JAVA JIVE-- INK SPOTS GUITAR INTROS

The Ink Spots were a pre-rock vocal group. Along with great harmonies and amusingly ponderous recitations (which probably influenced Elvis), their records featured classic single-note riffs plus chord-melody guitar intros. (Huey Long, a guy who played some of these intros, just died at 105. I don't think he played on this cut, but I'm not sure.) Usually, the guitar intro arrangement was the same one they used on every other record; sometimes with a slight variation. (One of my first experiences with a compact disc was listening to each successive intro on an Ink Spots collection; with the new technology, it was now possible to hear twenty Ink Spots guitar intros in about a minute. They were almost all the same.)

This is "Java Jive," more of a fun novelty than their typical material, most of which is in a ballad vein. Classic!