23 December 2018 — 1322 mst

Let’s help Rep. Bachmeier shake this song into Montana law

Billings born Robert Lee “Chan” Romero, now in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, wrote the Hippy Hippy Shake in 1959 during a visit to Los Angeles. He was 17, still a high school student in Billing. The song, “a blistering 1:43 blowout of white-hot hysteria,” was a hit, being recorded by the Beatles among others.

Now Rep. Jacob Bachmeier (D-Havre, HD-28) plans to introduce a bill (LC-2050) — short title, “Provide for a state rock ‘n’ roll song,” — honoring Romero by making Hippy Hippy Shake Montana’s official hard rock song.

I’m for it. Let’s let the world know that under the Big Sky, where there are still big irons on some hips, there’s also a hip citizenry that knows how to shake it to a tune snappier than Git Along little Dogies.