Always on Moon's country, the blues influence is never far away, though. In style, this is less Western Swing orientated than most of his 40s ballads. Even when singing novelty material Moon couldn t help but be a gutbucket bluesman. A blend of blues and country, it was a very influential song and was covered by many, including Jerry Lee Lewis. This is tough barrelhouse piano blues at its best - you can even picture the young Moon playing this sort of material in a juke joint where beer and whiskey is served all night long and into the early morning when listening to this.
Most people don t understand where rock n roll came from.
Records like this is your answer. In reality, Haley and the like were merely cleaned up versions of Western swing bluesmen such as Moon. Blues is real rock n roll - but unfortunately it has never been popular with the mainstream due to its directness. While people like Moon aimed for rock n roll audiences, they were never pop stars. Others like Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran or Haley were and received more hit - but people like Moon made the better music and at the end of the day that is what really matters.