DUFFY POWER - Mean Thing

"Mean Thing" by Duffy Power, recorded by Keef Trouble. Keef writes: "Duffy came down to my recording session for the Oasis album, where he kindly put a harmonica on my version of King Bee. When the session had finished I asked him if he would put a vocal on the backing track for the song. He obliged and wrote 'Mean Thing' there and then." Duffy was discovered in 1959 by impresario Larry Parnes singing at a talent show with his group Duffy and the Dreamers. He was renamed Duffy Power in the style of Parnes' other discoveries, such as Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, Vince Eager and Georgie Fame. He recorded a series of cover versions of such songs as "Dream Lover" and "Ain't She Sweet" as singles for the Fontana label. Duffy left Parnes in 1961. However, he was introduced by a friend to the growing London blues club scene, and in 1963 teamed up with Graham Bond, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and John McLaughlin to record "I Saw Her Standing There", one of the first cover versions of a Beatles song. He continued to record for Parlophone Records through the 1960s, both as a solo artist, often backed by top session musicians, and with Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated. Power also worked as a session musician, and played on the soundtrack of the 1969 film, The Italian Job. In 1973 he finally released a solo album, Duffy Power on the GSF label, produced in conjunction with Andrew Loog Oldham and featuring Korner, Dana Gillespie and others. At around the same time, an album of tracks recorded in 1969 was issued on the Spark label. Although by this time he was widely recognised as an impressive singer. In the late 1980s he re-emerged, and some of his unreleased recordings from the 1960s were issued on CD in 2002 as Leapers and Sleepers. https://www.brettmarvin.com/