Gary Davis

Davis (Reverend Gary) (vocal/g/bjo/hca) Laurens, Caroline du Sud, 30 avril 1896 - Hammonton, New Jersey, 5 mai 1972.



Biographie à revoir

Reverend Blind Gary Davis - Meet You At The Station
The Vintage Recordings (1935-1949)
Document Records DOCD-5060

01 - I'm throwin' up my hands (Aint gonna Work here no more) (Davis) 1935
02 - Cross and evil woman blues (Davis) 1935
03 - I am the true vine (Davis) 1935
04 - I am the light of the world (Trad - Davis) 1935
05 - O lord, search my heart (Unknow) 1935
06 - I saw the light (Davis) 1935 (vocal: Bull City Red)
07 - You can go home (Davis) 1935
08 - Twelve gates to the city (Davis) 1935
09 - Have more faith in Jesus (Davis) 1935
10 - You got to go down (Davis) 1935
11 - I belong to the band - hallelujah! (Unknow) 1935
12 - The great change in me (Unknow) 1935
13 - Lord, I wish I could see (Davis) 1935
14 - Lord, stand by me (Davis) 1935
15 - The angel's message to me (Davis) 1935
16 - Civil war march (Davis) 1945
17 - I cannot bear my burden by myself (Davis) 1949
18 - I'm gonna meet you at the station (Trad - Davis) 1949

Lowell Fulson

Lowell Fulson (vocal/g) Tulsa, Oklahoma, 31 mars 1921 - Long Beach, Californie, 7 mars 1999.



Biographie à revoir

Lowell Fulson - The complete Chess masters - 1954-1963 (2 CDs)
MCA CHD2-9394

Disque 1 :
01 - Reconsider Baby (Lowell Fulson) 1954
02 - I Believe I'll Give It Up (Lowell Fulson) 1954
03 - Lonely Hours (Lowell Fulson) 1955
04 - Check Yourself (Lowell Fulson) 1955
05 - Loving You (Lowell Fulson) 1955
06 - Do Me Right (Willie Dixon) 1955
07 - Lonely Hour (Lowell Fulson) 1955
08 - Check Yourself (Lowell Fulson) 1955
09 - Trouble, Trouble (Lowell Fulson) 1955
10 - I Still Love You Baby (Lowell Fulson) 1955
11 - It's A Long Time (Lowell Fulson) 1955
12 - Rollin' Blues (Lowell Fulson) 1955
13 - It's All Your Fault Baby (It's Your Own Fault) (Lowell Fulson) 1956
14 - Tollin' Bells (Willie Dixon) 1956
15 - Smokey Room (Lowell Fulson) 1956
16 - It Took A Long Time (Lowell Fulson) 1956
17 - Blues Rhumba (Lowell Fulson) 1956
18 - Be On Your Merry Way (Lowell Fulson) 1956
19 - Please Don't Go (Lowell Fulson) 1956
20 - Don't Drive Me Baby (Lowell Fulson) 1957
21 - You're Gonna Miss Me (Lowell Fulson) 1957
22 - Rock'Em Dead (Lowell Fulson) 1957

Disque 2 :
01 - I Wanna Make Love To You (William Harvey) 1957
02 - You Better Rock This Morning (William Harvey) 1957
03 - That's All Right (James A. Lane) 1957
04 - Worry, Worry (Lowell Fulson) 1960
05 - Coming Home (Lowell Fulson) 1960
06 - Have You Changed Your Mind (Lowell Fulson) 1960
07 - K.C - Bound (Lowell Fulson) 1960
08 - I'm Glad You Reconsidered (Lowell Fulson) 1960
09 - Low Society (Lowell Fulson) 1960
10 - Blue Shadows (Lloyd C. Glenn) 1960
11 - I Want To Know, Parts 1 & 2 (Lowell Fulson) 1960
12 - So Many Tears (Lowell Fulson) 1961
13 - Why Don't You Write Me (Lowell Fulson) 1961
14 - Hung Down Head (B. Rogers, J. Wilson) 1961
15 - Pay Day Blues (Lowell Fulson) 1961
16 - Shed No Tears (Gladys Patterson) 1962
17 - Can She (Do It) (Lowell Fulson) 1962
18 - Trouble With The Blues (Lowell Fulson, Louis L. Griffin) 1962
19 - Love Grows Cold (Lowell Fulson) 1962
20 - Blue Soul (Lowell Fulson) 1963
21 - Love 'N' Things (Lowell Fulson, Ferdinand Washington) 1963
22 - Father Time (Lowell Fulson, Ferdinand Washington) 1963
23 - Swinging Party (Lowell Fulson, Ferdinand Washington) 1963

The Raelettes

The Raelettes (ou Raelets ou encore Raeletts):
Margie Hendrix
Ethel McCrea
Pat Lyles
Gwendolyn Berry
Mary Ann Fisher
Darlene McCrea
Della Bea Robinson
Minnie Riperton
Merry Clayton
Edna Wright
Susaye Greene
Mable John

Groupe vocal connu comme constituant la partie chorus de l'orchestre de Ray Charles, son histoire commence au début des années cinquantes. Constitué à l'origine sous le nom de The Cookies, cet ensemble composé de Margie Hendrix, Ethel "Earl-Jean" McCrea et Pat Lyles accompagne divers artistes de rhythm and blues. En 1957, elles accompagnent Ray Charles. Celui-ci leur adjoint Mary Ann Fisher et les rebaptise en Realettes.

Lorsque Mary Ann Fisher et Margie Hendrix décident de rester à plein temps avec Ray Charles, les deux autres reforment les Cookies. Elles sont remplacées au sein des Raelettes par Darlene McCrea et Della Bea Robinson. Cette dernière deviend la seconde épouse de Ray Charles.

En 1965 Ray Charles fonde son label Tangerine, et donne l'occasion aux Raelettes d'enregistrer sous leur propre nom. Elles obtiennent quelques succès mineurs. Par la suite la formation connait de nombreuses mutations et inclue tour à tour Minnie Riperton, Merry Clayton, Edna Wright. Vient ensuite Susaye Greene (qui rejoint plus tard les Supreme), puis à la fin des années soixantes Mable John lorsque celle-ci met un terme à sa carrière solo.

Avec de nombreux changements de personnel, les Raelettes feront partie de l'orchestre de brother Ray jusqu'à la mort de celui-ci.

Discographie :

Singles

Tangerine 972 - The Raelets - One Hurt Deserves Another / One Room Paradise - 1966
Tangerine 976 - The Raelets - Into Something Fine / Lover's Blues - 1967
Tangerine 984 - The Raelets - All I Need Is His Love / I'm Getting Along All Right
Tangerine 986 - The Raelets - I Want To Thank You / It's Almost Here
Tangerine 1006 - The Raelets - I Wanna Do Everything For You / Keep It To Yourself - 1970
Tangerine 1014 - The Raelets - Bad Water / That Goes To Show You - 1973
Tangerine 1017 - The Raelets - Here I Go Again / Leave My Man Alone
Tangerine 1024 - The Raelets - Come Get It, I Got It / Try A Little Kindness
Tangerine 1029 - The Raelets - You Must Be Doing Alright / You Have A Way With Me
Tangerine 1031 - The Raelets - If You Wanna Keep Him / Many Rivers To Cross

Album

Tangeribe TRCS 1515 - The Raelettes - Ray Charles Presents the Raelettes - 1972

The Raelettes - Hits and rarities
Titanic Records TR-CD 4422

01 - You Must Be Doing Alright
02 - Bad Water
03 - Come Get It I Got It
04 - You Have a Way With Me
05 - Love Train
06 - I Want To (Do Everything For You)
07 - Leave My Man Alone
08 - After Loving You
09 - Keep It To Yourself
10 - Here I Go Again
11 - That Goes To Show You
12 - Let No One Hold You
13 - A Lover's Blues
14 - I'm Gettin' Long Alright
15 - All I Need Is Love
16 - One Hurt Deserves Another
17 - One Room Paradise
18 - Into Something Fine
19 - It's Alright
20 - Try a Little Kindness
21 - Many Rivers To Cross
22 - I You Want To Keep Him
23 - I Found My Love
24 - Now the Hurts On You
25 - My Baby
26 - Restless

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Jimmy Dawkins

Jimmy Dawkins (vocal/g) Tchula, Mississippi, 24 octobre 1936.




Biographie à revoir

Jimmy Dawkins - Fast Fingers (1968/1969)
Delmark DD-623

Jimmy Dawkins : vocals, guitar (all tracks)
Eddy Shaw : tenor sax (all tracks)
Lafayette Leake : piano, organ (all tracks)
Mighty Joe Young : guitar (all tracks)
Joe Harper : bass (tracks 1,5,7,8,11,12)
Ernest Gaterwood : bass (tracks 2,3,4,6,9,10)
Lester Dorsie : drums (all tracks)

01 - It Serves Me Right to Suffer 1969
02 - I Wonder Why 1968
03 - I'm Good for Nothing 1968
04 - Triple Trebles 1968
05 - I Finally Learned a Lesson 1969
06 - You Got to Keep on Trying 1968
07 - Night Rock 1969
08 - Little Angel Child 1969
09 - I Don't Know What Love Is 1968
10 - Breaking Down 1968
11 - Sad and Blues 1969
12 - Back Home Blues 1969

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Voir aussi sur Bluestown :

Tribute to Orange - 1993

Blues from Iceland - 1995

Johnny Young

Johnny Young (vocal/mdln/g) Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1er janvier 1918 Chicago, Illinois, 18 avril 1974.


Biographie à revoir

Johnny Young - Chicago blues
Arhoolie CD-325

Johnny Young : guitar, mandolin, vocals
Otis Spann : piano
James Cotton : harmonica
Big Walter Horton : harmonica
Jimmy Dawkins : guitar
S.P. Leary : drums

01 - Wild, Wild Woman
02 - Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business
03 - I'm Having A Bail
04 - My Trainfare Out Of Town
05 - I'm Doing All Right
06 - Stealin'
07 - Keep On Drinking
08 - Hot Dog!
09 - Come Early In The Morning
10 - Moaning And Groaning
11 - Cross-Cut Saw
12 - Slam Hammer
13 - Strange Girl
14 - Ring Around My Heart
15 - Sometimes I Cry
16 - Don't You Lie To Me
17 - On The Road Again
18 - Walter's Boogie
19 - Stockyard Blues
20 - Drinking Straight Whiskey

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Kid Thomas (2)

La publication par Matt Nemo de la bande dessinée Kid Thomas - A brief life est une occasion immanquable pour compléter le précédent post consacré à Kid Thomas et promouvoir un nouveau blog très prometteur BOOTAPES. Outre la biographie illustrée du Kid (in english), librement téléchargeable, ce blog offre également un lien vers la défunte revue Big Beat, dont les différents numéros peuvent être consulté en ligne (en français), et en particulier le n° 13 qui comprend un article consacré à ... Kid Thomas. Dans un autre registre, mais finalement assez proche, les fétichistes amateurs de smell of femal trouveront eux aussi certainement leur bonheur sur BOOTAPES. A visiter absolument !!!

Avec l'album Here's my story précédemment mis en ligne, celui ci-dessous présente la totalité des titres enregistrés connus de Kid Thomas.

Kid Thomas - Adds ...
Rescue Records RUCD 102

01 - Tell Me Baby
02 - In A Cold Cold World
03 - It's A Lie
04 - Why Do I Have To Cry
05 - Willowbrook
06 - You Are An Angel
07 - Cozy Special
08 - Bad Luck
09 - Come Back
10 - Cozy Lounge Blues
11 - Five Long Years
12 - I've Been Crying
13 - Ninty Nine
14 - Here Comes The Night
15 - Dog Me Around
16 - Rockin' The Joint Tonight
17 - You Are An Angel (take 1)
18 - The Hurt Is On
19 - I Love You So
20 - Wail Baby Wail
21 - Lookie There

mp3@VBR + Artwork
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Lightnin' Slim

Otis Hicks dit Lightnin' Slim (vocal/g) Saint Louis, Missouri, 13 mars 1913 - Detroit, Michigan, 27 juillet 1974.




Biographie à revoir

Lightnin' Slim - Rooster blues / Lightnin' Slim's bell ringer
Ace Records CDCHD 517

Rooster blues :
01 - Rooster Blues
02 - Long Leanie Woman
03 - My Starter Won't Work
04 - G.I - Slim
05 - Lightnin's Troubles
06 - Bed Bug Blues
07 - Hoo Doo Blues
08 - It's Mighty Crazy
09 - Sweet Little Woman
10 - Tom Cat Blues
11 - Feelin' Awful Blues
12 - I'm Leavin' You Baby

Lightnin' Slim's bell ringer :
13 - Love Me Mama
14 - She's My Crazy Little Baby
15 - Have Mercy on Me Baby
16 - Winter Time Blues
17 - If You Ever Need Me
18 - Mean Ole Lonesome Train
19 - Baby Please Come Back
20 - Love Is Just a Gamble
21 - Somebody Knockin'
22 - You Give Me the Blues
23 - Don't Start Me Talking
24 - You Move Me Baby

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Buddy Guy

George Guy dit Buddy Guy (vocal/g) Lettsworth, Louisiane, 20 juin 1936.



Biographie à revoir

Buddy Guy - The complete Chess studio recordings (1960-1967)
Chess/MCA CHD2-9337 (2 CDs)

Disque 1
01 - First Time I Met The Blues (Eurreal Montgomery) 1960
02 - Stop Around (Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon, Eurreal Montgomery) 1960
03 - I Got My Eyes On You (Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon) 1960
04 - Broken Heated Blues (Willie Dixon) 1960
05 - Let Me Love You Baby (Willie Dixon) 1960
06 - I Got A Strange Feeling(Willie Dixon, Al Perkins) 1960
07 - Gully Hully (Eurreal Montgomery) 1960
08 - Ten Years Ago (Buddy Guy) 1960
09 - Watch Yourself (Buddy Guy) 1961
10 - Stone Crazy (Buddy Guy) 1961
11 - Skippin' (Buddy Guy) 1961
12 - I Found True Love (Buddy Guy) 1961
13 - Hard But It's Fair (Willie Dixon) 1962
14 - Baby (Baby, Baby, Baby) (Buddy Guy) 1962
15 - When My Left Eye Jumps (Willie Dixon) 1962
16 - That's It (Buddy Guy) 1962
17 - The Treasure Untold (Buddy Guy) 1962
18 - American Bandstand (Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon) 1963
19 - No Lie (Buddy Guy) 1963
20 - 100$ Bill (Buddy Guy) 1963
21 - My Love Is Real (Buddy Guy) 1963
22 - Buddy's Boogie (Buddy Guy) 1963

Disque 2
01 - Worried Mind (Buddy Guy, Mic Shau) 1963
02 - Untitled Unstrumental (Buddy Guy) 1963
03 - Moanin' (Bobby Timmons) 1963
04 - I Dig Your Wig (Unedited) (Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon) 1964
05 - My Time After Awhile (Ronald Bager, Robert Gedding, Sheldon Feinberg) 1964
06 - Night Flight (Buddy Guy) 1964
07 - Crazy Love (Crazy Music) (Willie Dixon) 1965
08 - Every Girl I See (Willie Dixon, Michael P. Murphy) 1965
09 - Too Many Ways (Willie Dixon) 1965
10 - Leave My Girl Alone (Buddy Guy) 1965
11 - Got To Use Your Head (Buddy Guy) 1965
12 - Keep It To Myself (Sonny Boy Williamson) 1966
13 - My Mother (Buddy Guy, Mic Shau) 1966
14 - She Suits Me To A Tee (Buddy Guy) 1966
15 - Mother-In-Law Blues (Gene Barge) 1966
16 - Buddy's Grove (Gene Barge) 1967
17 - Going To School (Buddy Guy, Mic Shau) 1967
18 - I Cry And Sing The Blues (Willie Dixon) 1967
19 - Goin' Home (Willie Dixon) 1967
20 - I Suffer With The Blues (Buddy Guy) 1967
21 - Lip Lap Louie (Buddy Guy) 1967
22 - My Time After Awhile (Alternate Vocal And Mix) (Ronald Bager, Robert Gedding, Sheldon Feinberg) 1964
23 - Too Many Ways (Alternate With Background Vocal) (Willie Dixon) 1965
24 - Keep It To Myself (Alternate With Organ Overdub) (Sonny Boy Williamson) 1966
25 - I Didn't Know My Mother (She Suits Me To Tee Alternate) (Buddy Guy) 1966

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