GARY REEVES & THE NOMADS- Shortening Bread (Nomad 100)
"Shortenin' Bread" has a had one hell of a long life. Of southern origins- a field holler?- it's been around the block and around the block dozens of times since the the turn of the 20th century, most famously by Paul Chaplain. And sadly its probably done been hollered just about it's last time.
There were at least two versions of the standard waxed here in West Texas, one by Amarillo's Ding Dong Daddies (YES!) and this 1965 RCA-custom press from the Hub City, Lubbock.
According to Bill Griggs's West Texas Rock n' Roll Music Gary Reeves was raised in Lubbock and became involved with music pretty early on. There was a group called the Shams that included future Four Teen Larry Welborn and then a combo called the Twisters which included future Nomads Bobby Brown (guitar) and Jerry "Hamp" Hampton (bass).
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