The Bizarre Spell of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
The one and only Screamin’ Jay… and his partner, Henry.
There have been few artists as brash, bold, eccentric — and positively fecund! — as the late, great Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. In this episode, we learn about the man who, when he died from complications from an aneurysm in February, 2000, left behind an extensive oeuvre of scorching rhythm-’n-blues… as well as more than 60 children!
