ööh-ay-nn doo-doo-ay
Bih-nn doo-goo-lah ööh-ay-nn
doo-goo-lah dooh-ay-nn doo-goo-lay oon-da-da-duh
Ooh oopy poopy, poppy
poppy, poppy poppy da shra! Poppy da rah! Soo doo-ba-lay doo-dah!
Bim, soo-da-lee
doo-goo-lah-bay doodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee doo drah!
Dah dah dah sah, buh
doo hah rah!
Hah, hah, hawh, haw! Saw, ha, raw, haw!
Do-o-oh, ho, ho droh,
foo-dah-lay-pah
Bim, soo-da-lee dee-dah-lah-bay doodle-ay doat-un dwee-bay
doo-ton
Dway, zhoo-da-lee doo-goo-lah-bay doodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee
Dun,
zhoo-da-lee doo-goo-lah-bay doodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee
Hoppy poppy poppy poppy
doppy doppy dop shra!
Bim, shoo-di-lah deedle-ah-bay doodle-ay doat-un
dwee-bee
Bim soo-da-li duh-dah-lah-shree, soo-duh-lay doo-goo-lah-bay
Oodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee, dum shoo-doo shrah-dah,
Bim duh doh doh doh doh
duh doh, bay-ton-doh-bul-ah-oodly-shoo-doo-lay!
(organ break)
Dim, zoo-duh-lay doo-dah-lah-bay doodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee oo-ton
Dwen zhoo-doo-lay
doo-goo-lah-bay doodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee
Zschrun, zhoo-duh-lay doo-goo-lah-bah
doodle-ay doat-un doh-bay
Peepy, poppy, peepy, poppy, doppy dop-ah foo-di-ah
bah
Bim, zoo-duh-lay dee-dah-lah-bay doodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee
Skim,
soo-doo-lay doo-goo-lah-bay doodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee
Vwin, shoo-doo-lay
doo-goo-lah-bay oodle-ay doat-un dwee-bee
Dopey dopey dopey dopey diddla-doo
schpla-a-a-a-ah!
Curious? Want to learn
more? Visit
www.shooby.com
www.keyofz.com
- a very informative site Check
out these links to hear more of this truly singular voice in action!
Hear a dozen different Shooby masterpieces
Hear Shooby's radio interview on WFMU from October, 2002
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