{"id":9770,"date":"2026-06-04T19:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/?p=9770"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:16:12","slug":"shake-pretty-gowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/shake-pretty-gowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Shake Pretty Gowns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 274px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3754610417\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kerryjk.bandcamp.com\/album\/shake-pretty-gowns-ep\">Shake Pretty Gowns (EP) by Kerry JK<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/odesli.co\/embed\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falbum.link%2Fs%2F5rTG0Bvi6agR2cPwBl8Tvq&#038;theme=light\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two new songs bookending two very old ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Save Us (From Those Who Want To Save Us)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For anyone tired of having their needs and identities defined and hijacked by someone else&#8217;s agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If for any reason you are not like others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you feel unhappy &#8217;cause you don&#8217;t belong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Break out of your old box, step into your new box<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay within the right box and you won&#8217;t go wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t try to move against the traffic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You still need to fit a demographic<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Shake It And Break It<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An electro boogie reworking of 100+ year old jazz standard I&#8217;ve only ever encountered in full via sheet music. Composed by vaudeville xylophone virtuoso Lou &#8216;Friscoe&#8217; Chiha (which explains the mad jumps throughout) with lyrics by H. Qualli Clark (of whom I know nothing beyond this and other songwriting collaborations with Chiha), it was first recorded as an instrumental by the Kentucky Serenaders in 1921 and later popularised by Joe &#8216;King&#8217; Oliver. Charley Patton had a hit with a very pared down vocal version, but I am yet to find a recording of the entire published song. If anyone knows of such a record, I would be grateful to hear of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those that dance this new dance suffocate with delight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You jazz to the left and then you jazz to the right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What a sweet sensation, it gets you right through<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then you cling to Mama like glue<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sister Kate<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another old jazz standard published in 1922 by violinist and bandleader Armand J. Piron, with a cheeky extra verse added by yours truly. This song has been covered far and wide over the years, but, to the best of my knowledge, never like this. If anyone objects to the dirty electro-punk treatment I&#8217;ve given it, go cry to Kate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve got to know her secret, I don&#8217;t want to wait<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please, someone teach me how to shimmy like my Sister Kate<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Good Idea<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all the projects that never were. It is up to you whether to respect this song&#8217;s protagonist for their calm acceptance of unrequited dreams, or to chide them for their lazy excuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the months turned into years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Procrastination calmed my fears<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That I was heading for a fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That it wasn&#8217;t such a good idea at all<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shake Pretty Gowns (EP) by Kerry JK Two new songs bookending two very old ones. Save Us (From Those Who Want To Save Us) For anyone tired of having their needs and identities defined and hijacked by someone else&#8217;s agenda. If for any reason you are not like others If you feel unhappy &#8217;cause you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-available-releases","category-eps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9770"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9773,"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770\/revisions\/9773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mabno.co.uk\/kjkmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}