The Shag

[Sceneman]

when did this first get recorded as it speaks of earlier times than when it was released and then banned by the beeb ,but hey they were doing the Carolina Shag dance which had been around for ages .it almost seems a 60s tune ...

[Windlesoul]

Nostalgic homage to sixties beach of course but this was from the early 80s. Regarding the Shag, it's roots - at least the version we know today - were in the 1940s, developed from steps borrowed from Lindy Hopping / Jitterbug among locals and servicemen in dance halls around North Carolina particularly Wilmington, though it became the 'official dance' of South Carolina. Historians argue it goes beyond that though to even earlier times, though the Shag means different things to different folks (and I mean regionally, not the usual UK gfawr etc) and also for added confusion gets called different name in some regions.

Edited February 26, 2013 by Windlesoul

[Guest Matt Male]