SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS: I PUT A SPELL ON ME

Calling upon the stereotypes of African and Caribbean voodoo witch doctors, Hawkins would enter the stage in a coffin and emerge wearing a zebra skin cape, sporting what appeared to be a bone through his nose, and waving rubber snakes and a long stick with a skull impaled through its midsection (the skull was dubbed “Henry” as was fed cigarettes during the performance)…