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THE BLUES INFLUENCE
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The influence of Blues and its exponents on the development of Rock ‘n’ Roll cannot be ignored. Many of what might be termed the ‘first generation’ of rock musicians, including Elvis, were influenced heavily by Blues while those of a slightly later vintage openly acknowledged the part post-war electric blues giants such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and B.B. King played in forming their musical tastes. All these and more can be savoured in this collection which focuses on the links between Blues and early Rock music. Undeniably linked to the creation of rock ‘n’ roll as we know it, blues went on to have
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an even greater impact on the development of the ‘rock’ music to emerge via the British Explosion of the ‘sixties’. Introduced to blues and black music through the success of rock ‘n’ roll, a new generation of musicians went on to search out the music behind the sound and discovered artists such as John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King. Others such as ‘Big’ Joe Turner, Arthur “Big Boy’ Crudup, ‘Stick’ McGhee, Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton and Big Maybelle recorded the original versions of songs later to become rock ‘n’ roll classics by white artists.
The CD includes extensive sleeve notes.
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The Blues Influence - Track Listing
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1. Sally Zu-Zazz - Big Joe Turner with Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings
2. That’s All Right Mama - Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup
3. My Gal’s A Jockey - Big Joe Turner with Bill Moore’s Lucky Seven Band
4. So Glad You’re Mine - Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup
5. Tomorrow Night - Lonnie Johnson with John Hughes (Piano) and Roy Coulter (Bass)
6. Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker and his Guitar
7. Drinkin’Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Stick McGhee and his Buddies
8. Rockin’ With Red - Piano Red
9. Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters with Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford (Bass)
10.Rollin’ And Tumbling (Part 1) - Muddy Waters with Ernest ‘ Big’ Crawford (Bass)
11.Bon Ton Roula - Clarence Garlow
12.That Ain’t The Way To Do It - B.B. King and his Orchestra
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13. One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show - Stick McGhee and his Buddies
14. She’s Dynamite - B.B. King and his Orchestra
15. Passing By Blues - Howlin’ Wolf with Ike Turner and his Band
16. Howlin’ Wolf Boogie - Howlin’ Wolf
17. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton with Kansas City Bill and his Orchestra
18. Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas
19. Cash Box Boogie - Lowell Fulson
20. Walking The Boogie - Roosevelt Sykes with his Original Honeydrippers
21. Rock My Baby Right - Elmore James and his Broomdusters
22. Hawaiian Boogie - Elmore James and his Broomdusters
23. Shake Baby, Shake - Champion Jack Dupree
24. No More Doggin’ - John Lee Hooker and his Band
25. My Country Man - Big Maybelle with Leroy Kirkland and his Orchestra
26. Move Me, Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon and his Band
Total Playing Time:72.00
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THE FIRST RECORDINGS
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It is generally accepted that Rock ‘n’ Roll only really came into being with the arrival on the scene of Elvis Presley in about 1954. However, many of the tracks in this collection give the lie to that assumption and prove that not only had the music been around for several years, but some of the greatest recordings in the genre were made some time before ‘The King’ began to weave his history-changing magic.
We travel all the way back to 1950 for our first tracks. Formed that very year in New York by pianist Billy Ward and talent spotter Rose Marks, The Dominoes won a talent competition at the famous Apollo Theatre, then
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appeared on television in the Arthur Godfrey show, before signing to Sid Nathan’s ‘King/Federal’ label. ‘Sixty Minute Man’ which made a major impact on the charts in 1951, concentrates on what was to become one of the staple subjects of Rock ‘n’ Roll songs - Sex, as the lyric boasts of the singer’s prowess and prodigious staying power. A great early rocker! From there on we see the emergence of all the great early rockers that set the course
For the next 3 decades including Bill Haley, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Ray Charles and, of course the unforgettable Elvis Presley.
The CD includes extensive sleeve notes.
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16.(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and his Comets
17.Shake, Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner and his Blues Kings
18.That’s All Right - Elvis Presley
19.Only You - The Platters
20.Sh’Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) - The Chords
21.Work With Me Annie - The Midnighters
22.Space Guitar - Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson (Young John Watson)
23.The Clock - Johnny Ace
24.Hearts Of Stone - The Charms
25.Going To The River - Fats Domino
26.Mess Around - Ray Charles
27.Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Elvis Presley
28.I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine - Elvis Presley
Total playing time: 72.25
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THE COUNTRY INFLUENCE
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Tracing the disparate elements (Country, Blues and R&B primary among them) which came together to create Rock ‘n’ Roll is a fascinating exercise and makes one realise just how long the gestation period of the genre which changed popular music for ever had been. While it is possible to go back to the early years of the twentieth century, our survey begins somewhat later, a year or so after the outbreak of the Second World War.
The present collection concentrates on some of the Country influences which found their way into Rock and brings the listener examples from the ‘forties’ and early ‘fifties’ which demonstrate that, other than in Jazz, white musicians had been using black musical forms, such as the Blues, for a good many years before the revolution of the mid ‘fifties.
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This collection features those artists which may not be household names with regard to rock ‘n’ roll, but never the less were essential in influencing the kids who would go on to be the stars of rock ‘n’ roll.
People such as John Lee Wills, Bill Monroe, Arthur Smith, Spade Cooley, the Delmore Brothers, Hank Williams, Chet Atkins, Roy Hall, Sid ‘Hardrock’ Gunter and even Cowboy Copas, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Hank Snow. Listen to this collection and you’ll hear the influences coming through as well as experiencing the sheer vitality of music recorded before the days of stereo, multi track recorders or electrification (with perhaps the exception of the electric guitar). This was the band playing together in one take. Maybe that’s why it sounds so good !!!
CD includes extensive sleeve notes.
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The CountryInfluence - Track Listing
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1. Milk Cow Blues - Johnny Lee Wills and his Boys
2. Rocky Road Blues - Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys
3. Guitar Boogie – Arthur Smith’s Hot Quintet
4. Three Way Boogie - Spade Cooley and his Orchestra
5. Move It On Over - Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys
6. Garden In The Sky - The Blue Sky Boys
7. Rootie Tootie - Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys
8. Blues Stay Away From Me - The Delmore Brothers9. Boogie, Man, Boogie - Chet Atkins and his Guitar Pickers
10.Dirty Boogie - Roy Hall and his Cohutta Mountain Boys (Vocal:Frankie Brumbalough)
11.Hangman Boogie - Cowboy Copas
12.The Shotgun Boogie - Tennessee Ernie Ford
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13.I’m Movin On - Hank Snow
14.Hillbilly Fever - Little Jimmie Dickens
15.Birmingham Bounce - Hardrock Gunter and the Pebbles
16.Tend To Your Business - Clyde Moody
17.Sundown Boogie - Bill Haley and the Saddlemen
18. Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night - Hardrock Gunter
19.Green Tree Boogie - Bill Haley and the Saddlemen
20.The Golden Rocket - Hank Snow
21.Rock The Joint - Bill Haley and the Saddlemen
22.Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys
23.Grandpa Stole My Baby - Moon Mullican
24.House Of Blue Lights - Merrill Moore
25.Crazy Man Crazy - Bill Haley and the Saddlemen
Total playing time: 74.13
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THE R&B INFLUENCE
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Although it was one of the very biggest influences on the development of Rock ‘n’ Roll, as a recognised musical category Rhythm and Blues only pre-dated the mid-fifties arrival of the new music by a few years. Previously referred to as ’Race Records’, Billboard’s specialist charts did not begin using the term ‘Rhythm and Blues’ until the summer of 1949, a mere five years before Bill Haley recorded ‘Rock Around The Clock’.
Although, over the next few years, the R&B charts would feature such unlikely singles as Nat ‘King’ Cole’s ‘Mona Lisa’, the vast majority of
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records to reach the listings were very much embryo Rock ‘n’ Roll recordings like Louis Jordan’s ‘Saturday Night Fish Fry’ and many other similarly rocking classics by the likes of Ruth Brown, Wynonie Harris, The Treniers, Roy Brown, Amos Milburn, Joe Liggins, Johnny Otis, Tiny Bradshaw, Fats Domino, Earl Bostic, Lloyd Price and the immortal Benjamin ‘Bullmoose’ Jackson whose joyous penchant for double entendre helped set a precedent for the sort of sexual innuendo which became part of the staple diet of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
The CD includes extensive sleeve notes.
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The R&B Influence - Track Listing
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1.Be-BaBa-LeBa - Hele Humes with Bill Doggett’s Octet
2.Wonder - Cecil Gant
3. Bartender Boogie - Jack McVea and his All Stars
4. Choo Choo Ch’Boogie - Louis Jordan and his Timpani Five
5. Red Light - Roy Milton and his Solid Senders
6Old Maid Boogie - Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson and his Orchestra
7.Good Rockin’ Tonight - Wynonie Harris and his All Stars
8. We’re Gonna Rock, We’re Gonna Roll - Wild Bill Moore and his Band
9. T-Bone Shuffle -T-Bone Walker and his Band
10.It’s Too Soon To Know - The Orioles
11.Cornbread - Hal Singer Sextette
12.Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts 1 & 2) - Louis Jordan and his Timpani Five
13.Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair (Roy Byrd) & his New Orleans Boys
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14.The Fat Man - Fats Domino
15.Everybody Get Together - The Treniers
16.Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra
17.Rockin’ Blues - The Johnny Otis Orchestra, Vocal:Mel Walker
18.Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers
19. Flamingo - Earl Bostic and his Orchestra
20. The Train Kept On A’Rollin’ - Tiny Bradshaw and his Orchestra
21. Big Ten Inch (Record Of The Blues) - Bullmoose Jackson and his Buffalo Bearcats
22. Hurry, Hurry, Baby - Roy Brown and his Mighty Men
23. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price with Dave Bartholomew & his Band ft. Fats Domino
24. My Ding-A-Ling) - Dave Bartholomew and his Orchestra
25. Nervous, Man, Nervous - Big Jay McNeely
26 Rock, Rock, Rock - Amos Milburn and his Chickenshackers
Total playing time: 72.50
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