"Spoonful" is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf.[1] It is loosely based on "A Spoonful Blues", a song recorded in 1929 by Charley Patton (Paramount 12869),[2] itself related to "All I Want Is A Spoonful" by Papa Charlie Jackson (1925) and "Cocaine Blues" by Luke Jordan (1927).
"Spoonful" has been interpreted and recorded by a variety of artists including Cream and the Stones. i guess we just wanted to do our own ill-style version. the blues is where its at, so what can I say. fuck yeah…Punk Blues… The older I get the more i realize that what we do is PunkJazz, it's Punk, its Hip-Hop, it'sJazz, it's Rock and Roll, it's Funk, it's HardCore and we have always been singing the Blues no matter what anyone else has to say about it. So… smoke dat !
-Zef Newark 2013
from
Live At CBGB'S,
released January 12, 2013
Boo Reiners: Guitar, Vocals, Banjo
Claudio "killaudio" DiZefalo: Samples, Percussion, Vocal
Mike Mitolo A.K.A. "Pervis": Drums
Mike Ill: Electric Bass, Vocal
Emilio "ZefNoise" China: Lead Vocal, Electric Violin, Guitar
Basics recorded at CBGB'S, NYC, Friday night 6/9/95
Engineer: Joe Marno
Assistant: Hank Fury
Crew: Evan Wolf, Jonathan Ballard
Overdubs; Water Music, Hoboken, NJ
Engineer: John Sowle
Mix: Sound On Sound, NYC
Mixed by John Siket
Assistant: Susie Hollander
Mastered by Scott Anthony at The Viewing Room
Cover Art: Seth Tobocman
Design: Deborah Allen
Produced by Mark Wilson and Calvin Gaines
Additional production: Mike Ill and Zef Noi$e
Executive producers: Boo Reiners, Zef Noi$e, Mike Ill
Special Thanks to Hilly Kristal and Louise Parnassa