Shindig!  |  Issue 83
HOW BOBBIE GENTRY BECAME A SENSATION IN THE UK
July 27th 1968, 9:25pm. A TV set crackles into life. A funky riff strikes up as the credits roll, and a striking young woman in an orange trouser-suit, with a dazzling smile, a gravity-defying mane of chestnut hair and huge kohl-rimmed eyes looks straight down the barrel of the camera. She’s nonchalantly clutching a small acoustic parlour guitar in one hand, and as she slinks towards the camera, she opens her mouth and chants in a husky southern rasp: “M-IDouble-S-I, Double-S-I-Double-P-IIIIIII...” Her name is Bobbie Gentry and this is her show. She’s twenty four years old today and has flown over the Atlantic to claim England on behalf of the Mississippi delta. This is the story of how she claimed her territory.
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Shindig! magazine was born in 1992 as a cut and paste garage-punk fanzine by the name of Gravedigger. A few years later, it was reinvented as Shindig! as a homage to the TV show that took The British Invasion of America and laid the foundations for the awe-inspiring music that followed. Andy Morten joined the team in 1997 and helped the magazine reach newsstands across the world. Shindig! celebrated its 50th issue in 2016.
Shindig! magazine was created in honour of rock’s forsaken royalty and all the weird and wonderful bands that make the genre great. It covers everything from pot smoking country-rock bands to heavy duty led zep purists. Bass slappin’ funkateers to flare cut glam rockers. If it rocks Shindig! covers it.
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