"Do you have any Halloween song suggestions?
Jack White: Oh yeah! How about “Baby Brother”? That’s an old, strange song. The Cramps played it one time at one of their shows, the Purple KNIF."
The Cramps' Purple Knif Show compilations can be found on CD, and are well worth checking out. 'Baby Brother' is originally by Bill Carter And The Rovin' Gamblers, and this is apparently where Jack White discovered the song.
The lyrics remind me either of a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Halloween-episode (á la 'The Thing and I', which is a parody of the 1982 horror comedy 'Basket Case') or an Edward Gorey story.
"Do you have any Halloween song suggestions? Jack White: Oh yeah! How about “Baby Brother”? That’s an old, strange song. The Cramps played it one time at one of their shows, the Purple KNIF."
The Cramps' Purple Knif Show compilations can be found on CD, and are well worth checking out. 'Baby Brother' is originally by Bill Carter And The Rovin' Gamblers, and this is apparently where Jack White discovered the song.
The lyrics remind me either of a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Halloween-episode (á la 'The Thing and I', which is a parody of the 1982 horror comedy 'Basket Case') or an Edward Gorey story.