In 1958 the song was released as a single by Jerry Ivan Allison, a member of The Crickets, using the name Ivan. The song was the first Australian rock recording to reach the national charts, peaking at #20. at the time, it did finally appear on a local compilation LP in the 70's and is now commonly available on various JOK CDs." Tony Watson Ignoring the crowd overdub at the start, both versions have a different intro and JOK's vocal on the foreign versions is noticeably wilder than on the EP version issued here… As far as I know, the US/UK single version which, IMHO, is markedly superior to our version, was never issued in Australia. "Festival liner notes have always put forward that the crowd overdub was the only difference. This version, ostensibly recorded live at the Sydney Stadium, was in fact a studio recording, overdubbed with the sound of a real audience.Īn alternate version was recorded and released outside Australia: in the USA (as "Real Wild Child") on Brunswick and in the UK on Coral. O'Keefe was the first artist to record it, on his debut EP Shakin' at the Stadium, released on the Festival label. The Living End performed the song at the 2008 APRA Awards also to mark the anniversary. The Jet and Iggy Pop cover was released to mark the 50th anniversary of the original release. The release date of the single, 5 July 1958, is considered the birthday of Australian rock n' roll music. Some of the dance patrons came to blows with wedding guests in the men's toilets, and within minutes the brawl had become a full-scale riot that spilled out into the street, with police eventually calling in the Navy Shore Patrol to help restore order. According to Casch, as O'Keefe and the Dee Jays played at an upstairs venue, an "Italian wedding" reception was taking place downstairs. Sydney disc jockey Tony Withers was credited with helping to get radio airplay for the song but writer credits on subsequent versions often omit Withers, who later worked in the United Kingdom on pirate stations Radio Atlanta and, as Tony Windsor, on Radio London.Īccording to O'Keefe's guitarist, Lou Casch, the song was inspired by an incident at a gig in Newtown, Sydney, in about 1957. While most sources state that O'Keefe was directly involved in composing the song, this has been questioned by others. I think that in our own stupid way we did the right thing."ĭropout Boogie is available to pre-order now." Wild One" or " Real Wild Child" is an Australian rock and roll song written by Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe, and Dave Owens. "We saw a lot of bands just jump from zero to 100 and start headlining festivals and then they’re gone. "Every musical decision that we made kind of ended up working out in our favor," Auerbach told Rolling Stone in 2021. The band is also scheduled to embark on an extensive tour this summer that stretches through October. Dropout Boogie arrives exactly one day before the 20th anniversary of the band's debut album, The Big Come Up. "The cool thing with Greg," Carney added, "is that he wants to approach stuff with a story in mind - there’s a plot, almost."ĭropout Boogie arrives less than a year after the Black Keys' 2021 album, Delta Kream, a collection of blues covers that reached No. We just sat around a table with acoustic guitars and worked out a song ahead of time." It was the first time we’d ever really done that. “I knew Pat would love working with both of these guys, so we decided we’d give it a shot. “Living in Nashville and making records here has opened both of our minds to that experience a little bit more,” said Auerbach. The latter two can be heard on "Wild Child." Once the "initial ideas" came together, the duo invited various collaborators - including Billy Gibbons, Greg Cartwright and Angelo Petraglia - to perform on the LP.
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