FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Scoot Inn Summer of Soul: Clarence
“Blowfly” Reid
Austin, Texas (May 24, 2012) – The
Scoot Inn Summer of Soul series continues Saturday night June 9th, when
legendary soul vocalist/producer/songwriter Clarence Reid brings both sides of
his public persona to the Scoot Inn Bier Garten stage with a set of his '60s R&B hits
followed by a full set of the funky, filthy rhymes of his alter ego, the one,
the only, the legendary godfather of Hip Hop, Blowfly.
According to his Wikipedia entry, “as Blowfly, Reid
has recorded numerous albums, mostly of sex-based parodies of other songs, as
well as original raps themed around sex. Reid started off writing songs for
artists including Betty Wright, Sam & Dave, Gwen McCrae, and KC & the
Sunshine Band. He also recorded many songs of his own in the '60s and '70s
including the hit ‘Nobody But You Babe.’
“Reid would write sexually
explicit versions of current hit songs for fun, but only performed them for his
friends at parties or in the studio. In 1971, he recorded a whole album of
'dirty' songs under the name Blowfly. At the time, no record label would
release profane material so he distributed the records himself on his own
independent record label, Weird World.”
This will be Blowfly’s first
Austin appearance since his sold-out show at Emo’s during South by Southwest
2010, when Reid was in town to promote the internationally-acclaimed
documentary The Weird World of Blowfly.
D-Madness Project opens the show
at 9, with Subkulture Patriots playing the after-show set inside at 12:30 a.m. Tickets
are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Presented by Mal Thursday, in association
with The Scoot Inn, Atomic Jukebox, Black Media Council, Fleshlight, and
Blowfly International.
The Scoot Inn Summer of Soul continues July 14th with Texas soul legend Roy Head (“Treat Her Right”). The Scoot Inn is located at 1308 East Fourth Street in Austin.
CONTACT:
J.M. Dobies
Industrious Media, Austin, Texas
