
Bull & The Matadors "Funky Judge" B/W "Where Did The Judge Go"
TRACK LIST/AUDIO SAMPLES Side A The Funky Judge Side B Where Did The Judge Go LIMITED EDITION 250 UNIT PRESSING HAND NUMBERED INCLUDES UNRELEASED TRACK ... Hailing from East St. Louis, Illinois, Bull & the Matadors consisted of James Lafayette “Bull” Parks (born June 7, 1945), Milton Hardy, James Otis Love, and Robert Holmes. In 1968 they made the trek 4 hours Northeast to work with the legendary Leaner family and their Toddlin’ Town label. At that time the zany NBC-TV comedy program Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In was at its ratings zenith. One of its most popular sketches was a hilarious courtroom vignette that revolved around the punchline “Here comes the judge.” The judge was portrayed by Pigmeat Markham, a chitlin’ circuit comic who had made the routine famous at the Apollo Theatre. Pigmeat cashed in on the craze by cutting a full-fledged soul dance number logically titled “Here Comes The Judge” for Chess. Not to be outdone, Motown’s Shorty Long donned