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Old 09-08-2012, 09:17 AM   #158 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck View Post
am i the only one thinking "Safe as Milk" is pretty generic R n B besides its inventive use of theremin?
I think that the structure on the songs is somewhat innovative. It is a pretty straightforward blues album, though, I'll give you that. On first listen, it does come off as a modern Howlin' Wolf album after he discovered the theremin, but I wouldn't say that it's generic.
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