Happy Halloween. For this spooky holiday, there can be only one featured artist, Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

"Screamin' Jay Hawkins was the most outrageous performer extant during rock's dawn. Prone to emerging out of a coffin onstage, a flaming skull named Henry his constant companion, Screamin' Jay was an insanely theatrical figure long before it was even remotely acceptable." - All Music Guide to the Blues

"Long before there was Marilyn Manson, long before there was Alice Cooper, way before Ozzy Osbourne, there was Screamin' Jay Hawkins" - Reverend Billy C. Wirtz

To hear some of his incredible music, check out the Sreamin' Jay's MySpace page.

Photo: Jean-Luc Ourlin