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Dink Johnson – Mr. Johnson Signing Off
Dink Johnson – Mr. Johnson Signing Off (w/ Special Guest Russ Gilman) Delmark DE 646 [Euphonic Series] Compact Disc (2004) Dink Johnson, piano (1-18) Russ Gilman, piano (19-20) John Joseph, drums Dink Johnson was born in New Orleans around 1880, and was the younger brother of Bill Johnson, King Oliver’s great bass player. Dink played…
Jimmie Lee Robinson and The Ice Cream Men – Lonely Traveller
Jimmie Lee Robinson and The Ice Cream Men – Lonely Traveller Delmark DE 665 Compact Disc (1994) Jimmie Lee’s style of playing transcends standard 12-bar blues, going beyond its simple formula, traversing numerous musical genres. His repertoire spans the boundaries of early American music such as folk, ragtime and country. The tunes range from standard…
Floyd McDaniel & The Blues Swingers – Let Your Hair Down!
Floyd McDaniel & The Blues Swingers – Let Your Hair Down! Delmark DE 671 Compact Disc (1994) Guitarist/vocalist Floyd McDaniel has been playing for over half a century in an urban hipster’s world of jump and jive, of rug cutters, geets and flivvers, all cited in the lyrics of his recordings. Its resources are T-Bone…
Tad Robinson – One To Infinity
Tad Robinson – One To Infinity Delmark DE 673 Compact Disc (1994) One To Infinity consists mostly of Tad Robinson’s own songs with their gritty, urban imagery, whether about pounding the city streets looking for his former love in “Empty Apartment Blues”, or describing the glistening city pavement in “Raining In New York”. The mood…
Little Milton – Live At Westville Prison
Little Milton – Live At Westville Prison Delmark DE 681 (1995) Compact Disc Little Milton was on the verge of debuting the penultimate blues anthem of the 1980s, “The Blues Is Alright” when this concert was recorded. The throng that packed Westville Correctional Center on January 14, 1983 definitely agreed that the blues was alright….
Little Sammy Davis – I Ain’t Lyin’
Little Sammy Davis – I Ain’t Lyin’ Delmark DE 682 Compact Disc (1995) Don Imus is the host of the syndicated radio talk show, Imus In The Morning, now carried in over 70 cities reaching some 20 million listeners. Also known as the author of the best selling comic novel God’s Other Son, the “I-Man”…
Wynonie Harris – Everybody Boogie!
Wynonie Harris – Everybody Boogie! Delmark DE 683 [Apollo Series] Compact Disc (1996) Apollo started in NYC, February 1944, but by August ’45 they were also recording on the west coast. Everybody Boogie! begins with two sides featuring tenor sax giant Illinois Jacquet & his All Stars (with Bill Doggett & Charles Mingus), making it…
