It’s pretty amazing that Jump ‘N the Saddle Band — led by vocalist Peter Quinn — ever got a record deal in the first place. While their rollicking, Western Swing-meets-pub rock sound would have been right at home in any corner bar, it wasn’t exactly in line with what was going on in pop music in the early ’80s, which of course was dominated by New Wave and synthpop. Also, the band didn’t play any original material — their lone, self-titled release was stocked with nothing but cover tunes for you and your buddies to drink to, such as “Deep in the Heart of Texas” and “Let Me Go Home, Whiskey.” Nothing, that is, except for one Quinn-penned original: “The Curly Shuffle,” a swinging ode to the Three Stooges.
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Yes, the tune was a touch out of step with popular tastes. But on the other hand, it was also repetitive and grating, and with its constant dropping of Curly-isms courtesy of Quinn’s half-assed imitation of the famous Stooge, it was also incredibly annoying. Thankfully, it was released in the ’80s, so it promptly shot to No. 15 on the pop chart, and got the heavy-rotation treatment on MTV. The band was lucky enough to be signed to Atlantic Records, so they followed up this success by recording a version of the 1946 novelty song “Shaving Cream” with modified lyrics crapping all over the label that had inexplicably seen fit to sign them, and that was basically the end of the line.
