Put the bacon on the paper so’s the grease’ll run off

The first artist a lot of Detroiters ever remember making it. one that is, that we could relate to as a Detroit dude, a representative of what we were doing, was Mitch Ryder. Jenny Take A Ride may be part field holler, part shitkicker stomp, but the only place the medley could have come from was urban America; Detroit, blighted factory center of the universe.

October 1, 1969
Dave Marsh

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