Stick McGhee - The Spo-Dee-O-Dee Man (2 CD)

Album: The Spo-Dee-O-Dee Man
Size: 181,8 + 183,8 MB
Time: 77:42 + 78:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Front, tray

CD 1:
1. South Side Shake (3:00)
2. Big Cat, Little Cat (3:01)
3. Three Flights Up (2:45)
4. Shotgun House Rag (2:54)
5. Lakefront Blues (2:34)
6. Movin' To Kansas City (3:12)
7. Railroad Bill (2:57)
8. Rocks In My Bed (2:54)
9. Tennessee Shuffle (3:03)
10. Precious Lord (Hold My Hand) (3:10)
11. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (2:55)
12. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (Version #1) (2:18)
13. Baby, Baby Blues (2:25)
14. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (Version #2) (3:14)
15. Tall Pretty Woman Blues (3:09)
16. Lonesome Road Blues (3:05)
17. Blues Mixture (I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water) (2:51)
18. I'll Always Remember (2:42)
19. Blue And Brokenhearted (2:51)
20. My Baby's Comin' Home (2:38)
21. Drank Up All The Wine Last Night (2:55)
22. Venus Blues (2:31)
23. Southern Menu (2:59)
24. Let's Do It (2:56)
25. She's Gone (2:44)
26. House Warmin' Boogie (3:10)
27. Blue Barrelhouse (2:35)

CD 2:
1. One Monkey Don't Stop The Show (2:40)
2. Tennessee Waltz Blues (3:10)
3. You Gotta Have Something On The Ball (2:54)
4. Oh What A Face (2:31)
5. Wee Wee Hours (Part 1) (2:41)
6. Wee Wee Hours (Part 2) (2:29)
7. New Found Love (2:50)
8. Meet You In The Morning (2:16)
9. The Way I Feel (2:53)
10. So Much Trouble (2:53)
11. My Little Rose (2:31)
12. No More Reveille (2:29)
13. Little Things We Used To Do (2:38)
14. Blues In My Heart And Tears In My Eyes (2:15)
15. Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice (2:38)
16. Head Happy With Wine (2:24)
17. I'm Doin' All This Time (And You Put Me Down) (2:34)
18. Dealin' From The Bottom (2:40)
19. The Wiggle Waggle Woo (2:18)
20. Jungle Juice (2:23)
21. Ease My Worried Mind (2:38)
22. Things Have Changed (2:32)
23. Travelin' On (2:20)
24. Help Me Baby (2:23)
25. Double Crossin' Liquor (2:42)
26. Six To Eight (2:33)
27. Get Your Mind Out Of The Gutter (2:43)
28. Sad, Bad, Glad (2:53)
29. Money Fever (2:44)
30. Sleep In Job (2:33)

The album "The Spo-Dee-O-Dee Man" by Stick McGhee is a delightful collection of blues and boogie-woogie tunes that will transport you back to the golden era of American music. Released by Jasmine Records, this album showcases the incredible talent and infectious energy of Stick McGhee, a pioneering figure in the blues genre. McGhee's distinctive voice and masterful guitar playing take center stage on each song, delivering an authentic and captivating performance that captures the essence of the blues.

McGhee's dynamic guitar work shines throughout the album, with his intricate fingerpicking and soulful solos adding depth and texture to each track. His expressive vocals bring an undeniable charm to every song, effortlessly conveying both joy and heartache. Whether you're a longtime fan of blues music or new to the genre, "The Spo-Dee-O-Dee Man" is sure to captivate your ears and leave you wanting more. So sit back, relax, and let Stick McGhee take you on a musical journey through the rich history of American blues with this exceptional album.

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Sticks McGhee - Blues & Rhythm Series 5168: The Chronological Sticks McGhee 1951-1959

Size: 292 MB
Time: 61:44
File: FLAC
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Wee Wee Hours (Part 1) (2:42)
02. Wee Wee Hours (Part 2) (2:30)
03. New Found Love (2:51)
04. Meet You In The Morning (2:17)
05. My Little Rose (2:32)
06. No More Revielle (2:30)
07. Little Things We Used To Do (2:40)
08. Blues In My Heart And Tears In My Eyes (2:16)
09. Whiskey Women And Loaded Dice (2:39)
10. Head Happy With Wine (2:25)
11. I'm Doin' All This Time (2:35)
12. Dealin' From The Bottom (2:41)
13. The Wiggle Waggle Woo (2:20)
14. Jungle Juice (2:24)
15. Ease My Worried Mind (2:39)
16. Things Have Changed (2:33)
17. Travelin' On (2:21)
18. Help Me Baby (2:24)
19. Double Crossin' Liquor (2:43)
20. Six To Eight (2:34)
21. Get Your Mind Out Of The Gutter (2:43)
22. Sad, Bad, Glad (2:54)
23. Money Fever (2:45)
24. Sleep In Job (2:35)

The younger brother of folk blues musician Brownie McGhee, Stick McGhee specialized in ragged jump blues numbers, most of them dealing with drinking and alcohol-fueled romances (he authored the classic "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee," after all) and all delivered with a joyful abandon. McGhee worked with a limited stylistic pallet, it's true, but what he did he did well, and the best of his numbers temper the booze parade with some genuine consequential remorse at the destruction wrought by excess. This set, the second of Classics' survey of his complete recorded work, picks up in the later stages of McGhee's time at Atlantic Records and proceeds through his stints with the Essex, King, Savoy, and Herald record labels. "Whiskey Women and Loaded Dice" and "Jungle Juice" are typical of McGhee's style and approach. ~Steve Leggett

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Stick McGhee - Blues & Rhythm Series Classics 5012: The Chronological Stick McGhee 1947-1951

Size: 133,8 MB
Time: 56:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee (2:18)
02. Baby Baby Blues (2:24)
03. Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee (3:14)
04. Tall Pretty Woman (3:09)
05. Lonesome Road Blues (3:05)
06. Blues Mixture (2:51)
07. I'll Always Remember (2:42)
08. Blue And Brokenhearted (2:50)
09. My Baby's Comin' Back (2:39)
10. Drank Up All The Wine Last Night (2:54)
11. Venus Blues (2:30)
12. Southern Menu (3:00)
13. Let's Do It (2:57)
14. She's Gone Rock Away Blues (2:45)
15. House Warmin' Boogie (3:11)
16. Blue Barrelhouse (2:37)
17. One Monkey Don't Stop The Show (2:41)
18. Tennessee Waltz Blues (3:11)
19. You Gotta Have Something On The Ball (2:55)
20. Oh What A Face (2:30)

Back in 1942 when Private Granville Henely "Sticks" McGhee was in boot camp, he heard a pack of recruits singing a rowdy song about getting loaded. The obscene refrain went something like this: "Drinkin' wine, motherf*cker, drinkin' wine." After surviving war wounds in the Pacific, he made his way to New York with his big brother guitarist Brownie McGhee. Drawing upon important lessons learned in basic training, Sticks concocted his own arrangement of the wine song and recorded it with Brownie in 1947. Released on the Harlem record label, this scruffy little number sold poorly and was soon deleted from the Harlem catalog by the label's owner, J. Mayo Williams. Sometime during 1948, someone started playing McGhee's song over the radio in New Orleans, and soon the McGhee brothers had a hit record on their hands with virtually no copies to sell. On Valentine's Day 1949, a second, slicker version was recorded for the Atlantic label with piano and bass accompaniment by Wilbert "Big Chief" Ellis and Kansas City bass ace Gene Ramey. Williams then sold the original recording to the people who ran the Decca label. They in turn reissued it in an unsuccessful attempt to compete with the Atlantic hit. Today it's good to have both versions on the same disc, and some may actually prefer the modest first recording over the hit single. Note that in 1947 Sticks sets the action in Petersburg, whereas once a market had cropped up in the Crescent City, he adapted the opening line to refer to New Orleans specifically. Note also that Sticks was not a drummer, as his nickname might imply. As a boy, Granville maneuvered his brother Brownie -- crippled by the poliovirus -- through the streets of Kingsport, TN, in a cart, using a large wooden stick to push him along. As a professional musician Sticks strummed twangy guitar and sang in a robust voice. When he wasn't cutting up and making references to everyday life with its many opportunities for misbehavior, Sticks could sing quite pleasantly, as he does on "Blue and Brokenhearted." Inevitably he cooked up another jump tune based on the "Spo-Dee-O-Dee" formula: "Drank Up All the Wine Last Night" is just as much fun but didn't sell nearly as well. Neither did "One Monkey Don't Stop the Show" although Big Maybelle's meaty version must have provided him with royalties. The only Sticks McGhee record that made as big of a splash as the Atlantic "Drinkin' Wine" was a handsome 1950 instrumental rhythm & blues version of "Tennessee Waltz" beefed up with soulful tenor sax, groovy piano, and electric guitar. After violating his contract with Atlantic by making two sides for the London label in 1951, Sticks was chucked from Atlantic's roster and would spend the next decade recording for Essex, King, Savoy, and Herald. Smitten by lung cancer he was only 44 when he died in the Bronx Veteran's Hospital in August of 1961. ~arwulf arwulf

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 (5 CD Set)

Although originally from North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee came to prominence in New York City, where they teamed up in 1941, at first with their unique brand of country blues, which established them on the city's folk scene alongside the likes of Lead Belly, Josh White and Woody Guthrie, then as urban R&B recording artists. They then took the blues to Europe and beyond, where they were celebrated for their virtuosity, wit and professionalism for years into the 1970s.

This 5CD 125-track collection traces the early solo careers of both musicians and their initial partnership, also including their controversial post World War II work, when they were briefly suspected of Communist sympathies. Also featured are other musical luminaries such as Blind Boy Fuller, Washboard Slim, Pops Foster, Champion Jack Dupree and Baby Dodds: Sonny & Brownie always kept good musical company.

Brilliant remastering and Neil Slaven's expert sleeve notes help bring alive an important era with greater clarity than ever before, all at JSP's customary competitive price.

Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc A: 1938-1941
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:27
Size: 163,1 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:09)
2. Sonny Terry - The New John Henry (3:32)
3. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (3:16)
4. Sonny Terry - Lost John (3:16)
5. Sonny Terry - Train Whistle Blues (2:48)
6. Sonny Terry - New Love Blues (2:44)
7. Sonny Terry - Harmonica Blues (2:42)
8. Sonny Terry - Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown (2:37)
9. Sonny Terry - Harmonica Stomp (2:48)
10. Sonny Terry - Harmonica And Washboard Blues (2:54)
11. Sonny Terry - Forty-Four Whistle Blues (2:50)
12. Sonny Terry - Blowing The Blues (2:54)
13. Sonny Terry - Touch It Up And Go (2:24)
14. Brownie McGhee - Picking My Tomatoes (2:45)
15. Brownie McGhee - Me And My Dog Blues (2:44)
16. Brownie McGhee - Born For Bad Luck (2:53)
17. Brownie McGhee - I'm Callin' Daisy (2:38)
18. Brownie McGhee - Step It Up And Go (2:34)
19. Brownie McGhee - My Barkin' Bulldog Blues (2:36)
20. Brownie McGhee - Let Me Tell You 'Bout My Baby (2:41)
21. Brownie McGhee - Poison Woman Blues (2:37)
22. Brownie McGhee - Back Door Stranger (2:43)
23. Brownie McGhee - Be Good To Me (2:48)
24. Brownie McGhee - Not Guilty Blues (2:37)
25. Brownie McGhee - Coal Miner Blues (2:44)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc B: 1941
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:19
Size: 160,6 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie McGhee - Step It Up And Go No. 2 (2:46)
2. Brownie McGhee - Money Spending Woman (2:51)
3. Brownie McGhee - Death Of Blind Boy Fuller (Alt. Take) (3:00)
4. Brownie McGhee - Death Of Blind Boy Fuller (2:42)
5. Brownie McGhee - Got To Find My Little Woman (2:32)
6. Brownie McGhee - I'm A Black Woman's Man (Alt. Take) (2:51)
7. Brownie McGhee - I'm A Black Woman's Man (2:51)
8. Brownie McGhee - Dealing With The Devil (2:36)
9. Brownie McGhee - Double Trouble (Take 1) (2:35)
10. Brownie McGhee - Double Trouble (Take 2) (2:42)
11. Brownie McGhee - Woman I'm Done (2:55)
12. Brownie McGhee - Key To My Door (2:48)
13. Brownie McGhee - Million Lonesome Women (2:35)
14. Brownie McGhee - Ain't No Tellin' (2:53)
15. Brownie McGhee - Try Me One More Time (3:02)
16. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - I Want To See Jesus (2:31)
17. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - Done What My Lord Said (2:33)
18. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - I Want King Jesus (2:59)
19. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - What Will I Do (Without The Lord) (2:36)
20. Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway 70 (Take 1) (2:41)
21. Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway 70 (Take 2) (2:42)
22. Brownie McGhee - I Don't Believe In Love (3:03)
23. Brownie McGhee - So Much Trouble (2:44)
24. Brownie McGhee - Goodbye Now (2:51)
25. Brownie McGhee - Jealous Of My Woman (2:49)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc C: 1941-1946
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:47
Size: 159,5 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie McGhee - Unfair Blues (2:48)
2. Brownie McGhee - Barbecue Any Old Time (2:48)
3. Brownie McGhee - Workingman's Blues (2:48)
4. Brownie McGhee - Sinful Disposition Woman (2:35)
5. Brownie McGhee - Back Home Blues (2:56)
6. Brownie McGhee - Deep Sea Diver (2:40)
7. Brownie McGhee - It Must Be Love (2:54)
8. Brownie McGhee - Swing, Soldier, Swing (Take 1) (2:24)
9. Brownie McGhee - Swing, Soldier, Swing (Take 2) (2:43)
10. Sonny Terry - John Henry (2:28)
11. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (1:33)
12. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (2:16)
13. Sonny Terry - The Red Cross Store (3:22)
14. Sonny Terry - Sweet Woman (3:06)
15. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (2:06)
16. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - That's The Stuff (Watch Out) (2:56)
17. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Knockabout Blues (Carolina Blues) (3:07)
18. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Easy Ridin' Buggy (2:53)
19. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Women Lover Blues (2:46)
20. Sonny Terry - Run Away Woman (2:46)
21. Sonny Terry - Shake Down (2:52)
22. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Movin' To Kansas City (3:08)
23. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Railroad Bill (2:53)
24. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Rocks In My Bed (2:49)
25. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Tennessee Shuffle (2:58)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc D: 1946-1947
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:30
Size: 165,8 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Precious Lord Hold My Hand (3:04)
2. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (2:50)
3. Brownie McGhee - Rum Cola Papa (2:28)
4. Brownie McGhee - Mean Old Frisco (2:42)
5. Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues (2:57)
6. Brownie McGhee - Worried Life Blues (2:31)
7. Brownie McGhee - Brownie's Guitar Boogie (2:38)
8. Brownie McGhee - Lovin' With A Feeling (2:27)
9. Brownie McGhee - Night Time Is The Right Time (3:13)
10. Brownie McGhee - Bad Blood (2:56)
11. Brownie McGhee - I Don't Care (2:55)
12. Brownie McGhee - Big Legged Woman (2:42)
13. Brownie McGhee - B.M. Blues (3:02)
14. Brownie McGhee - Evil But Kindhearted (2:43)
15. Brownie McGhee - Seaboard And Southern (2:47)
16. Brownie McGhee - Dissatisfied Woman (3:15)
17. Brownie McGhee - How Can I Love You (3:19)
18. Brownie McGhee - Hello Blues (2:17)
19. Sonny Terry - Whoopin' The Blues (2:44)
20. Sonny Terry - Leavin' Blues (3:00)
21. Sonny Terry - Riff And Harmonica Jump (2:49)
22. Sonny Terry - All Alone Blues (3:07)
23. Brownie McGhee - Me And My Dog (2:49)
24. Brownie McGhee - Pawn Shop Blues (3:11)
25. Brownie McGhee - The Way I Feel (2:53)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc E: 1947-1948
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:46
Size: 161,8 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie McGhee - Go On Blues (2:39)
2. Brownie McGhee - Auto Mechanic Blues (2:58)
3. Brownie McGhee - I'm Talking About It (2:44)
4. Brownie McGhee - Dollar Bill (2:57)
5. Brownie McGhee - Country Boy Boogie (2:52)
6. Sonny Terry - Harmonica Rag (2:27)
7. Sonny Terry - Screamin' And Cryin' Blues (2:50)
8. Sonny Terry - Beer Garden Blues (2:46)
9. Sonny Terry - Worried Man Blues (2:44)
10. Brownie McGhee - Aunt Jane's Blues (2:45)
11. Brownie McGhee - Ma Belle (2:55)
12. Brownie McGhee - So Long Baby (2:34)
13. Brownie McGhee - Poor Boy Blues (2:51)
14. Sonny Terry - Custard Pie Blues (2:59)
15. Sonny Terry - Early Morning Blues (2:50)
16. Sonny Terry - Crow Jane Blues (2:35)
17. Sonny Terry - Hot Headed Woman (3:13)
18. Brownie McGhee - Wrong Man Blues (3:01)
19. Brownie McGhee - Married Woman Blues (3:07)
20. Brownie McGhee - Robbie-Doby Boogie (2:22)
21. Brownie McGhee - My Fault (2:44)
22. Brownie McGhee - Brown Mule Blues (2:33)
23. Brownie McGhee - Hard Bed Blues (2:54)
24. Brownie McGhee - My Bulldog Blues (2:47)
25. Brownie McGhee - Gin Headed Woman (2:26)

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Stick McGhee & His Spo-Dee-O-Dee Buddies - New York Blues

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues
Time: 51:43
Size: 120,4 MB
Covers: Full

(3:03) 1. Big Tom Collins - Real Good Feeling
(2:41) 2. Big Tom Collins - Heartache Blues
(2:45) 3. Big Tom Collins - Heart Breaking Woman
(2:35) 4. Big Tom Collins - Watchin' My Stuff
(2:22) 5. Ralph Willis - Gonna Hop on Down the Line
(2:25) 6. Ralph Willis - Do Right
(2:32) 7. Ralph Willis - Why'd You Do It
(2:31) 8. Ralph Willis - Door Bell Blues
(2:33) 9. Stick McGhee - I'm Doin' All This Time (And You Put Me Down)
(2:17) 10. Stick McGhee - The Wiggle Waggle Woo
(2:41) 11. Stick McGhee - Dealin' from the Bottom
(2:37) 12. Stick McGhee - Whiskey, Women and Loaded Dice
(2:39) 13. Stick McGhee - Little Things We Used to Do
(2:15) 14. Stick McGhee - Blues in My Heart & Tears in My Eyes
(2:24) 15. Stick McGhee - Head Happy With Wine
(2:23) 16. Stick McGhee - Jungle Juice
(2:53) 17. Stick McGhee - Sad Bad Glad
(2:33) 18. Stick McGhee - Six to Eight
(2:43) 19. Stick McGhee - Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter
(2:40) 20. Stick McGhee - Double Crossin' Liqour

The British Ace label has done Brownie's little brother proud, collecting his dozen 1953-1955 jump blues sides for the King logo, many of them detailing the effects of booze. Also aboard are four country blues-styled numbers by Ralph Willis, and four more by the pseudonymous Big Tom Collins (two of them feature Brownie McGhee's vocals, the other pair Champion Jack Dupree!). -- Allmusic.

Granville "Stick/Sticks" McGhee made hustling his life's work. He was a cab driver, streetsinger, a pool-player, a dancer and a gambler, but when he had time, he made records which fuelled and invigorated both blues and R&B. His R&B classic "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" has inspired artists as diverse as Charlie Daniels and Pere Ubu. Emaciated and down on his luck, McGhee died in 1961 before the folk-blues revical could diminish his music or change his hapless fortunes. Ralph Willis moved to New York in the 30s. He played in a downhome Carolina country blues style and he enjoyed a profilic recording career (for Regis, Signature, 20th Century, Savoy, Abbey, Jubilee, Prestige and King Reocrds) which spanned 10 years.

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Sonny Terry, J.C. Burris, & Sticks McGhee - On The Road

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:30
Size: 97.3 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 1959/2004
Art: Front

[3:33] 1. My Baby Leaving
[2:44] 2. You Keep on Doggin' Me
[5:01] 3. Jailhouse Blues
[2:08] 4. I've Been a Long, Long Way
[3:22] 5. Easy Rider
[3:07] 6. Harmonica Jump
[1:57] 7. Bones Blues
[2:30] 8. Pete's Jump
[3:43] 9. Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-Oh-Dee)
[3:48] 10. My Baby's Gone
[4:21] 11. Blues All Around My Bed
[3:06] 12. Poor Man (But a Good Man)
[1:01] 13. Slap Blues
[2:04] 14. Harmonica With Slaps

This album of energetic blues features harmonica great Sonny Terry. Here, his nephew J. C. Burris and Brownie McGhee's brother "Sticks" join him on harmonica, guitar, and vocals, and all three musicians contribute original songs to the album. The liner notes include full lyrics and basic musical transcriptions.

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Stick McGhee - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:44
Size: 86.4 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:13] 1. Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee
[2:35] 2. Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice
[2:20] 3. Jungle Juice
[2:38] 4. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
[2:12] 5. Blues In My Heart & Tears In My Eyes
[2:51] 6. Sad Bad Glad
[2:31] 7. I'm Doin' All This Time (And You Put Me Down)
[2:40] 8. Get Your Mind Out Of The Gutter
[2:36] 9. Little Things We Used To Do
[2:22] 10. Head Happy With Wine
[2:31] 11. Six To Eight
[2:16] 12. The Wiggle Waggle Woo
[2:38] 13. Dealin' From The Bottom
[2:40] 14. Double Crossin' Liqour
[1:35] 15. Drinlin Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (1947 Vers)

He may have not been as prolific or celebrated as his brother Brownie, but guitarist Stick McGhee cut some great boozy blues and R&B from 1947 to 1960 -- including the immortal "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (a tune that Jerry Lee Lewis, for one, picked up on early in life and has revived often since).

Young Granville McGhee earned his nickname by pushing his polio-stricken older brother Brownie through the streets of Kingsport, TN, on a cart that he propelled with a stick. McGhee was inspired to pen "Drinkin' Wine" while in Army boot camp during World War II; it was apparently a ribald military chant that the McGhees cleaned up for public consumption later on. McGhee's first recorded version of the tune for J. Mayo Williams's Harlem logo made little impression in 1947, but a rollicking 1949 remake for Atlantic (as Stick McGhee & His Buddies) proved a massive R&B hit (brother Brownie chiming in on guitar and harmony vocal). The tune has attracted countless covers over the years -- everyone from Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Burnette to Wynonie Harris and Larry Dale has taken a sip from this particular wine flask.

After one more smash for Atlantic, 1951's "Tennessee Waltz Blues," McGhee moved along to Essex, King (where he waxed some more great booze numbers from 1953 to 1955 -- "Whiskey Women and Loaded Dice," "Head Happy With Wine," "Jungle Juice," "Six to Eight," "Double Crossin' Liquor"), Savoy, and Herald, where he made his last 45 in 1960 before lung cancer cut him down the following year. ~bio by Bill Dahl

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