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Roosevelt Sykes - Chicago Boogie

Size: 113,8 MB
Time: 47:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Chicago Blues, Piano Blues
Label: Delmark
Art: Full

01. Drivin' Wheel (2:52)
02. West Helena Blues (2:58)
03. Wonderin' Blues (2:18)
04. Monkey Face Blues (2:55)
05. Rock It (2:59)
06. Chicago Boogie (1:39)
07. Security Blues (3:03)
08. Soon Forgotten (2:41)
09. Green Onion Top (2:37)
10. Mail Box Blues (2:51)
11. 44 Blues (3:32)
12. Complete This Order (3:28)
13. Blues 'n' Boogie (2:32)
14. Winter Time Blues (2:48)
15. Rock It (3:01)
16. My Resolution (2:41)
17. Kickin' Motor Scooter (2:39)


This Delmark CD issue is taken from Roosevelt Sykes' first early-'50s recordings for the Regal label, with a few tracks taken from the early '60s, and issued by Delmark originally. Sykes was fresh from a long tenure with RCA Victor and Bluebird, and artistically hungry for the first time in at least a decade. The sides here reflect that fresh-start feel. Sykes performs here like a young lion artist who is trying to blow the doors off the joint to prove himself, rather than as a seasoned veteran. There are three different sessions here: one from March 14, 1950 (with Jump Jackson on drums), another from April 10, 1951 (with J.T. Brown on tenor sax, Ransom Knowling on bass, and Jackson on drums), and a final one from May 17, 1963 (with St. Louis Jimmy on vocals on four of the nine). This stuff is the Sykes' mother lode. Not only have none of these tracks ever appeared on CD before, nine of them are issued here for the very first time anywhere. Here is the piano-pumping, wailing singer, digging deep and having a ball on the title track, "Drivin' Wheel," "Rock It," "Green Onion Top," "44 Blues," and "West Helena Blues," with 12 others in the mix. Sound quality here is pretty much great and the sequencing is primo. This is an indispensable addition to any Roosevelt Sykes' shelf, and one hell of an introduction for novices. ~Review by Thom Jurek


Chicago Boogie



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subota, 04.01.2014.

Various - Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues

Styles: Chicago Blues, Acoustic Blues, Piano Blues, Delta Blues
Released: 1979
Label: Storyville
File: mp3@320K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 205.2 MB
Time: 89:38
Art: front

Side 1
1. Smoky Babe - Boogy - 2:40
Smoky Babe (vocals, guitar)

2. Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More - 2:57
Avery Brady (vocals, guitar)

3. Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues - 4:44
Doug Quattlebaum (vocals, guitar)

4. Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2 - 2:38
Huddie Ledbetter (vocals, guitar)

5. Arthur Weston - Someday Baby - 1:36
Arthur Weston (vocals, guitar), George Robertson (harmonica)

6. Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues - 2:13
Big Joe Williams (vocals, guitar)

7. Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind - 2:12
Big Bill Broonzy (vocals, guitar)

Side 2
8. Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco - 3:23
Clarence Edwards (vocals, guitar), Cornelius Edwards (guitar), Butch Cage (fiddle)

9. Bert Logan - Four O'Clock In The Morning - 2:47
Bert Logan (vocals, guitar), Russ Logan (vocal, washboard), Big Joe Williams (guitar)

10. Big Joe Henry Miller - Down Here By Myself - 4:14
Big Joe Henry Miller (vocals, guitar), Jimmy Lee Miller (guitar)

11. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero - 2:40
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires (vocals, guitar), Johnny Joung (guitar)

12. Johnny Young - Green Door Blues - 4:03
Johnny Young (vocals, mandolin), John Lee Graunderson (guitar), John Wrencher (harmonica)

13. Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow - 2:41
Arthur Weston (vocals, guitar), Big Joe Williams (guitar), George Robertson (harmonica)

Side 3
14. Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special - 2:47
Champion Jack Dupree (vocal, piano)

15. Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano - 5:29
Roosevelt Sykes (piano)

16. Henry Brown - Low Down Drag - 4:39
Henry Brown (piano)

17. Memphis Slim - Funky Blues - 4:25
Memphis Slim (piano)

18. Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special - 4:17
Jimmy Yancey (piano)

19. Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie - 2:57
Sunnyland Slim (piano)

Side 4
20. Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues - 3:36
Speckled Red (vocal, piano)

21. Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue - 3:36
Otis Spann (vocal, piano)

22. Memphis Slim - A Letter Home - 3:05
Memphis Slim (vocal, piano)

23. Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes - 3:15
Otis Spann (vocal, piano)

24. Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues - 4:55
Memphis Slim (vocal, piano), Sonny Boy Williamson (vocal, harmonica)

25. Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer - 3:04
Willie Mabon (vocal, piano), Billy Emerson (organ), Lacy Gipson (guitar), Jack Myers (bass), Al Duncan (drums)

26. Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free - 4:32
Champion Jack Dupree (vocal, piano)

Notes: Recorded mostly between 1960 and 1965, except track 4 NY 1939 and track 18 Chicago 1950
05. Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues, Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes - this Jim Brewer track is actually / erraneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!! ~ www.wirz.de

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utorak, 03.09.2013.

Washboard Sam - Washboard Sam 1936-1947

Styles: Acoustic Chicago Blues, Prewar Country Blues
Label: Wolf
Released: 2000
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 144,3 MB
Time: 62:49
Art: front + back

1. I'm a Prowlin' Groundhog - 3:30
2. Mixed Up Blues - 3:12
3. The Big Boat - 3:00
4. Yellow, Black and Brown - 2:49
5. Jumpin' Rooster - 2:50
6. Walkin' In My Sleep - 2:54
7. Washboard Swing - 3:03
8. Good Old Easy Street - 2:58
9. I Believe I'll Make a Change - 2:59
10. That Will Get It - 3:09
11. Don't Fool With Me - 2:51
12. Jersey Cow Blues - 2:43
13. So Early In the Morning - 3:08
14. Digging My Potatoes - No. 2 - 3:06
15. Morning Dove Blues - 2:40
16. Dissatisfied Blues - 3:02
17. Good Luck Blues - 3:08
18. Ain't You Comin' Out Tonight - 2:40
19. River Hip Mama - 2:41
20. Don't Have To Sing the Blues - 2:56
21. You Can't Have None of That - 3:22


Personnel:
Robert 'Washboard Sam' Brown – vocals, washboard
Big Bill Broonzy – guitar
Arnett Nelson – clarinet
Buster Bennett – alto saxophone
J.T. Brown - tenor saxophone
Herb Morand – trumpet
Black Bob Hudson – piano
Roosevelt Sykes – piano
Memphis Slim – piano
Willie Dixon – standup bass
Leroy Bachelor – standup bass

Notes: The Best of Blues label celebrated the year 2000 with a Washboard Sam collection containing 21 of his best performances recorded between 1936 and 1947, a span of years that takes in much of his recording career. The selections are divided equally, for the most part, between Sam's two preferred tempos: the slow purposeful ambling gait and the upbeat rocking shuffle that can make your feet start patting the floor before you even realize that you're doing it. This is an excellent way to find out about Washboard Sam, or to enjoy a well-chosen overview of his works even if you're already hip to him. Washboard Sam was born with the name Robert Brown in Walnut Ridge, AR, in 1910. He worked his way north, hit Chicago in the early '30s, and made his first records for the Vocalion label under the name of Ham Gravy in 1935. Although he was a tireless virtuoso washboard operator, it was Sam's powerful voice and a knack for coming up with songs that everybody could relate to that created a growing demand for his records. Almost invariably accompanied on the guitar by his friend Big Bill Broonzy, Washboard Sam soon established himself as a primary blues recording artist for the Bluebird label, switched over to Victor in 1947, and stopped recording for the most part in 1949. After becoming a Chicago policeman (a job for which he seems to have been suited both physically and temperamentally), Robert Brown changed back into Washboard Sam in 1953 for long enough to record with Broonzy and Memphis Slim. His final comeback during the 1960s ended with his death from heart failure in November 1966 at the age of 56. This little taste of Sam's special kind of music has a supporting cast of instrumentalists including Herb Morand, trumpeter for the Harlem Hamfats; ubiquitous Chicago session clarinetist Arnett Nelson; saxophonists Buster Bennett and J.T. Brown; pianists Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim, and Black Bob Hudson; and bassists Ransom Knowling and Willie Dixon. The woman whose vocal interjections are heard on "Ain't You Coming Out Tonight" has been identified as Josephine Kyles. This useful and entertaining Washboard Sam collection may be supplemented with Document's seven-volume series containing more than 160 examples of his unforgettably honest and passionate blues. ~ AMG


Washboard Sam 1936-1947



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Oznake: Acoustic Blues, Prewar Blues, Country Blues, Washboard Sam, Big Bill Broonzy, Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon
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