I probably looked like Linda Blair from the Exorcist the first time I heard this some 25+ years ago. It is simply an amazing song with a killer Kinks-inspired riff, great guitar lead and perhaps my favorite key change in the history of music.
The band is Corpus Christi's own
Zakary Thaks and the song is their original composition,
Bad Girl. Again, even beginner garage record collectors know this song inside and out, but we wanted to take a moment and say thank you for all the joy it has given us.
Zakary Thaks were just pimply faced kids. Singer Chris Gerniottis was only 15 when they recorded this. His voice is powerful and soulful far beyond his years. Rounding out the rest of the band were Pete Stinston on guitar, Rex Gregory on bass, John Lopez kicking out the sharp lead work and Stan Moore pounding out that beat that is so sweet at the key change.
Bad Girl was a regional hit and the song got picked up by Mercury Records for slightly wider distribution. Zakary Thaks put out a whole gaggle of good music but nothing quite as good as this one.
Dig it baby.
