Tail
Dragger
Stop
Lyin'
Delmark
DE
828
On September 29, 1982 blues singer Tail Dragger recorded nine songs with Johnny B. Moore and Jesse Lee Williams, guitars; Eddie "Jewtown" Burks, harmonica; Willie Kent, bass; Larry Taylor, drums. Unfortunately producer Iron Jaw Harris didn't live long enough to see the album issued. Jimmy Dawkins, operating his Leric label, made an arrangement with Tail Dragger to release the 45 "My Head Is Bald" backed with "So Ezee" featuring overdubbed piano by Lafayette Leake, and harp by Little Mac Simmons. The remainder of the session sat in Tail Dragger's home for thirty years. Until now. The CD includes "Where Did You Go", " Don't You Want A Good Man", "Stop Lyin'", "Ain't Gonna Cry No Mo", "Alabama Bound", "Don't Trust Yo Woman", "Please Mr. Jailer", the 2 previously-issued sides, and a 16-minute Tail Dragger talk about the recording.
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Tail
Dragger
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Stop
Lyin'
-CD
*Delmark
828
Blues CD Delmark 828. w/ Willie Kent, Johnny B. Moore, Lafeyette Leake, Little Mac Simmons, Eddie JT Burks *BLT |
$14.99 |
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Sunny Road
Delmark DE 827
Best known for "That's All Right" and two other songs covered by Elvis Presley, bluesman Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup was born in Forest, Mississippi. Crudup visited Chicago in 1939 as a member of the gospel group The Harmonizing Four and stayed to work as a solo artist but was not successful. Record producer Lester Melrose allegedly found him living in a packing crate. He toured the country in 1948 with Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James. Throughout his career Crudup recorded for Victor, Ace, Checker, Trumpet, Bluebird, Trumpet and in the 60s Delmark. This session was recorded November 10, 1969 and features Jimmy Dawkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. Crudup's guitar was amped through the same rotating Leslie speaker that Buddy Guy used on Junior Wells' Hoodoo Man Blues (Delmark 612) for seven of the nine songs here. There's also a nice talk section between Crudup and producer Bob Koester.
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CRUDUP,
ARTHUR
"BIG
BOY"
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Sunny
Road
-CD
*Delmark
-
827
Blues CD Delmark - 827 *BLC |
$14.99 |
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Al
Miller
Chicago
Blues
Band
In
Between
Time
Delmark
DE
826
Harmonica
player
Al
Miller
brings
in
three
guitar
aces
to
help
him
create
this
unique
blues
album:
John
Primer,
Dave
Specter
&
Billy
Flynn.
But
Al
doesn't
just
play
harp.
Whether
he
iswailing
away
on
harmonica,
singing,
writing
songs,
or
providing
guitar
accompaniment,
Al
imbues
every
aspect
of
his
involvement
in
the
music
with
feeling,
which,
as
every
blues
fan
knows,
is
what
the
blues
is
all
about.
Al
sings
most
of
the
songs
however
John
Primer
sings
lead
on
three.
Also
in
the
band
are
Willie
"Big
Eyes"
Smith,
Kenny
Smith,
Barrelhouse
Chuck,
Ken
Saydak
and
others.
17
songs
in
all
including
the
previously
unissued
"Blizzard".
Also
available
Al
Miller's
Wild
Cards(Delmark
675)
with
Willie
Kent,
Dave
Specter,
Steve
Freund,
Tad
Robinson.
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MILLER,
AL
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In
Between
Time
-CD
*Delmark
826
Blues CD Delmark 826 *BLM |
$14.99 |