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I GOT THEM OLE TV To learn that the BBC were prepared to fly ovcr for a single télévision performance came as quite a surprise and on the 2nd.of August: we eagerly tuned in to the BBC show MB . A*ïn Music11 . After suffering many minutes of utter rubbish Buddy was introduced by the présenter^popster B.A.Robert- son,who then conducted the worldfs worst interview. What followed was little bettor, with Buddy,supported by a white pick up band including Dave 'Elmore1 Kelly, playing three undistinguished num- bers,looking and sounding like a second-rate Hendrix. HowoveJ ^that the BBC were prepar- ed to fly Guy over for this show may liold out some hope of them bringing some other artists over in the fut­ ure .

Also adorninam* the screen at the moment is another BBC show,nThe Ass- ociatesM }which fcatures B .B ,King playing the signature tune and other music for the show.With B.B. turning his hand to songs such as '’SomGwhere Over The Rainbow" it 1 s quite an ex- périence and will provide plenty of headaches for King1s discographers in the future 1 Well,Channel 4 starts in November and is promising a séries of jazz programmes.So,if we start writing now we may even get some blues. WANTANEWDISC ? / I « Gettit from da Sailah! SUFFERING FROM SUMMERTIME FLATULENCE? -Then get yourself sortie senapods an* don *t bother me till it*s ail over.If, on the other hand,you are free from ail bodily excesses, I might allow you to buy a few new .

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Editorial Contents After holidays,urgent repairs to News 4 the house,hundreds of visitors and sundry other distractions Letters 4 we f re back,and still on sched- Wayne Bennett - Part 2 5 ule! We hope that yourve ail had a Ail The Blues That FJLts 8 good summer and are now ready to Talking With The King 1 0 head tbrough autujmn and winter with us to keep you warml • Reviews 1 2 Several people have written asking what’s happened to the Typing,artwork,layout,photos of discographies.Well ,wer re working B.B.King & Wayne Bennett,and on a whole batch at the moment anything not credited - Mark. and theyTll be reappearing soon. Subcriptions}finances,patience To give you some of the ar- and coffee - Frances. tists being covered the disco‘s will include Magic Saro,JB Lenoir and Fenton Robinson. Now w e fll probablÿ be inunda- ted with letters s&y±ng} nWhat Compétition ! about country and Pre-war art- Those fabby people at Rooster ists?M .Well,if that*s your bag have shown great generousity by get pen to paper and send us the donating a copy of their fanta- resultsJAs we’ve cohfessed be- Stic Larry Davis ,"Funny fore,those areas ar4n*t our Stuff11 , for this issue * s quiz. strong-points,so corne on and So,if you don’t already own help us out! this master work write the an- Well,that1s the lot for now, swers to the three questions on so keep well and w e f 1 1 see you a postcard and complété the in late September. sentence,11! want to win the al­ Mark & Frances, bum because...” in not more than 1 2 words,and get it to us by I9th.September. SUBSCRIPTIONS etc. 1) Where was Larry Davis born? SURFACE MAIL RATES INLAND £2.25p. for 5 issues 2 ) What label did he first re­ OVERSEAS £3.25p. for 5 issues cord for? AIR MAIL RATES 3) What does Billy Gayles do on Zones B&C (includes USA,Canada, this album that h e fs never Malaysia}Australia,New Zealand, done on record before? & Japan) £4.25p. for 5 issues The answers to last month's quiz Ail payment in Sterling please, were : IMOrs or Bank Drafts from over- 1) Joseph Benjamin. seas^with ail roonies payable to 2 ) Johnny Shines or Ronald Regan M*S,& F-A.Harris, or Pete Shertser. BACK ISSUES: Issu es 1-4 20p,each 3)St.Louis,Missouri. Issues 5 & 6 30p.each♦Please add The winner was Daniel Van Der 20p.P&P(40p.overseas)per order. Slik who said: irI want to win the album because I wonder how many If a tick appears in the mont lis it takes sending a record box your subscription is to Hollandn .Write and tell us, due for renewal. Daniel 1

Page 3 Once again the news Wall1* ,hopefully this year.Also due NEWS is mainly of upcom- from the Delmark stable are a new ing record releases Jimmy Johnson set,due September, ...Red Lightnin* have their second and re^releases of Junior Wells1 set of Tommy Tucker recordings rea- nHoodoo Blues" and Magic Sam 1 s dy to hit the stores in a couple of ",h,both with new weeks.Also in the final stages of sleeves and possibly liner notes... préparation are a second set from Over there in Holland Oldie Blues Troyce Key and J.J-Malone and anoth- have lined up,for September release, er set from the uDevil(s Music", albums by Little Willie Littlefield, featuring one side by James DeShay. recorded in June of this year,and . . .Good to see Saydisc back in the a collection of 4 0 1 s sides by Lonnie blues roarket with a revitalisation Johnson and Blind John Davis,..Yes, of their Matchbox label.For October believe it or not,Blues Unlimited release are three country sets,ail is about to appear on the Streets featuring the complété recordings again.Featured are splendid artic­ in chronological order of some of les on Ishmon Bracey and Marshall the underrated coutry blues perf- Chess as well as the usual wonder­ ortners such as Texas Alexander, ful goodies...Nice to see James Richard Rabbit Brown,William Moore Cotton recorcüng again.He's a set and Long Cleve Reed.Also sheduled, out on Jackal with Lawhorn,Perkins for January release,are sets from and Lay in tow.A review will follow Walter!tBuddy Boy"Haxvkins ,Bo Weavil if we can turn up a copy...Well, Jackson and Peg Leg Howell..~The thatfs ail folksî next% set from ’Rooster is to be an album by Magic Slirn, featuring cuts niade during their recent trip to LETTERS the States.From what I fve heard of Dear Mark & Frances, it it promises to be the Slim al­ bum we've ail been waiting for,com­ R e < "Ail The Blues That Fit s11 plète with that wonderful nTeardropn Muddy Waters1 EP mentioned in the sound, . .French Chess have another last issue.Thousands have probably batch of release ôn the way.Alth- written to tell youtthat the track nYou Shook Me!l is in fact Muddy 1 s ough on the whole it 1 s a case of more of the saine old thing theyfve vocal over 1 s instrumen­ taken the initiative to re-release tal "Blue Guitar",originally relea- sed on Age 29106 2 Walter Hortonfs Argo album...And talking of Walter Horton,his States Regards, recordings are to make up the next Peter, Goldsmith,Gross-Gerau, Pearl release,"Blues Upside The West Germany.

Dear Fellow Blues-Pickin1 Fans, For fans of New Orléans R&B,a question.The sleeve-note of the Chess Blues Masters Sériés album of Sugar Boy Crawford says that Sugar Boy is the vocalist on ail the tracks that have vocals. But could it be that Snooks Eag- lin is the vocalist on some tracks? The vocals o n . 11 You Call Everybody Sweetheart" and MIf I Loved You Darling11 have a différent quality, a more cold-in-the-nose voice,less rounded pronounciation of words,the intonation of "You are so mean to me, . J 1 Also,while I rm on the quest,the album sleeve notes refer to Sugar Boy 1 s Impérial si-des as "his best material".But what were these re- leases and are they obtainable? Best Wishes, Bobby Bland 1 s records . Bobby r s band Wayne Bennett. was always built around the guitar player.lt didn*t shoxv the guitar ------Part 2------player overshadowing,but it showed a certain flavour that seIls the Bobby Bland thing accross to the au­ dience,and the people look for that. That*s why you hear me playing fills ail the time between certain things he does.This is a motivating thing that keeps him afloat,and even over ail the horns you r 1 1 hear the gui­ tar coming out.So this is like the platform that sold the Bobby Bland band over the years,and I just hap- pen to have been the guitarist who set this pace,so ail the other gui- tarists that come along look for this particular thing,the way it 1 s set up. Now,when I rm playing for Wayne Bennett you hear a whole différent kind of guitar,which you 11 1 hear on the tape.Ifve got a demo tape of tunes by other artists, 1 cause I ’m in search of a record contractai overdue,! ’in at least 2 0 years over- due. In 1958 I met Bobby "BlueM Bland for the first time.Ird heard about You cetainly deserve-one! him,but I rd never met him. Well,I owe myself and my family,and How did you come to join him? my loved ones and friends at least five albums.Irve been encouraged by Well,they came through Chicago and (George)Benson,I rve been encouraged I made an audition for them,and on by many people,and I *ve heard them December 18th.l957 I joined the ask me,llWhat are you waiting for? Bobby Bland band,and played with When are you going to do something he and Junior Parker and stayed on for Wayne?11. with Bobby through r58 to r65.So I remember people who have heard every album Bobby did from r58 to what I Tve done on tape.They’d say, 165,1111 say f69 which was the last "That1 s great,but I can * t hardly album I was on with Bobby although accept you doing that 'cause I rm I*d been away from th$ band for accustomed to hearing you do this1- . four years.But I still recorded Whatfs happening is that people id- with him when he came into Chicago. entify me with nothing but the blu­ The last album I did with Bobby was es .Now ; that 1 s good in one way,but where we did "Chains Of Love11, the it hurts in another,because what nSpotlighting The Man" album.It was happens is that when I studied gui­ an album of ballads and blues,but a tar my teachers didn*t teach me the very good album. blues,they taught me the guitar. But I was fortunate enough,after I studied classical guitar for 8 leaving Bobbyrs band,to still be a years,where you played Rachmanin- part of his recording outfit up un- o v ’s concerto No.2,or certain move- til 1969.Everything he*s done since ments from “The Firebird Suite11, t'hen has just been studio men,in where you read the music. association with MCA/ABC,none of When I did popular guitar,when those albums I 1ve been on. I was singing along with certain When we play these things from the groups that we had in the S0 *s,in 601 s I*m playing Wayne Bennett any- between my work with Jimmy Reed way,as I fm on the originals,So,right and Bobby Bland,we did tunes like now,the reason you don 11 see me MThe Poor People Of Paris","Portu- standing out front and getting ail gese Washerwoman",ail the pop tunes, flamboyant is because I lay in the the kinda thing that made Frankie background and keep the Bobb}' Bland Avalon famous.Well,people have nev­ flavour•There1 s a flavour that sells er heard me do this kind of thing.I Pngu 5 do these things very well,because So,when guys s a y W a yn e ,w he n you this covered my pop/jazz thing,this do an album why the hell don 11 you had nothing to do with me bending a want to do the blues?",they know string at all.My playing that kind why.Itrs because I didn*t want to of legitiroate music had nothing to be stuck with just being a blues do with me Corning along ten years guitarist,and that1s it. later and playing "Stop Me Right Everybody's desperately in love Now",in other words itrs showing with the blues.Fine,I can accept versatility* that.I don't throw stones at the S e e ?in the 60*s,when I was work- blues,because if I hated the blues ing with Bobby Bland,(George) Ben- that bad I wouldnTt be here with son was working with a guy called Bobby Bland.But,the only thing about Jack McDuff,and he was fortunate e- it is I don!t like for anybody to nough to land a contract with Verve. just put me in one particular cate- He went on and on to bigger things, gory and leave me there,because • from Verve to A&M and on to where that limits you and when people he is now. feel that you1re limited they donft With Wayne Bennett not so,here1s call you for other things. why.I was playing blues at this With me being in Europe right particular time and so I ivasn$t now,with me being well known in Eu­ fortunate enough to land a record- rope by many people,like yourself ing contract jbecause producers who and ail,had we not had this inter­ were out looking for people,in se- view you would never have known arch of other things,were not nec- that I played anything else other essarilly looking for blues guitar- than blues,because you never heard ists.They were looking for people me do it. who could do a wide variety of stuff,and with me they put me in Yeah,but watching you play one one particular category. knows that there1s so much more in When I went home to Chicago,when there other than blues. I came of the road in !65,I caught Okay,but you could have listened to holy hell.Producers wouldnft call the things that we did when we did me for sessions,people would say, Junior Parker1 s "There 1 s So’meone "We need a guitar player to do this Somewhere Who Loves Me",and the ot­ session,itrs a pop session",or a her things.You could tell by the r o c ^ n ’roll session, and I was told fills and things that I played,the that guys would say,"Well,Wayne counterpoint things that I played Bennett 1 s at home",but the producer over and against what was happening would sayWell,Wayne only plays on the session.Joe Scott completely blues".OKÎEverybody just stuck a turned me loose when we did these tag on me.So,as a resuit of that,for sessions.Somethings he would write almost 18 or 19 months,! caught holy a guitar part,somethings he would- hell. n*t,just leave it to me to play People wouldnr t call me for gigs fills and to play at will.But he because I'd been vaccinated with the would tell me,"Wayne,in this seg­ Bobby Bland needle,and they thought ment I rve got the horns doing so that 1 s ail I ever did.They never and so,so lay low,donft over-play, knew that I could do anything else. because I donrt want you to corne Itrs fantastic,but they never knew in conflict.So play fills,but be this,people who didn*t know me.Now, discreet",OK?So,1 *d be discreet, those persons who I played jazz ^^rith 1 cause I didn*t want to clash with in earlier times,they knew that I anyone,but whèn he said,"Go for was versatile enough to go a bit what you know",then I would play further.But it took me,in Chicago,2 fills as they would present them- years to become established again. selves,and then the company was ha- Guys ail round me were getting ses­ ppy,he was happy,and the artist was sions, and I almost had to do a nine happy. to five if it hadnft been for three or four friends of mine saying, (At this point our conversation "Let* s call Wayne,and he can play was int.errupted by a phone call,) rhythm on the session".So,I would play rhythm for the session and Therers such a s tory on me,man,that when they found out I could play has never been told.It's the same everything else,other than blues,I with so many guys,you know.But there ♦ m ... « * - * WaS G* 1*0 Ulor1!^ mi» m*>i» K ^ ing about just Wayne Bennett.I don 11 Nobody really calls the shots, like to speak on too many things, 'cause noone knows what the hellrs •cause I donft like to Sound self- gonna happen in a years time.Nobody centred,but there are things that knows,inanjl mean,when we do album people should know,because I never after album on différent artists in got the récognition that I deserved. the studio,when I worked as a stu­ I heard that there1s an English dio guitarist,everybody would say, paper,a paper here in Europe,that "The tune we just laid is going to mentioned in the last lines,"What- be the hit".To the producer,to the ever happened to Wayne Bennett?", person in the studio,yes,But to the Yeah,it*s been a very common public,to the record buying public, question ! hell no! The tune that they expected to Right!Well,Wayne Bennett worked as be the hit dies,the tune that they a session musician after 1965.1 did hated most,that1 s the one that the stage shows,live stage shows,at The public bought.The producer would Regai when I ;yent home after work- say,"My God,that's the tune that we ing with Bobby Bland.I didnft go did for scraps.We just threw that some place,crawl into a corner and in,and that1s the tune that sold a die,I went diligently home to re­ million !".So,nobody knows what the groupai had to practice for almost hell1s gonna be big.Like what they a year to get my playing velocity did with Anita Ward,MRing My Bell", together,because playing one slow the other side of the recordi was the tune after another for 7 or 8 years tune that was the A side

*r uncle!s brother-in-law used to corne by to eat and used to lay his gui­ tar on the bed.I still do that*Well, I used to catch the guitar and one time I was caught.I .thought that theyfd scold me,but this preacher showed me just three chords.I still use thero" . "At that time I never thought that I fd be famous for being a blues guitarist.I knew I 1d be famous,but I thought I fd be popular as a spi­ ritual singer". When questioned about how he set be seen to be believed as he went about working out his set he repl- through the story that he must have ied,uI work out the set in terms of told one hundred times before!How~ the audience.After three numbers I ever,he hit a light note when he can tell if I fm going to have to told of how he lost that first work really ha.rd.Like tonight,! Lucille. knew that I ’d really have to work "I kept the first Lucille about hard.After 3'ouTve been playing a twelve years.It got named after an long time you get to know what you incident in 1949 in Twist,Arkansas. can,cantt do,must,mustnft do"f See,I visited a friend and that "An audience is always différent particular year,around 156,ail the when you corne back.They’re harder General Motors keys seemed to fit when you corne back for the second everything1Well,Lucille went from set" . my trunk.I think they were after v "I go right from one tune to an­ the spare,but they struck it richî" other,! donrt do any chat because I The conversation was coming to used to stutter,that* s why I talk a an end,as the many autograph hunt- little slowly.I try to keep an aud- ers lined up,and B.B. asked for one T ience with me,I don*t fool around last question.The journalist looked too rouch between tunes"» at me and I looked at him.What do "I always sing with my eyes clo- you ask the man?Well,what about, sed.That cornes from the early days "When will you be back?'*? when theyrd throw toinatoes and eags "In around six,roaybe ten,months", at youlThey used to raid the chick- he replied .’Good news,Ifm sure,for en coups and get ail the bad eggsl ail the blues lovers north of the But I haven’t had anything thrown border. at me for the last twenty-five yea- A more helpful,kind,and patient rs ! " . artist one could never hope to meet. The usual chat about guitars B.B.King is certainly the greatest followed, during which the jounali- ambassador the blues has ever had st's sidekick pressed B.B. into and it was a privilege and a pleas- telling lier about how the guitar \ire to spend just a little time came to be named Lucille*The look with this great man. of exaspération on his face had to Corne back soon,B.B. Porin 11 Hold Me/Just My Kind/I 1 ve Got A Wo~ • REVIEWS • man/Work For Your Money/I1!! Be Around/You Canft Be Beat/You Gonna Wreck My Life/I Love My Baby/Neigh- bores/Iim The Wolf/Rocking Daddy/ Who Will Be Next?/I Have A Little Girl. Real Folk Blues. Chess(French) 515.011* 1 The Natchez Burning/Poor Boy/Sitt- ing On Top Of The World/Tail Drag- ger/300 Pounds Of Joy/Built For Comfort/My Country Sugar Mama/Kill- ing Floor/Louise/Tell Me What I fve Done/Ooh,Baby/Nature. More Real Folk Blues, ’ ‘

Howlin 1 Wolf. Chess(French) 427016 Smokestack Lightnin T/Down In The Bottom/No Place To Go/Moaninf At Midnight/Forty-Four/My Country Sugar Mama/Spoonful/The Red Rooster /Moanin* For My Baby/I Asked For Water/How Many More Years/Louise/ Killing Floor/Evil(Is Goinf On)/ Back Door Man/Sitting On Top Of The World/Tail Dragger/Tell Me/Wang Dang Doodle/Who f 3 Been Talking/ Built For Comfort/Ooh,Baby,Hold Me/ Baby,How Long/Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy, Blues Roots Vol.14* Chess(German) 624804 AG HOWLING WOLF. Howling Wolf. Chess(UK) CXMD-4004 X Had A Dream/Hiway My Friend/Hold Forty Four/Evil/Suiokestack Light- Your Money/Streamline Woman/You ning/Somebody In My Horne/How Many Gonna Wreck My Life/Sweet Black An- gel/I Canrt Stay Here/Back Door Man More Years/ILeavin 1 You/All Night Long/Moanin* For My Baby/ /I Ainrt Superstitious/Irm The Wolf Shake For Me/Baby How Lon^/No Pl­ /I Walked From Dallas/Watergate Blues/You Turn Slick On Me/Coon On ace To Go/I Asked For Water/Moanin1 At Midnight/The Red Rooster/You111 The Moon. Be Mine/Who's Been Talking/Wang Dang Doodle/Li.ttle Baby/Spoonful/ This is the second of our mammoth Going Down Slow/Down In The Bottom/ reviews where weTre trying to make Back Door Man/Howlinr For My Baby/ some sense out of the plethora of Tell Me. ^ , Chess re-issues from around Europe. ~ 'fSTîl Î5 0 Z To simplify matters w e 1re not Same : Vo l . 2. "Ches s (UK) CXMD-4007 going to consider the re-issues of Killing Floor/Louise/Poor Boy/Sitt- Wolffs later albums,such as "Back in* O 11 Top Of The World/Nature/My _ Door Man" and nThe London Sessions11, Ço_UDtry, S14g ar_Marna/Tail Dragger/ as thèse are being re-issued,thank Three Hundred Pounds Of^Joy/Natchez Godjin their original form,except Burnlng/Built For Comfort/Qoh Baby for some rninor s.leeve changes.We 1 re Page 12 'kisfciv also overlooking the bootlegs,on cornes about through the set being Blues Ball,Blue Night and Syndicale a re-issue of Chess LP-1512 and LP- Chapter.The former were expertly l502,except that they have dropped reviewed,by Cilla Huggins,in Blues "Tell Me What I*ve Done*.Why they Unlimited Nos. 134 and 137, and the have done this is a roystery to me latter is now a totally redundant as it leaves us with only twenty- set since the availability of the three tracks,and an incomplète re­ tracks on official albums with far issue. CrazyI better sound quality. Meanwhile Vogue,in France,have Howlin* Wolffs output,from the re-issued these two later LPTs in early 50's to mid 60 1 s,was of an their original form.The sleeves in- unusually high standard.His power- clude some discographical informat­ ful voice and stark harmonica play­ ion and they are very attractive ing was always at the front of an packages.However,the contents are excellent band,featuring the best another story as the sound quality that Memphis or Chicago could off- is very poor.I don?t know what has er. happened,but it sounds as though My preference has always been for they have tried mixing electronic for the early Memphis sides,which stereo tapes down to mono.As a re­ feature the likes of Willie Johnson suit the sound is weak and slightly and Albert Williams,as they have muddy.Therefore,if you need this a certain freeness and excitement music I*d stick to the UK issues, that is missing from the majority even considering the one missing of his Chicago sides.However,these track. same Chicago sides are still at the Also from Vogue we have a reiss­ forefront of the best blues that ue of the double Chess Masters al­ the city ever produced,and anyone bum,Chess 2ACMB-201.The cover is with any interest in the blues sho­ still the same horrible painting of uld have at least one of these sets Wolf climbing into a fighter plane in their collection, and the musical content is fine,but Now,which one of these albums I can*t see what use this collect­ should you go for?Well,if youfve ion is considering the other re- already got any of his material you leases,as this set is guaranteed to will have to check through the tit- produce duplication with any other les to check up on what you require. Chess Wolf set ! But if youfre just starting stay Finally,we corne to the worst with me for a little wliile and I rll collection of the WolfTs work that tell you what each set has to offer. has ever been known to man!I donft The British licensees,PRT,have mean to say that the music is bad, issued two double albums which,as but the programming,packaging and with other sets in the series,have sound are ail fifth rate. mediocre packaging but surprisingly Looking at the sleeve one is led good sound quality« Volume one is to believe that they*re getting a straight re-issue of two original four previously unissued songs and albums,Chess LP~1434Vand LP-1469, one previously unissued take.How- and this should help avoid a lot of ever,on listening one gets a corn- duplication for many readers. pletely différent picture. The music spans from 1953 through "Hi\vay My Fri end"., "Hold Your to 1961 and as such the set gives Money" and "Streamline Woman",all the listener a fair indication of listed as unissued,were ail on the the range of the Wolf1s music.The „ first Blues Bail volume,and are ail famous numberSjSuch as "Spoonful" excellent Memphis sides that ought and "Smokestack Lightninr ,are here to be heard be everyone.Now,I111 togetlier with twenty two other fine forgive Teldec for saying that they tracks,mostly from his later years. are previously unissued,as the Bl­ Volume two,however, is a little ues Bail is a boot,but there is stronger musically with some won- worse to corne. derful early tracks,such as "Just My "Back Door Man" is listed as an Kind"?and later numbers such as the alternate take,but on listening you magnificent "Built For Comfort". get the original version,which came Therefore,11d say that this is the out on the terrible electric album, stronger of the two sets,but PRT except that it fades at the end.How- have conspired to produce a volume ever,"I Had A Dream" is an Alternate which could lead to severe duplica- of that that oHrHnaUv ahhoaror? nn “this take could explain Wolf 1 s comment, at the beginning of this song,on that album. R00STER Despite the discographical in­ f f R47 LARRY DAVIS W a l k Out ü k e A Lady/ formation on the sleeve^You Gonna Since I Been Loving You — Différent versions of Wreck My Life",as on ail of the sets 7 two trocks (rom the LP going great guns on the reviexved here,is in fact "No Place Southern morket ]n the USI £1 Xo Go1*.The title was a reworking R4S SM0KEY SMOTHERS Black Cat Gîrl/Things Aîn't of the earlier number,but the only What They Used To Be — New blues în the cîassîc Chicago tradition with Smokey backed by superb Lester place you can get it,to my knowl­ Davenport harp and band, £1 edge,is on the original release, (ce Cube 5926 A.C. REED Chess 1744, I Am Fed Up Wïth Thîs Musîc/ *t( As I mentioned,the sound quality l Got The Bîues — X*rated top- sîcJe features A,C/s frankV is poor,but the worst instance is funky view of beîng a bluesman, '*1 Walked From Dallas" ,where there £1.30, Watch out for the forth- is only half of the stereo record^ comîng LP. ingIHowever,ail is not lost as the EP R707 MAGIC SL1M — 3 sotîd slabs of South fourth unissued title, Ï!I Ain 11 * Sîde superbness, Still Superstitiousrt, is just that 3 selling strong, £1.30 This track apparantly cornes from 1*%$} R2616 a session,held in Chicago,in early ÏA LARRY DAVIS May 1970 that produced ten tracks, 'FUNNY STUFF' ail reworking of his standard num- Great modem blues wîth a bers.With what sounds like Hubert tou ch of funk VsouL £4.50 Sumlin on guitar and a horn section, R2618 — WHAT? Corning soon: MAGIC SUM 'GRAND this is some of the best late Wolf SLAM' — ltfs gonna be Slim's that I 've heard,and why Teldec did best LP yet— studîo recordlngs but not include more from this session, capturing Slim's hot and steamy instead of some of the other tracks, Jlve soUnd I! is beyond me. ROOSTER RECORDS The remainder of the album is PO Box 148, London W9 1DY, Téléphone: 01-286 2993 made up of various tracks picked at random from his Chess catalogue.Four PROFESSOR LONGHAIK . are from his last album , !>Back Door The Last Mardi Gras. Mann,while "Sweet Black Angel" is Atlantic Deluxe ATL-K-60164 ‘from the nSuper Super Blues Session1' Big Chief/Jambalaya/Mess Around/Cry album where Wolf is joined by Bo To Me/Rum And Coca Cola/l Got My Diddley,,and a crowd Mojo Working/Bveryday(I Have The of screaming womenI Blues)/Doinr It/Gone So Long/She So,this set is one to avoid,un- Walks Right In-Shake Rattle And less you feel you must have every- Roll/Hey Now Baby/Bald Head/Stag-O- thing by the Wolfï Lee/Tipitina/Her Mind Is Gone/How In conclusion,! feel that I have Long Has That Train Been Gone/Boo- to recommend the British sets for gie Woogie/Carnival In New Orléans, their sound quality and fair price* This surprises me as I considered Having already got quite a bit of these volumes worthless when they Professor Longhair live music in my first appeared,but perhaps it’s collection, 1 thought that this dou­ more a case of PRT making fewer ble album might prove to be too errors than their continental much of a good thing-Fortunately I partners,as none of thèse sets is ivas to be proved wrong. nearing perfection. This is the master of New Orlé­ It's sad to think that the chance ans R&B,recorded with a full band of ever seeing the définitive Chess at Tipitina’s Piano And Juice Bar re-issue programme has now been during the' Mardi Gras week of 1978, lost.The Genesis sériés would have resulting in .another enjoyable,in- been just that,if it had managed to fectious set that I keep playing reach its twelfth voume,but instead and playing. xvef re now subjected to several diff­ As you can see the material,once érent issues from ail over Europe, again,is made up of his own class- containing this superb material in ics plus several of those tunes that unending permutations, ail competing he almost seems to have made his for the same market♦Whocver oversaw own,including a partlcularly fine these licensing deals has a lot to version of 11 Jambalaya*1 and the corr** answer for. ectly titled "Rutn And Coca Cola11 » Pnge M Other outstanding tracks are ,fHey VARIOUS ARTISTS. / Now Baby!l, trBald Headir and "Mess Ar­ Folk Festival Of The Blues- ound1'.A snippet of nNo Buts,No May- ' Chess(UK) CXMP-2006 besu also turns up,but I rm not tel- Wee Wee Baby(Muddy Waters,Willie ling you where! Dixon,Buddy Guy)/Sitting And Think- The one drawback is that I do ing/Clouds In My Heart/Got My Mojo feel that the piano could have been Working/She*s Nineteen Years Old roixed a little more to the fore,as (Muddy Waters)/Worried Blues/Don1t it sometiroes seems to just be a part Know Which Way To Go(Buddy Guy)/ of the général proceedings .However, Bring It On Home(Sonny Boy Willi- it's a good band and despite a coup­ amson)/Sugar Mama/May I Have A le of fluffed passages they provide Talk With You(Howlint Wolf). a wonderful colouring to the songs, on many tracks helping Fess to get What a line up!Muddy Waters,Buddy into a terrifie groove with some Guy,,Howlin* Wolf and apt guitar and sax work.I should Sonny Boy.If you're new to the also mention that on a couple of blues,how could you loseî tracks the full band is not heard, The majority of this fine album lending a certain variety to the was recorded live in Chicago at the proceedings. Copa Cobana nightclub in July 1963, If you don*t already have a live and what better way is there to album of his marvellous music then hear these guys other than liveTA youfd be as well to start here,or very receptive audience helps spur if you1ve already got either the the artists on,and they ail turn Queen Mary or London sets go out in some first class performances. and buy this anyway.Then yourll hear I can1t single out one outstan­ Fess relaxed and happy}playing in ding track,as I love them ail,but his own club,with more of the at­ I will say that Buddy G u y 1 s brill- mosphère of New Orléans and the iant guitar work shines through on Mardi Gras than any strange concert almost every track.When Buddy plays hall could have afforded. like this there’s no-one who can touch him,and what I wouldn’t give Peter Marlow. to hear him play like this today. I understand that this set has been avaiJ^able in various formats over the years and that the Sonny Boy track,at least,is the studio LOOK HERE eut with an audience dubbed on. Wanting more Blues reading matter? However,this in no way detracts Well,wefll shortly be stocking ail from the musical quality and com- available blues books,but in the bined with a reasonable sleeve,with meantime we can offer you: good notes by Pete Welding,you!ve got yourself a fine little number WHISKEY, W3MEN, AND. . . ,Issue 8 of which deserves to stand in anyoner s which contains,among other things, collection. an Impérial label listing,and art­ icles on John Brim and Wynonie Steve Sibbald. Harris^It's about the same size as HOUND DOG TAYLOR. Blues Unlimited and can be yours Genuine Houserockin1 Music. for £1.50p-,including P&P . Sonet SNTF-879 We also now have a stock of BLUES A i n 11 Got Nobody/Gonna Send You UNLIMITED and can supply most num- Back To Georgia/Fender Bender/My bers from 6 0 to the present issue* Baby's Corning Home/Blue Guitar/The Ail are used,but clean,and they Sun Is Shining/Phillips Goes Bana- are £1,25p.each,except for those nas/WhatTd I Say/Kansas City/Cross- that are currently available which roads. are only 75p.each.So,if you1re wanting to fill any gaps,or want These ten tracks by the late Hound to increase your library,drop us a Dof Taylor have been culled from line,with an SAE,and we111 tell the 1971 and 1973 sessions that you what we can do for you. produced the two albums "Hound Dog Taylor And The Houserockers1* and One last thing,please make cheques "Natural BoogieM . for WWA payable to MS & FA*Harris. This is not to imnlv that IHo c d the time of recording,merely that record,singing in a style very sim- they were surplus to requirements. ilar to Reed* s laidback drawl.This- They are ail typical examples of is perhaps a pity,because he has a the good-time boogie generated by good voice of his own which is re- this group,led by Taylor!s seering vealed on slow nurobers such as slide guitar.In no way can this be MCrying Tears11 and MBlind And Dumb described as, a Mbottom of the barr- Man Blues11 . el scrapingn exercise,and fans of The backing also has a strong Hound Dog can buy this LP without resemblance to the Reed sound,al- fear of disappointment* though it 1 s somewhat rougher and Having said that,however,1 must more countrified.The twelve 1960 confess that I find the two guitar tracks have a tough sound with app- and drums line-up a bit monotonous ropriately rough lead guitar,where- and I find my attention wandering as the f62 tracks bear more of a after a while.Nevertheless,for a country influence with Louie Boyd1s partying boogie band you couldnît effective,though not particularly get better and to have seen this gifted,harmonica work. band in actionjplaying in a South To brand Smothers as a Reed cop- Side club to a local crowd,must yist would be easy,but he has plen- have been something else. ty more to offer himself.Witness, Anyway,donJt let my personal op­ for example, the lyrics on "Give It inions put you off too much,and I rm Back11 ,a song on the theme of bald sure that Hound Dogx s fans will be women which has fascinated so many buying this by the barrow-load. blues.singers: Phil Wiglrt. lfGive me back the wig I bought you, SMOKEY SMOTHERS - / Give me back your one glass eye. The Complété Sessions 1960/62. Give me back the teeth’ I loaned Krazy Kat KK-7406 you, Donrt even say goodbye* I Canrt Judge Nobody/Come On Rock When I take away your peg-leg, Little Girl/Honey I Ain't Teasin*/ You*re gonna fall right down and You're Gonna Be Sorry/Give It Back cry,r . /Smokey*s Love Sick Blues/I Ain*t Gonna Be No Monkey Man No More/Mid- Smothers wasn1t a first rank bl­ night And Day/I*ve Been Drinking uesman,but this set is a worthwhile Muddy Water/Crying Tears/What Am I purchase for ail those who enjoy Going To Do/Blind And Dumb Man El­ straight ahead ,partic­ ue s/Way Up In The Mountains Of Ken- ularly as,apart from the excellent tucky/Hello Little School Girl/The Rooster 45,it is ail that's avail- Case Is Closed/Twist With Me Annie. able of his \vork, With ail sixteen of his Fédéral The naine of guitarist Otis fSmokey* sides in one,dissapointingly un- Smothers will be familiar to many attractive ,sleeve and good sound readers as a sideman on many clas- quality this represents good value sic 5 0 1 s Chicago blues records, for money,although'Ifd warn those notably those with Howlinr Wolf-On new to the blues to check Reed out this album we hear what Smokey cou- first before delving into the world ld do in his own right. of Smokey Smothers. The LP consists of tracks from Richard Clements. two sessions,the first twelve being recorded in August I960 in Cincin- atti with and Fred Jordan on guitars and Philip Paul on drums.These tracks at one time made up an album on King records LIVING BLUES which was subsequently re-issued by Polydor,but which has long been de- • The blues journal from Chicago leted.The last four tracks were re­ Soiry folks, ifs Ihe sanie magazine but now priées* The corded, once again for King/Federal, exchnnge raie and rîse în covcr price (over a yc:u ago!) in 1962 with Louie Boyd on harp and havehenlcn mc.Tlierefore please note new prîccs: ail new unknown guitar,bass and drums. subsorîp lions £6.50 for 4 Issues surface siiuit ot 010*50 air mail, Rcnewals new price after îssne 53. Sample coptcs Despite these dates the tracks £ 1,60.Chcqneselc4payable lluggins, 23 Randolpli have a very 50rs sound and bear the Crescenl, Lonclon W.9. ünmistakeable influence of Jimmy Reed,with Smothers,for iDost of the Page 16 LOWBLL FULSON ♦ labels I think you can buy this 1946-57. Blues Boy BB-302 dise without any qualms. A very attractive and informat- My Baby Lef t Me/Katie Lee Blues/ Fulson Boogie/Tell Me Baby/9:30 ive sleeve,with full lyric transcr­ Shuffle/Thinking Blues/My Gai At iptions, and superb sound quality, Eight/Black Widow Spider/My Baby/ round off an excellent and tremen- Let*s Live Right/Guitar Shuffle/ dously enjoyable LP.Just go out and buy it,thatfs allî Blues Never Fail/I Believe 1*11 ’ Phil Wight. Give It Up/Youfve Gotta Reap/Please CHUCK NORRIS„ Don 11 Go/Donrt Drive Me Baby. The Los Angeles Flash. Stockholm Records RJ-201 Los Angeles Bounce/In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)/Shake Rat- tle And Roll/Blues After Hours/I Know The Blues/Chicken Neck Shuffle /See See Rider/Everyday I Have The Blues/Honky Tonk. For the first release on Mr.R&B^ new label,featuring new recordings, we have Chuck Norris 1 first solo outing on LP.Now,many readers will say , nWho?" ,but Charles "Chuck11 Nor­ ris has been a leading West Coast' sideman and sessioner for at least thirty years.His guitar or bass playing is present on a myriad of West. Coast material and he's pla}'ed with artists such as Little Willie Littlefield,Percy Mayfield,Red Nel­ son,Charles Brown,Floyd Dixon and Big Joe Turner’tb name a few.Chuck With this big value,16 track re­ has also been invôlved in much non- issue of early Fulson material ,B1- blues material,such as the Platters ues Boy have filled a few gaps in Lionel Hamptor. and Diana Washington the Fulson buff's collection. This ail provides a valuable point­ Taken mostly from the Swing Time er to the contents of this album,as catalogue,with a couple from Alla- Chuck Norris is as much into jazz, din and three from Checker,they co- and pop as he is the blues. ver the period at the start of his This record appears to have been career,when he recorded accompanied recorded live at two dates in Swe- only by his brother Martin on sec­ den in 1980.The backing is provided ond guitar,through the small bands, by Rolf Wilkstron^s Hjartslag,a top on to the sax led groups of the Swedish blues group,with the addit­ late 5 0 fs. ion of ténor saxophonists Preston I can’t really find any fault Love and Ulf Andersson. with any of the tracks here,they1re As can be seen from the track ail excellent examples of his re- listing,six of the nine tracks are laxed Texas blues,with plenty of blues standards with the remainder that lovely guitar-work and some being Chuck Norris originals;"LA great booting saxes on the later Bounce","! Know The Blues" and cuts . "Chicken Neck Shuffle".The music is I suppose this LP is really a played very competently in a re~ bootleg,but as itrs "released by laxed,laidback style and I must exclusive arrangement between Low- confess that I found some of the ell Fulson and Blues Boy records" slower numbers rather boring.How- and royalties are being paid,then ever,the faster cuts,such as "LA we should be grateful for its re­ Bounce' 1 and "Honky TonkM ,have nice lease . soli on guitar and saxes.Ail in I wouldn’t like to stick my neck ail everyone plays very pleasantly out and say whether this set dupli- and tastefully,but there is rather cates anything else currehtly avai­ too much of a jazz influence for lable, but as itfs Blues Boy 1 s poli- my liking,the music lackina the * blues.Morris himself, though a good album*Be prepared to pay £8.00 for guitarist?has a rather weak voice an eight tracker,but quality does and on this* set he sensibly uses override quantity! it very little,nor does he have Would it now be too much to ex- particularly original material. pect Sonet to do something more However*, I wouldnft like to ambitious for the UK marketTCharly condemn this album unreservedly as and Ace are proving that it can pay those who like relaxed,tasteful, to go beyond the more obvious re­ jazz-tinged blues,maybe for late issues,so let Sone^s motto be, night listening,or the kind of "Recoup with Rupe’M material produced by European tou­ Neil Davies. rs ,or even the West Coast fan,will STICK McGHEE, probably find this an enjoyable, Drinkin* Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee. though not essent.ial,LP . Crown Prince IG-401 Richard Clements. Drinkinf Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee/Blues EARL Kl NG. Mixture/Let1 s Do It/Shers Gone/Hou- Earl King. Specialty VS~2010 sewarmin* Boogie/One Monkey Donrt Stop The Show/Tennesse Waltz Blues/ A Mother's Love/I1m Your Best Bet Tee Nah Nah/I Ain’t Gonna Scold You Baby/No One But Me/Eating And Slee- /Wee Wee Hours Pts.l&2/0h What A ping/Sittinr And WonderinVFunny Face/Blues In My Heart,Tears In My Face/rTil I Say Well Done/What Can Eyes/I*m Doinf Ail This Time/The Wi- I Do? ggle Waggle Woo/Things Have Changed. If,like me,you have longed for an If Granville Henry MSticku McGhee enterprising licensee to dig deeper had only ever recorded "Drinkin r into the Specialty vaults,as ne.ith- Wineu then that would have been en- er the US parent or the UK Sonet ough to have established him as orie outlet have done,you will welcome of my personal favourites.But here the recent Japanese attempts to re- we have fourteen sides of his New dress the balance. York R&B,with two by his better kn­ This Vivid Sound sériés started own brother,Brownie,originally re- with eight repros of original al­ leased under the name of session bums ,including Guitar Slim and pianist Harry Van Walls. Franlcie Lee Sims ,At 2009 the se ries- Taken from the Atlantic,King and switched to 1 0 " compilations of Savoy catalogues,the music is pleas- singles which had not previously ant,though not earthshattering.How­ been on long play.2009 is Guitar ever,the dreadful version of Mtenn~ Slim,2011 Lloyd Price and 2012 is essee Waltz” and the inane lyrics Don & Dewey and Larry Williams. of "Wiggle Waggle WooM certainly However,the most surprising is make you sit up and take notice! the Earl King.As one of the neglec- The accoropanying rousicians are ted heroes of New Orléans R&B he the top sessioners in New York at certainly warrants some overdue that time,with Big Chief Ellis,Sir attention.Even Ace Records have not Charles Thompson,Gene Ramey,Mickey yet given his US 'Ace recordings Baker,Sonny Terry and of course much of an airing,although there is Brownie McGhee ail turning up, time to rectify that. Some of the R&B from the early The album here contains ail the 50 * s sounds badly dated,but this mu­ Specialty singles(495,497,531 and sic still sounds fine for me.However 558)from 1954-55,497 being credited X expect that this type of music to The Kings. doesnft enjoy wide popularity with MA MotherTs Love1*,with its str- the blues dise buying public,but I ong Guitar Slim influence,is the urge them to take a listen to "Drin- best known traclc,but the others are kinf Wine",MI tm Doin* Ail This Time" by no way inferior with that heav- or lfBlues Mixture11, and see if }'ou ily amplified guitar running thro- don1t agree with me. ughout. Stick was never a major talent, It is not hard to see why Earl, but he enjoyed much popularity dur- not to be confused with his King ing the early 50fs and itfs nice to namesake,did not have major succ- see this re~issue set with Mr R&B * s ess,as he lacked a really distinct usual high standards of sound and style,but if you go for straight- présentation. forward 50f s R&B,with ail the rough edges intact,you will take to this Phil Wight. Page 10 WANTED: Living Blues issues 7 & 13, SMALL ADS. Good Price paid. Mike McKernie,31 Foggyley Gardens,Dundee DD2 3LR . 2 p.per word,pre-paid,as for subs. WE HAVE GOOD STOCKS of Blues Link WANTED: Muddy Waters Chess 1511, magazine at 25p» each.We also have Jimroy Rogers Chess 407,Buddy Guy a limited supply of isuues 2,3,4 , 6 Chess. 409, Delmark & 7 of Talking Blues at 35p. each. 612,Slim Harpo Excello 8003,8005, Postage is extra at 18p. for the 8013. 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