Friday, October 23, 2009

The Tarantulas - Tarantula - Black Widow




What would Halloween be like without some spiders!?!?

Fortunately for us "The Tarantulas" give us these 2 creepy instrumentals from 1960 and now i give them to you... Just in time for the Hell-A-Day!

As for the band:

The Tarantulas first recorded as the Spyders and had some personnel changes before changing their name. Band members included Bobby Tucker, Fred Crook, Dan Rains, Sammy Creason, and Bill English. The Tarantulas' best known song is "Tarantula," and they recorded several other songs including "Like Spellbound" and "Kaw Liga." "Tarantula" was recorded at Fernwood studio in Memphis ca. 1960 and was released as a single (Atlantic-2102 b/w "Black Widow"). This song is included on the CD Fernwood Rock N Roll. After Bill Black passed away in 1965, Bobby Tucker became the lead for the Bill Black Combo and the group, which incorporated other Tarantulas members, recorded until the 1970s.


The Tarantulas - Tarantula

The Tarantulas - Black Widow



The Tarantulas - Tarantula

17 comments:

Prof. Grewbeard said...

thanx again!

RecordCollector said...

I love these ones!

Zischkale said...

A friend is gonna love this, goes right with her Halloween costume!

Holly said...

These are now private files?

Devil Dick said...

private? huh???

Holly said...

looks like divshare staff is getting ornery!

BenT said...

any re-up possible, Devil Dick?

Anonymous said...

Hi there! The Downloads of this fine tunes don't work for me. So, is there any chance you can upload them again, it would be much appreciated. Thanks alot and best regards, Tom

Devil Dick said...

yep, divshare sucks donkey cock!!!!

Devil Dick said...

im about done with divshare and the suckass shit they pull!!!!!!!!

Holly said...

Ha! I'd forgotten about these files but I'm still subscribed to comments dating from October of last year...

I _would_ really like to hear 'em if divshare ever stops, er, sucking donkey cock ;-)

Devil Dick said...

files have been re-uploaded!!!!!!!

Holly said...

Got 'em - thank you!

Anonymous said...

Ah yessss! Thanks alot for your effort. Got the Tarantulas downloaded. Two really great songs! Keep up the good work, Tom

Anonymous said...

The re-upped files work just fine. Thanks so much for these rarities!!!

Anonymous said...

Great info....did the Spyders ever record any 45's? I picked up one by a band called "The Spyders" it is on Statue Records. It is most def a garage band sound.....

dannyexplosion said...

far out man.. cool tunes, thanks from Dallas