Talk:Forty-Four

Bain similarity

Some passages in Bain's Most Dangerous Book in the World (first published in 2012) are similar to those that were added to this article in 2009.

• WP 2009: "[Sykes' lyrics] played on the differing interpretations of the phrase 'forty-fours' - the train number 44, the .44 caliber revolver and the 'little cabin' on which was the number 44, presumably a prison cell."[2] ... [song lyrics] ... In 1954, when Howlin' Wolf recorded his version ... Willie Dixon (bass), and Earl Phillips (drums). Together they transformed "Forty Four" into a Chicago blues, with prominent guitar lines and an incessant "martial shuffle on the snare drum plus a bass drum that slammed down like an industrial punch-press."[4] Wolf retained Sykes' handgun reference and added "Well I'm so mad this morning, I don't know where in the world to go." With Howlin' Wolf's gruff and overpowering vocal style, the overall effect was menacing.[4]

[2] Oliver 1968

[4] Segret & Hoffman 2005

• Bain 2012: His lyrics played on the differing use of the phrase forty-four: - a .44 caliber revolver, train number 44 and, presumably, prison cell number 44: [lyrics with identical punctuation] ... in 1954 Howlin' Wolf recorded his version of the song in the Chicago blues style, with Willie Dixon on bass and an incessant "martial shuffle on the snare drum plus a bass drum that slammed down like an industrial punch-press."[no footnote for direct Segret & Hoffman quote] Wolf retained Sykes' handgun reference and added "Well I'm so mad this morning, I don't know where in the world to go." With Howlin' Wolf's gruff and overpowering vocal style, the overall effect was menacing.[1]

This is being noted in case an automated plagiarism detector flags this article as having substantially the same wording without an inline citation to Bain's book.

—Ojorojo (talk) 17:00, 13 November 2020 (UTC)