Stories, with lead singer Ian Lloyd performing Brother Louie on The Midnight Special in 1973. This song came out when I was 7-years-old. I wonder if I had any idea what it was about at that age, or if I just thought that it sounded vaguely scary?

We Americans only know this version, but the song was originally a hit for Hot Chocolate, more famous on these shores more for You Sexy Thing. It was written by Hot Chocolate’s Tony Wilson and Errol Brown. The spoken word bit in their version is done by blues great Alexis Korner.