On my latest visit to the loo in my local Shopping Centre the tune blaring out was a song called Shotgun. I vaguely recognised it. It seems to have been sung by some boy called George Ezra. I'm none the wiser.
It got me thinking about other (better) Shotgun songs. I've come up with five.
First up we have Jr Walker and the All Stars with the simply titled Shotgun. Junior is followed by a man who I suspect was no stranger to a shotgun. I refer to the Blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins and Bring Me My Shotgun.
Strange but true - did you know that Bachman Turner Overdrive actually have other songs that You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet? Here is some proof with the song Shotgun Rider.
Lest I get accused of being sexist or ageist I would like to suggest that the fairer sex and our elders can also handle a shotgun. Proof? Here are Gillian Welsh with Shotgun Song and Ann Castle with Go Get The Shotgun Grandpa.
That's me run out of bullets.
Jr Walker & the All Stars - Shotgun
Lightnin' Hopkins - Bring Me My Shotgun
What an absolutely brilliant track is Go Get The Shotgun Granpa. Fantastic.
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