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.

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)