domingo, 11 de octubre de 2009

Roy BROWN - Good Rockin Tonight 1994


Roy BROWN - Good Rockin Tonight 1994
Label: Rhino / Wea
Recording Date: 1947-1957

Blues

An unassailable 18-cut cross section of the monstrously popular and influential New Orleans jump blues shouter's sides for the DeLuxe, King, and Imperial labels that spans 1947-1957 and takes in his seminal "Good Rocking Tonight" (where it all began!), "Rockin' at Midnight," "Boogie at Midnight," and "Love Don't Love Nobody"; the almost unbearably tortured "Hard Luck Blues"; and the unbelievably raunchy two-parter "Butcher Pete." Looking for the origins of rock? Here they are!
By Bill Dahl. AMG.
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A descendant of Louis Jordan's Saturday-night fish fries and a contemporary of the proto-rock jump-blueser Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown was among the earliest of the R&B shouters. "Good Rocking Tonight" became a standard after Harris covered Brown's 1947 original; Elvis Presley later cut it for his second Sun Records disc. (Brown's own rewrite, "Rockin' at Midnight," was plucked by Robert Plant for his Honeydrippers side project.) Brown also put his powerful voice to use on mournful down-tempo ballads such as "Hard Luck Blues" and "Laughing but Crying" and briefly revived his career with the Fats Domino-penned "Let the Four Winds Blow." All, plus the hilariously ribald two-part "Butcher Pete," are included on this exemplary collection of sides by a major progenitor of the '90s swing revival.
By Rickey Wright.
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01. Good Rocking Tonight 2.59
02. Mighty, Mighty Man 2.36
03. 'Long About Midnight 3.05
04. Rockin' At Midnight 2.44
05. Boogie At Midnight 2.52
06. Butcher Pete (Part 1) 2.28
07. Butcher Pete (Part 2) 2.43
08. Hard Luck Blues 3.00
09. Cadillac Baby 2.57
10. Love Don't Love Nobody 2.43
11. Bar Room Blues 3.02
12. Beautician Blues 2.38
13. Big Town 2.55
14. Laughing But Crying 3.12
15. Gal From Kokomo 2.32
16. Ain't Rocking No More 2.36
17. Black Diamond 2.31
18. Let The Four Winds Blow 2.01
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