May 29, 2013

Rock Around the Clock


Marshall Lytle, 'Rock Around the Clock' Bassist, Dead at 79 Musician recorded influential Fifties track with Bill Haley and the Comets
Marshall Lytle, whose snappy bass work anchored Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock," died Saturday at his home in New Port Richie, Florida. He was 79. According to The New York Times, Lytle died of lung cancer.
Lytle was a teenage guitar player working at a Chester, Pennsylvania, radio station when Haley, who worked at another station, recruited him to play bass. Lytle notably didn't play the instrument, but Haley taught him the rudiments of slap-bass in a 30-minute session. The technique was key for country music, which was the focus of Haley's band – then known as Bill Haley and His Saddlemen.

Marshall Lytle (pictured far right) of Bill Haley and the Comet

February 5, 2013

Billy Wright 1949 51


01 - Thinkin' Blues (Wright) 02 - After Dark Blues (Reig, Wright) 03 - Fore Day Blues (Reig, Wright) 04 - You Satisfy (Reig, Wright) 05 - Billy's Boogie Blues (Reig, Wright) 06 - Blues for My Baby (Reig, Reig, Wright) 07 - I Keep Drinking (Reig, Wright) 08 - Back Biting Woman (Wright) 09 - Heavy Hearted Blues (Wright) 10 - Gotta Find My Baby (Wright) 11 - Married Woman's Boogie (Wright) 12 - Empty Hands (James, Peck, Wright) 13 - When the Wagon Comes (Wright) 14 - Keep Your Hands on My Heart (Brounzey) 15 - Mercy, Mercy (Wright) 16 - Stacked Deck (Wright) 17 - Mean Old Wine (Wright) 18 - Drinkin' and Thinkin' (Wright) 19 - New Way of Lovin' (Wright) 20 - Restless Blues (Darnell, Wright) 21 - This Love of Mine (Parker, Sanicola, Sinatra) 22 - Hey Little Girl (Wright)

Amos Milburn 1946 47


01 - After Midnite 02 - My Baby's Boogying 03 - Darling How Long 04 - Down the Road a Piece 05 - Amos' Blues 06 - Amos' Boogie 07 - Don't Beg Me 08 - Operation Blues 09 - Cinch Blues 10 - Everything I Do Is Wrong 11 - My Love Is Limited 12 - Blues at Sundown 13 - Money Hustlin' Woman 14 - Sad and Blue 15 - That's My Chick 16 - I've Tried to Prove My Love, Dear 17 - Mean Woman 18 - Aladdin Boogie 19 - Nickle Plated Baby 20 - Real Gone ) 21 - Rainy Weather Blues 22 - Train Whistle Blues 23 - Train Time Blues

February 4, 2013

Amos Milburn 1952-53


Performed by: Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshakers
01 - Thinking and Drinking
02 - Put Something in My Hand
03 - Trouble in Mind
04 - Squeeze My Blues Away
05 - Flying Home
06 - Roll Mr. Jelly
07 - I Won't Be a Fool Anymore
08 - Long, Long Day
09 - I'm Still a Fool for You
10 - Boo Hoo
11 - Rocky Mountain
12 - Greyhound
13 - Kiss Me Again
14 - Stormy Weather
15 - Kiss Me Again
16 - Rock, Rock, Rock
17 - Three Times a Fool
18 - Why Don't You Do Right
19 - Let Me Go Home Whiskey
20 - Please Mr. Johnson
21 - Let's Have a Party
22 - Without Someone to Call Your Own
23 - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
24 - Sorrowful Heart

January 31, 2013

Otis Blackwell - 1952-54


Otis Blackwell - 1952-54
01 - Wake Up Fool (Blackwell)
02 - Fool That I Be (Blackwell)
03 - Number 000 (Blackwell)
04 - Please Help Me Find My Way Home (Blackwell)
05 - Tears, Tears, Tears (Blackwell)
06 - Daddy Rolling Stone (Blackwell)
07 - On That Powerline (Blackwell)
08 - Don't Know How I Loved You (Blackwell)
09 - You're My Love (Blackwell)
10 - Go Away Mr. Blues (Blackwell)
11 - Bartender Fill It Up Again (Blackwell)
12 - I'm Travelin' On (Blackwell)
13 - My Josephine (Blackwell)
14 - Ain't Got No Time (Blackwell)
15 - I'm Coming Back Baby (Blackwell)
16 - Nobody Met the Train (Benjamin, Cray, Dash, Weiss)
17 - I'm Standing at the Doorway to Your Heart (Blackwell)
18 - I Face This World Alone (Blackwell)
19 - O-O-O-Oh! (Blackwell)
20 - Oh! What a Babe (Blackwell)
21 - Here I Am (Blackwell)

Otis Blackwell Born: Feb 16, 1932 in Brooklyn, NY Died: May 6, 2002 in Nashville, TN

Stompin 12

January 27, 2013

Stompin 23

1.Joe Boots - Well Alright (2:07) 2.Prince Love & The Royal Knights - Don't Want No War (2:05) 3.Elroy Peace & The Bow Ribbons - Quick Like (2:15) 4.Slim Cole - They Call Me Slim Cole (2:12) 5.Evelyn Freeman - Didn't It Rain (2:17) 6.Jimmy Raye - Hey Let's Dance (2:21) 7.Silvertones - Midnight Thunder (2:27) 8.Ben Hughes- Sack (1:59) 9.Johnny 'Blues' Sparrow - The Last Laugh Will Be On You (2:26) 10.Harvey & Doc - Oh Baby (2:03) 11.Fabulous Silvertones Tones - Dimples (2:36) 12.Sherman Williams - I Lost My Baby (2:26) 13.Slim Saunders - Let's Have Some Fun (2:17) 14.Tommy LaMonte - Yeah Yeah Yeah (2:10) 15.Joe Boots - Rock 'n' Roll Jungle Girl (2:55) 16.Big Red McHouston - I'm Tired (2:14) 17.George Young - Buggin' Baby (2:20) 18.Citations 7 - Justine (2:13) 19.Sonny's Nu Kat Orchestra - She Is Mine (2:07) 20.Shirley Ann Lee - How Can I Lose (2:02) 21.George Young - Shakin' Shelly (2:00) 22.Slim Saunders - Get Away (3:07)