20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sam the Sham & the

Performer: Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
Producer: Andy McKaie; Andy McKaie (Compilation)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl. Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl. Like their fellow Texans the Sir Douglas Quintet, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs started as a response to the 1960s British Invasion, but the (eventually) Memphis-via-Dallas band's blend of swamp boogie, Latin rhythms, and gutbucket R&B was so singular that no one could be convinced they were British. From the classic garage-rocking debut single "Woolly Bully" through hit follow-up singles such as the lascivious "Lil Red Riding Hood" and the lubricious "Ring Dang Doo," Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs had a winning streak of raw pop singles that swing just as hard today. 20TH CENTURY MASTERS: THE MILLENNIUM COLLECTION collects one dozen of the band's finest efforts in a simple, effective overview of their career.

Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs were IT as far as mid-'60s Texas rock & roll goes. "Woolly Bully" alone marks them for canonization, but many of their other songs are the equal of that celebrated trash-rock masterpiece. Frankly salacious tunes like "Little Red Riding Hood" and "How Do You Catch a Girl" are powered by Domingo "Sam" Samudio's gloriously cheesy Farfisa organ and Butch Gibson's greasy sax, with the other Pharoahs letting rip with the sort of ragged-but-right groove that defines this style of music.

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