# Killer King Bees

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**Category:** The water cooler\
**Created:** [October 25, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644 "2026-10-25T22:43:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/jimtoo/32/16415_2.png) [@jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/jimtoo)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644/1 "2026-10-25T22:43:38Z")

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My wife happened to play Slim Harpo, Muddy Waters and Siegel-Schwall cds in the same block, and this song was on each. As it happens, we have another couple of versions. So, our rainy day in a song.

Slim Harpo (who wrote it) -1957

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AichHYm-KgU/hqdefault.jpg "Slim Harpo - I'm a King Bee") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AichHYm-KgU&list=RDAichHYm-KgU)

Rolling Stones, 1964

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pAdGmux8NRw/maxresdefault.jpg "I'm A King Bee (Mono)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAdGmux8NRw&list=RDpAdGmux8NRw)

Siegel-Schwall, 1967-68

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yGKZ2xc5VRk/maxresdefault.jpg "I'm A King Bee") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGKZ2xc5VRk&list=RDyGKZ2xc5VRk)

Muddy Waters, 1980 (after hearing this, Jagger is reputed to have said why listen to our version when you can listen to Muddy Waters)

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SgsBc3_bXyU/hqdefault.jpg "Muddy Waters - I'm A King Bee") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgsBc3_bXyU)

Killer Bees, 1976 (had to go to [archive.org](http://archive.org) to get the full length version, so just click)

[https://archive.org/details/snl-bee-band-im-a-king-bee](https://archive.org/details/snl-bee-band-im-a-king-bee)

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**Author:** ![mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/mcarley/32/5644_2.png) [@mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/mcarley)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644/2 "2026-10-25T22:55:57Z")

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Marley’s Ghost

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4oOMEhuwd-M/maxresdefault.jpg "I'm A King Bee") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oOMEhuwd-M)

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**Author:** ![jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/jimtoo/32/16415_2.png) [@jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/jimtoo)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644/3 "2026-10-25T23:14:08Z")

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Not heard that one, but it’s excellent. I like the slide. Have to look into them.

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**Author:** ![mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/mcarley/32/5644_2.png) [@mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/mcarley)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644/4 "2026-10-26T00:22:08Z")

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> [@jimtoo](#):
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> Not heard that one, but it’s excellent. I like the slide. Have to look into them.

They’re a fun group, do a mix of stuff. Old English ballads, occasional funny songs.

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**Author:** ![crparrothead](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/crparrothead/32/6648_2.png) [@crparrothead](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/crparrothead)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644/5 "2026-10-26T00:35:46Z")

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> [@mcarley](#):
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> occasional funny songs

Speaking of funny songs;

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PP4jlFGo6bM/hqdefault.jpg "Miranda Lambert - Armadillo (Official Lyric Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP4jlFGo6bM)

Saw the songwriter of this song sing it in Nashville and he has some other funny stuff. And some really good songs too.

Aaron Raitiere is the songwriter

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**Author:** ![jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/jimtoo/32/16415_2.png) [@jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/jimtoo)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644/6 "2026-10-26T14:56:48Z")

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Armadillo, also known as Texas speed bumps.

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**Author:** ![mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/mcarley/32/5644_2.png) [@mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/mcarley)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644/7 "2026-10-26T15:25:09Z")

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> [@jimtoo](#):
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> Armadillo, also known as Texas speed bumps.

Jim Hightower wrote a book entitled “There’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.”

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**Author:** ![mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/mcarley/32/5644_2.png) [@mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/mcarley)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644/8 "2026-10-26T15:49:56Z")

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Having now listened to these, I agree with Jagger. Muddy is the best.

I had never heard the original.

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**Author:** ![jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/jimtoo/32/16415_2.png) [@jimtoo](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/jimtoo)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644/9 "2026-10-26T17:05:50Z")

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Warren Smith, one of the early rockabilly Sun artists, came out with a version right after after Slim Harpo. Some folks think he wrote it, but he didn’t. Smith also quickly covered Harpo’s I’ve Got Love if You Want It, as did many others.

This web site purports to trace back to the original recording of very many songs. I shopped in the site developer’s record store in East Lansing, Michigan a few decades ago (still owned and run by his former partner). As fate would have, Rosemont now lives in Santa Fe and runs a record store there.

> **[The Originals Project](http://www.originalsproject.us/)**

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**Author:** ![mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/mcarley/32/5644_2.png) [@mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/mcarley)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/killer-king-bees/110644/10 "2026-10-26T17:12:02Z")

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> [@jimtoo](#):
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> This web site purports to trace back to the original recording of very many songs.

“Original” isn’t a simple word to define. There are lots of songs credited to AP Carter, for example, though he was more of a song collecter than a writer.