I was just turned on to Reverend Louis Overstreet by Brian Turner at WFMU. According to Turner, Overstreet “made people go flippin punk rock crazy way before Iggy or 77.” And here’s video of Overstreet performing “Working On The Building Praise” to prove it. It’s some of the most beautiful stuff I’ve ever heard.
Oh, and speaking of Iggy Pop, I just heard from my friend Leighton that he was on NPR the other day, and that the following was said about him, “He grew up in Ypsilanti, Michigan, as James Osterberg Jr., voted most likely to succeed in junior high. Hearing Sinatra, Iggy Pop says he thought, ‘Gee, I’d like to do that.’”
OK, here’s one last link. When you’re done listening to Overstreet, jump on over to MySpace, and listen to Iggy’s first band, The Iguanas. I highly recommend the song entitled “Again and Again.”