Jerry McCain

Jerry McCain (vocal/hca) Gadsden, Alabama, 19 juin 1930.




Biographie à revoir

Jerry McCain's CDs are selfproducted and not easy to find. If you're looking for, CD Baby is a good starting point.

Jerry "Boogie" McCain - The Jig's Up (1954-1962)
Blizzard Records JMC 2111

01 - My Next Door Neighbor
02 - Bad Credit
03 - Courtin' In A Cadillac
04 - The Jig's Up
05 - Run Uncle John! Run
06 - That's What They Want
07 - Things Ain't Right
08 - Trying To Please
09 - You Don't Love Me No More
10 - If It Wasn't For My Baby
11 - Groom Without A Bride
12 - Listen! Young Girls
13 - Stay Out Of Automobiles
14 - Wine-O-Wine
15 - East Of The Sun
16 - Love To Make Up
17 - Crazy 'bout That Mess
18 - Fall Guy
19 - It Must Be Love
20 - Geronimo Rock & Roll
21 - A Cutie Named Judie
22 - I Want Somebody To Love
23 - I Want Somebody To Love
24 - I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From A Rock & Roll City
25 - Turn Your Damper Down
26 - Rock & Roll Ball
27 - My Next Door Neighbor
28 - What About You
29 - Tuff Stuff
30 - She's Tough
31 - Red Top

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Howlin' Wolf

Chester Arthur Burnett dit Howlin' Wolf (vocal/hca/ g) Aberdeen, Mississippi, 10 juin 1910 Hines, Illinois, 10 janvier 1976.



Biographie à revoir

Howlin' Wolf - Memphis Days - Volume 1 (1951-1952)
Bear Family Records BCD 15460

Howlin' Wolf : vocal, harmonica, guitar
Willie Johnson : guitar
Willie Steele : drums
Albert Williams, William Johnson, Ike Turner : piano
James Cotton : harmonica

01 - Oh Red (Take 1)
02 - My Last Affair (Take 1)
03 - Come Back Home (Take 1)
04 - California Boogie
05 - California Blues
06 - Look-A-Here Baby
07 - Smile At Me
08 - My Baby Walked Off
09 - Drinkin' Cv Wine (Cv Wine Blues)
10 - My Troubles And Me
11 - Chocolate Drop
12 - Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy)
13 - Bluebird Blues
14 - Color And Kind
15 - (Everybody's) In The Mood
16 - Dorothy Mae (Number 2)
17 - I Got A Woman - Sweet Woman
18 - Decoration Day Blues
19 - (Well) That's All Right
20 - How Many More Years
21 - Baby Ride With Me (Ridin' In The Moonlight)

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Howlin' Wolf - Memphis Days - Volume 2 (1951-1952)
Bear Family Records BCD 15500

Howlin' Wolf : vocal, harmonica, guitar
Willie Johnson : guitar
Willie Steele : drums
Albert Williams, William Johnson, Ike Turner : piano
James Cotton : harmonica

01 - Baby Ride With Me (Ridin' in the Moonlight)
02 - How Many More Years
03 - Moanin' at Midnight
04 - Howlin' Wolf Boogie
05 - Wolf Is at Your Door
06 - Mr - Highway Man
07 - Getting Old and Grey
08 - Worried All the Time
09 - Saddle My Pony ( Gonna Find My Baby Out in the World Somewhere)
10 - Oh, Red!
11 - My Last Affair
12 - Come Back Home [Take 2]
13 - Dorothy Mae
14 - Oh, Red! [Take 2]
15 - Come Back Home [Take 3]
16 - How Many More Years
17 - How Many More Years
18 - Baby Ride With Me (Ridin' in the Moonlight)
19 - Baby Ride With Me (Ridin' in the Moonlight)

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Etta James

Jamesetta Hawkins, dite Etta James (vcl) Los Angeles, Californie, 25 janvier 1938





Biographie à revoir

Etta James - The Complete Modern and Kent Recordings 1955-1961
Ace CDCM2 1085

Disque 1
01 - Wallflower (Etta James, Hank Ballard, Johnny Otis) 1955
02 - Hold Me, Squeeze Me (Joe Josea, Sam Ling, Jules Taub) 1955
03 - Hey Henry (Frank Gallo, Joe Josea) 1955
04 - Be Mine (Richard Berry, Joe Josea) 1955
05 - Good Rockin' Daddy (Richard Berry, Saul Bihari) 1955
06 - Crazy Feeling (Etta James, Jules Taub) 1955
07 - W-O-M-A-N (Etta James, Abbye Mallory, Dorothy Hawkins, Jean Mitchell) 1955
08 - That's All (Rosetta Tharpe) 1955
09 - My One and Only (Maxwell Davis, Joe Joseea) 1956
10 - I'm a Fool (Richard Berry, Joe Josea) 1956
11 - Shortnin' Bread Rock (Freddy Morgant, Eddie Brant) 1956
12 - Tears of Joy (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller) 1956
13 - Tough Lover (Etta James) 1956
14 - Fools We Mortals Be (Dorothy Hawkins) 1956
15 - Good Lookin' (Maxwell Davis, Joe Joseea) 1957
16 - Then I'll Care (Dorothy Hawkins) 1957
17 - Pick-Up (Harold Battiste, Raymond Johnson Jr) 1957
18 - Market Place (Ray Stanley, Rick Darnell, Scott Johnson) 1957
19 - Come What May (Franklyn Tableporter) 1957
20 - By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Gus Edwards, Edward Madden) 1957

Disque 2
01 - Baby Baby Every Night (Ronie Rae, Ed Townsend, Scott Johnson) 1958
02 - Sunshine of Love (Robert Sherman) 1958
03 - How Big a Fool (George Motola, John Marascalco) 1961
04 - If It Ain't One Thing (Harvey Fuqua, Etta James) 1959
05 - I Hope You're Satisfied (Etta James, Jules Taub) 1959
06 - Dance with Me, Henry (Etta James, Hank Ballard, Johnny Otis) 1957
07 - Don't You Remember (Joe Joseea, Jules Taub) 1961
08 - Hickory Dickory Dock (Howard Mandolph) 1961
09 - Nobody Loves You Like Me (Berry Gordy Jr, Harvey Fuqua) 1961
10 - We're in Love (Berry Gordy Jr, Harvey Fuqua) 1961
11 - You Know What I Mean (Berry Gordy Jr) 1961
12 - Strange Things Happening (Rosetta Tharpe) 1958
13 - Be My Lovey Dovey (Richard Berry, Joe Josea) 1955
14 - Tough Lover (Etta James) 1956
15 - Good Lookin' (Maxwell Davis, Joe Joseea) 1957
16 - Hey Henry (Frank Gallo, Joe Josea) 1955
17 - Crazy Feeling (Richard Berry, Sam Ling) 1955
18 - Market Place (Ray Stanley, Rick Darnell, Scott Johnson) 1957
19 - Hey Henry (Frank Gallo, Joe Josea) 1955
20 - Good Rockin' Daddy (Richard Berry, Saul Bihari) 1961
21 - How Big a Fool (George Motola, John Marascalco) 1961
22 - That's All (Rosetta Tharpe) 1955

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Voir aussi sur BluesTown, le blog de Nagiants40 :


ETTA JAMES: The 20th Century Music Collection

Rosco Gordon

Rosco Gordon est né le 11 avril 1928 à Memphis. C'est sa mère qui l'initie au piano. Il forme son premier groupe très jeune et interprète ses propres compositions. Il se produit principalement sur Beale Street où il est remarqué par Rufus Thomas qui l'invite sur la station de radio WDIA en 1950.

Rosco Gordon réalise ses premiers enregistrements en 1951, initialement destinés au label Chess, mais qui paraîtront finalement sur RPM. "Booted", qui paraîtra à la fois également sur Chess et RPM, connaît un succès immédiat. Des disputes au sujet de royalties le conduiront à enregistrer pour Duke. Sa discographie de l'époque est assez complexe, puisqu'il travaille pour plusieurs labels en même temps. Rosco signe ensuite avec Sun en 1955, label sur lequel il publie "The Chicken", "Shoobie Doobie", "Sally Jo".

En 1959 il signe avec Vee-Jay, chez qui il publie "Just A Little Bit". En 1962, à la fin de son contrat avec Vee-Jay, il émigne a New-York où il enregistre pour Columbia avec son épouse Babara Kerr, puis pour ABC-Paramount et Old Town. En 1969 il fonde son propre label, Bab-Roc sur lequel parraîssent 5 singles. Puis dans les années soixante-dix il met sa carrière en veille et ne fera plus que des apparations ponctuelles. Après la mort de sa femme en 1984 il fera des retours plus fréquents à la scène et participera a plusieurs documentaires. On le voit en particulier dans "La route de Memphis" réalisé par Richard Pearce dans la série Martin Scorsese présente The Blues.

Il décède peu après, le 11 juillet 2002, à New York.

Rosco Gordon - I'm Gonna Shake It !
The Sun Recordings - 1951-1957
Varèse Sarabande 302 066 385 2

01 - T-Model Boogie (Rosco Gordon) 1951
02 - Decorate the Counter (Rosco Gordon) 1952
03 - I Wade Through Muddy Water (Dream on Baby) (Rosco Gordon) 1952
04 - Just Love Me Baby (Rosco Gordon) 1955
05 - Weeping Blues (Rosco Gordon) 1955
06 - Tired of Living (Rosco Gordon) 1956
07 - Chicken (Dance With You) (Rosco Gordon) 1956
08 - Love for You Baby (Rosco Gordon) 1956
09 - That's What You Do To (Rosco Gordon) 1956
10 - Love With Me Baby (Rosco Gordon) 1956
11 - I Found a New Love (Rosco Gordon) 1956
12 - I'm Gonna Shake It (Rosco Gordon) 1956
13 - Let's Get High (Rosco Gordon) 1956
14 - Real Pretty Mama (Rosco Gordon) 1956
15 - Shoobie Oobie (Rosco Gordon) 1956
16 - Cheese and Crackers (Rosco Gordon) 1956
17 - I Don't Like It (Rosco Gordon) 1956
18 - Nineteen Years Old (Rosco Gordon) 1956
19 - If You Don't Love Me Baby (Rosco Gordon) 1956
20 - Sally Jo (Rosco Gordon, Sam C. Phillips) 1957
21 - Bop With Me Baby (Rosco Gordon) 1957
22 - New Orleans, LA (Rosco Gordon) 1956

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Snooky Pryor

James Edward «Snooky» Pryor (vocal/hca) né à Lambert, Mississippi, le 15 septembre 1921, décédé le 19 octobre 2006.





Biographie à revoir

Snooky Pryor & Friends
Pitch A Boogie Woogie If It Takes Me All Night Long 1948-1953
Seminal Post-War Chicago Blues
Wesa 869

Snooky Pryor and Moody Jones
01 - Snooky and Moody's Boogie (Pryor, Jones) 1948
02 - Telephone Blues (Pryor, Jones) 1948

Snooky Pryor
03 - Boogy Fool (Pryor, Brown) 1949
04 - Raisin' Sand (Pryor, Brown) 1949
05 - Fine Boogie (Pryor, Jones) 1952
06 - I'm Getting Tired (Pryor) 1952
07 - Going Back on the Road (Pryor) 1952
08 - Hold Me in Your Arms (Pryor) 1952
09 - (Real) Fine Boogie (Pryor, Jones) 1952
10 - Harp Instrumental (Pryor) 1952

Snooky Pryor and His Trio
11 - Cryin' Shame (Pryor) 1953
12 - Eighty Nine Ten (Pryor) 1953

Snooky Pryor
13 - Stop the Train Conductor [Take 1] (Pryor) ?
14 - Walking Boogie (Pryor) ?
15 - Stop the Train Conductor [Takes 2 + 3] (Pryor) ?
16 - Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man (Pryor) 1962
17 - Big Guns (Uncle Same Don't Take My Man) [Undubbed Version] (Pryor) ?
18 - I Can't Feel Good No More (Pryor) ?
19 - I Can't Feel Good No More [Alternate Take] (Pryor) ?
20 - Boogie Twist (Pryor) 1962
21 - Can't We Get This Straight (Pryor) ?

Moody Jones
22 - Rough Treatment (Jones) 1952
23 - Why Should I Worry (Jones) 1952
24 - Rough Treatment [Alternate Take] (Jones) 1952

Floyd Jones whith Snooky and Moody
25 - Stockyard Blues (Jones, Young) 1948
26 - Keep What You Got (Scales, Jones) 1948

Johnny Young
27 - My Baby Walked Out (Young) 1948
28 - Let Me Ride Your Mule (Young) 1948

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Joe Tex

Joseph Arrington Jr., dit Joe Tex (vcl) Rogers, Texas, 8 août 1933 - Navasota, Texas, 13 août 1982




Biographie à revoir

Joe Tex - Skinny Legs And All 1962-1969
The Classic Early DIAL Sides
Kent Soul CDKEND 114

01 - S.Y.S.L.J.F.M - (The Letter Song) 1966
02 - Love You Save (May Be Your Own) 1966
03 - Show Me 1967
04 - Hold What You've Got 1964
05 - Heep See Few Know 1965
06 - Someone to Take Your Place 1963
07 - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 1965
08 - If Sugar Was as Sweet as You 1966
09 - Meet Me in Church 1962
10 - You Got What It Takes 1965
11 - I Had a Good Home But I Left, Pt - 1 1964
12 - Don't Let Your Left Hand Know 1965
13 - Woman (Can Change a Man) 1965
14 - Skinny Legs and All 1967
15 - I Want To (Do Everything for You) 1965
16 - Sweet Woman Like You 1965
17 - I Believe I'm Gonna Make It 1966
18 - Men Are Gettin' Scarce 1968
19 - I'm a Man 1966
20 - I've Got to Do a Little Bit Better 1966
21 - Papa Was Too 1966
22 - Watching the One (That Brings the Bad News) 1967
23 - Truest Woman in the World 1967
24 - Chicken Crazy 1969

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Junior Wells

Amos Blackmore Wells dit Junior Wells (vocal/hca) Memphis, Tennessee, 9 décembre 1934 - Chicago, Illinois, 23 janvier 1998.



Biographie à revoir

Junior Wells - Blues Hit Big Town - 1953-1954
Delmark 640

Junior Wells : vocal, harmonica (all tracks)
Elmor James : guitar (1)
Louis Myers : guitar (all tracks)
Muddy Waters : guitar (8-11,16,17)
Johnnie Jones : piano (1-6,14,15)
Otis Spann : Piano (8-11,16,17)
Dave Myers : bass (1-6,14,15)
Willie Dixon : bass (8-11,16,17)
Fred Below : drums (1-6,14,15)
Odie Payne Jr : drums (8-11,16,17)

01 - Hoodoo Man (Sonny Boy Williamson) 1953
02 - Cut That Out (Amos Blakemore) 1953
03 - Junior's Wail (Amos Blakemore) 1953
04 - Tomorrow Night (Almos Blakemore) 1953
05 - Ways Like an Angel 1953
06 - Eagle Rock (Amos Blakemore) 1953
07 - Please Throw This Poor Dog a Bone 1954
08 - Blues Hit Big Town 1954
09 - Lord, Lord (Amos Blakemore) 1954
10 - 'Bout the Break of Day (Dave Clark) 1954
11 - So All Alone (Dave Clark) 1954
12 - Can't Find My Baby
13 - Please Throw This Poor Dog a Bone [Alternate Take] 1954
14 - Junior's Wail [Alternate Take] (Amos Blakemore) 1953
15 - Eagle Rock [Alternate Take] (Amos Blakemore) 1953
16 - Lord, Lord [Alternate Take] (Amos Blakemore) 1954
17 - Blues Hit Big Town [Alternate Take] 1954

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Junior Wells - Calling All Blues
The Cobra, Profile & USA Recordings 1957-1963
Fuel2000 3020610872

01 - Two Headed Woman (Weaver, Dixon) 1957
02 - Lovey Dovey Lovey One (London) 1957
03 - I Could Cry (Wells) 1957
04 - Cha Cha Cha in Blues (Cut my toe nail) (Wells, Dixon) 1957
05 - Little by Little (I'm loosing you) (London) 1958
06 - Come on in This House (London) 1959
07 - You Don't Care (Wells) 1960
08 - Prison Bars All Around Me (Wells) 1960
09 - Calling All Blues (Hooker, Wells) 1960
10 - Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule (Hooker, Wells) 1960
11 - Messin' With the Kid (London) 1961
12 - You Sure Look Good to Me (Wells) 1961
13 - So Tired (Berry) 1961
14 - Universal Rock (Hooker) 1961
15 - I Could Cry (Wells) 1961
16 - I'm a Stranger (Wells) 1961
17 - Things I Do For You (London) 1961
18 - Love Me (Wells, London) 1961
19 - It Hurts Me Too (When Things Go Wrong) (Whittaker) 1961
20 - I Need Me a Car (London) 1961
21 - I'll Get You Too (Emerson, Dixon) 1963
22 - One Day (Every Goodbye Ain't Gone) (Emerson, Dixon) 1963
23 - She's a Sweet One (Dixon) 1963
24 - When the Cat's Gone the Mice Play (Dixon) 1963

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