Various Artists - Vee Jay Screaming Blues Guitar

The title of this collection, Vee Jay Screaming Blues Guitar, is a little deceptive, since Pee Wee Crayton, Bobby Parker, and L.C. McKinley, the trio of guitarists and singers represented here by sides they recorded for Chicago's Vee Jay Records in the mid- to late '50s, were all more or less cut from the T-Bone Walker mold as players, with styles that were more elegant than screaming, and what's here falls more to the smooth side of jump blues and early R&B than it does to straight blues.

That said, there are some delightful tracks here, including two versions of Crayton's "The Telephone Is Ringing," his very impressive "I Found My Peace of Mind" (why this wasn't a huge hit at the time is a pure mystery), Bobby Parker's sad and slightly eerie "Blues Get Off My Shoulder," and McKinley's derivative but still pleasing "I'm So Satisfied." While nothing here rewrites the history of blues or R&B, all three of these artists deserve more attention than they've gotten over the years. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

Album: Vee Jay Screaming Blues Guitar
Year: 2002
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:02
Size: 126,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Pee Wee Crayton - The Telephone Is Ringing (Original 45 Version) (2:54)
2. Pee Wee Crayton - Tie It Down (3:14)
3. Pee Wee Crayton - I Love Her Still (2:43)
4. Pee Wee Crayton - Fiddle De Dee (2:52)
5. Pee Wee Crayton - A Frosty Night (3:06)
6. Pee Wee Crayton - I Found My Peace Of Mind (2:27)
7. Pee Wee Crayton - I Don't Care (3:03)
8. Pee Wee Crayton - Second Hand Love (2:23)
9. Pee Wee Crayton - Is This The Price I Pay (2:23)
10. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours (2:37)
11. Pee Wee Crayton - The Telephone Is Ringing (Alternate Version) (3:09)
12. Bobby Parker - You Got What It Takes (2:42)
13. Bobby Parker - Blues Get Off My Shoulder (3:00)
14. L.C. McKinley - Strange Girl (3:09)
15. L.C. McKinley - Blue Evening (2:43)
16. L.C. McKinley - She's Five Feet Three (2:51)
17. L.C. McKinley - Down With It (2:54)
18. L.C. McKinley - I'm So Satisfied (2:44)
19. L.C. McKinley - Lonely (2:58)

(For personnel and recording details, see artwork included.)

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Pee Wee Crayton - The Johnny And Shuggie Otis Sessions

Year: 2009
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:35
Size: 88,9 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front

1. Texas Hop (3:10)
2. Don't Forget To Close The Door (3:39)
3. If I Ever Get Lucky (3:17)
4. Blues In The Ghetto (3:14)
5. Louella Brown (4:10)
6. Blues After Hours (5:19)
7. My Baby's On The Line (3:26)
8. Lucille (2:43)
9. Need Your Love So Bad (2:41)
10. In The Evenin' (6:51)

Although he was certainly inexorably influenced by the pioneering electric guitar conception of T-Bone Walker (what axe-handler wasn't during the immediate postwar era?), Pee Wee Crayton brought enough daring innovation to his playing to avoid being labeled as a mere T-Bone imitator. Crayton's recorded output for Modern, Imperial, and Vee-Jay contains plenty of dazzling, marvelously imaginative guitar work, especially on stunning instrumentals such as "Texas Hop," "Pee Wee's Boogie," and "Poppa Stoppa," all far more aggressive performances than Walker usually indulged in.

Like Walker, Connie Crayton was a transplanted Texan. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1935, later moving north to the Bay Area. He signed with the Bihari brothers' L.A.-based Modern logo in 1948, quickly hitting pay dirt with the lowdown instrumental "Blues After Hours" (a kissin' cousin to Erskine Hawkins' anthem "After Hours"), which topped the R&B charts in late 1948. The steaming "Texas Hop" trailed it up the lists shortly thereafter, followed the next year by "I Love You So." But Crayton's brief hitmaking reign was over, through no fault of his own.

After recording prolifically at Modern to no further commercial avail, Crayton moved on to Aladdin and, in 1954, Imperial. Under Dave Bartholomew's savvy production, Crayton made some of his best waxings in New Orleans: "Every Dog Has His Day," "You Know Yeah," and "Runnin' Wild" found Crayton's guitar turned up to the boiling point over the fat cushion of saxes characterizing the Crescent City sound. From there, Crayton tried to regain his momentum at Vee-Jay in Chicago; 1957's "I Found My Peace of Mind," a Ray Charles-tinged gem, should have done the trick, but no dice.

After one-off 45s for Jamie, Guyden, and Smash during the early '60s, Crayton largely faded from view until Vanguard unleashed his LP, Things I Used to Do, in 1971. After that, Pee Wee Crayton's profile was raised somewhat; he toured and made a few more albums prior to his passing in 1985. /Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours

Year: 1996
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:22
Size: 141,6 MB
Styles: Blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. Win-O (2:15)
2. Hurry Hurry (2:04)
3. Runnin' Wild (2:27)
4. I Got News For You (2:37)
5. Don't Break My Heart (2:49)
6. Blues Before Dawn (1:57)
7. Don't Go (2:35)
8. The Telephone Is Ringing (2:52)
9. Mistreated So Bad (3:28)
10. Poppa Stoppa (2:35)
11. Phone Call From My Baby (2:44)
12. Tired Of Travellin' (2:34)
13. California Women (3:26)
14. Blues For My Baby (2:56)
15. Rosa Lee (2:18)
16. Guitar Boogie (2:53)
17. Dedicated To The Blues (3:02)
18. Brand New Woman (2:43)
19. I Love You So (2:53)
20. Texas Hop (2:59)
21. Blues After Hour (3:04)
22. After Hours Boogie (3:00)

There are much better annotated Pee Wee Crayton anthologies out there, but the dark horse import Blues After Hours offers an extremely well-rounded collection of material, compiling sides from Crayton's memorable stints at both the Modern and Imperial labels (a feat that has yet to be accomplished by any domestic single-CD reissue of Crayton's work). This is a great starting point for blues guitar fans - especially Texas- and West Coast-style enthusiasts - who may be unfamiliar with Crayton's often overlooked career.

The seven instrumentals alone (including the classics "Blues After Hours," "Texas Hop," and "Poppa Stoppa") are worth the price of admission, and the vocal cuts are just as impressive, with a young Crayton showing off his keen ability to switch from "over the top blues shouter" mode to "dapper R&B crooner" mode at the drop of a downbeat.

In addition to the tracks culled from the Modern and Imperial sessions (originally recorded between 1947 and 1955), Blues After Hours includes "The Telephone Is Ringing," a slow blues that Crayton cut for Vee-Jay in 1956. Ignore the skimpy liner notes and the cheap cover art; the songs assembled in this package are all first-rate, and they represent an essential chapter in postwar electric blues. /Ken Chang, AllMusic

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Pee Wee Crayton - Pee Wee Crayton 1960 Debut Album Plus 15 Bonus Tracks

Size: 159,4 MB
Time: 69:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: West Coast Blues
Art: Full

01. Texas Hop (2:58)
02. Blues After Hours (3:04)
03. Phone Call From My Baby (2:48)
04. Tired Of Travelin' (2:42)
05. California Women (3:23)
06. Blues In My Heart (2:53)
07. Pee Wee's Boogie (2:20)
08. Old Fashioned Baby (2:38)
09. Blues For My Baby (2:37)
10. My Everything (2:58)
11. Poppa Stoppa (2:39)
12. Change Your Way Of Lovin' (2:49)
13. Central Avenue Blues (2:43)
14. Bounce Pee Wee (2:49)
15. Brand New Woman (2:45)
16. Thinkin' Of You (3:13)
17. Cool Evening (2:31)
18. I Love You So (2:54)
19. Good Little Woman (2:33)
20. Huckle Boogie (2:34)
21. I'm Still In Love With You (2:26)
22. Louella Brown (3:22)
23. Boogie Woogie Upstairs (2:39)
24. Please Come Back (2:37)
25. Rockin' The Blues (2:30)

This essential CD contains the bluesman’s eponymous first long play, "Pee Wee Crayton", in its entirety. Originally issued in 1960 by Modern Records’ subsidiary Crown label, it has been long unavailable on CD. The album includes previous Modern recordings, some of them dating back to 1948. Featured here is a magnificent mix of emotional blues, jump tunes, electrifying boogies, and soulful ballads. Among the highlights you can find the opener “Texas Hop” – a jumpin’ instrumental with a rockin’ guitar solo and wailing sax, and the instrumental smash “Blues After Hours,” as well as great vocal numbers such as “California Women,” “Tired of Travelin’” and “My Everything,” among others.

In addition to the original album, this collector’s release presents 15 bonus tracks (featuring a variety of those great, hard to find sides issued by the Modern label between 1948 and 1952), including one of Crayton’s biggest hits, the sumptuous “I Love You So,” and the electrifying “Poppa Stoppa,” a guitar instrumental with exhilarating staccato picks on the high end of the neck. This set provides ample proof of Crayton’s stature as a significant bluesman, and an important exponent in the transition from the earliest electric blues to a harder R&B style.

PEE WEE CRAYTON, guitar and vocals, plus:

Bill Davis (bass), David Lee Johnson (piano), Candy Johnson, Al “Cake” Wichard (drums), Buddy Floyd (tenor saxophone), among others.

Recorded in Los Angeles, between 1948 and 1952.

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Various - Gaz's Rockin' Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:34
Size: 147.8 MB
Styles: R&B/Blues
Year: 1981/2012
Art: Front

[2:20] 1. Etta James - Good Rockin' Daddy
[2:58] 2. Young Jessie & The Cadets - Mary Lou
[3:00] 3. Richard Berry - Oh! Oh! Get Out Of The Car
[2:12] 4. Richard Berry - Yama Yama Pretty Mama
[2:08] 5. Etta James - Tough Lover
[2:29] 6. Long Tall Marvin - Have Mercy Miss Percy
[2:36] 7. Jimmy Witherspoon - Who's Been Jivin' You
[2:27] 8. B.B. King - She's Dynamite
[2:22] 9. Preacher Stevens - Whoopin' And Hollerin'
[2:32] 10. Elmore James - Strange Kinda Feeling
[3:03] 11. Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Hop
[2:47] 12. Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - I May Be Wrong (Boogie Woogie)
[2:59] 13. Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - Sweet Little Woman
[2:13] 14. Van Robinson - Come On Let's Dance
[2:34] 15. Robbin Ray - Love My Baby
[2:38] 16. Chuck Higgins Orchestra - The Blacksmith Blues
[2:51] 17. Goree Carter - Bad Feeling
[2:54] 18. Wild Bill Moore With Scatman - Rock And Roll
[2:42] 19. Joe Papoose Fritz - Wrong Doing Woman
[3:07] 20. B.B. King - Whole Lotta' Love
[2:55] 21. Freddie Simmons Quintette - Hollywood Bound
[2:54] 22. Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Don't Talk Me To Death
[2:26] 23. Joe Hill Louis - Nappy Head Woman
[3:14] 24. Jeanne Demetz With Johnny Alston Orchestra - Calypso Daddy

Gaz's Rockin' Blues is London's longest running one-nighter club. It was founded on the 3rd of July 1980 and was held at Gossip's on Dean Street until november 1995 when it moved to its current venue St Moritz in Wardour Street. The club promotes live bands each week.

Compiled by Gaz Mayall, eldest son of blues legend John Mayall, and owner of the legendary London club Gaz's Rockin' Blues, this CD updates the original LP released in 1981. Gaz's Rockin' Blues celebrates it's 25th anniversary this year. London's hippest club is known worldwide and is especially popular with Japanese visitors. The first 14 tracks replicate the 1981 release, and ten tracks are new to CD. Gaz tells the club's story in his entertaining and lavishly illustrated sleeve notes.

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Various - Texas Guitar Killers (2-Disc Set)

Part of Capitol's ongoing development of its vaults, this two-disc set was produced by the late Pete Welding. The 39 cuts feature T-Bone Walker, Gatemouth Brown, Lowell Fulson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Smokey Hogg and Pee-Wee Crayton, with sides drawn from their stints with Imperial and Aladdin. While the intent is to represent Texas blues artists from those labels (with recordings from 1945 to 1953), the result is a fascinating conglomeration of styles that have a bit less to do with guitar than the album title would lead one to believe. Still, it's a fine compilation, wonderfully produced, marvelously annotated and a lot of fun to listen to -- T-Bone Walker, particularly, was a fine jazz vocalist, as well as a brilliant guitar player whose onstage antics provided the model for Chuck Berry. ~Steven McDonald

Album: Texas Guitar Killers (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:13
Size: 131.0 MB
Styles: Texas guiitar
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:51] 1. T-Bone Walker - My Baby Left Me
[3:05] 2. T-Bone Walker - Come Back To Me Baby
[3:08] 3. T-Bone Walker - I Can't Stand Being Away From You
[2:54] 4. T-Bone Walker - Fast Woman She Is Going To Ruin Me
[2:29] 5. Gatemouth Brown - Gatemouth Boogie
[2:42] 6. Gatemouth Brown - Guitar In My Hand
[2:31] 7. Gatemouth Brown - After Sunset
[2:29] 8. Gatemouth Brown - Without Me Baby
[3:11] 9. Lowell Fulson - Night And Day
[3:31] 10. Lowell Fulson - Double Trouble Blues
[2:48] 11. Lowell Fulson - Stormin' And Rainin'
[3:13] 12. Lowell Fulson - Good Woman Blues
[2:56] 13. Lightnin' Hopkins - All Through My Dreams
[2:55] 14. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mean And Evil Blues
[2:52] 15. Smokey Hogg - Down Tomorrow
[2:37] 16. Smokey Hogg - Great Big Mama
[2:36] 17. Smokey Hogg - Worryin' Blues
[2:35] 18. Smokey Hogg - Need My Help
[2:44] 19. Smokey Hogg - In This World Alone
[2:58] 20. Smokey Hogg - Key To My Door

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Album: Texas Guitar Killers (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:09
Size: 110.2 MB
Styles: Texas guitar
Year: 207
Art: Front

[2:26] 1. T-Bone Walker - The Hustle Is On (Lp Take)
[2:38] 2. T-Bone Walker - Baby, You Broke My Heart (78 Rpm Version)
[2:35] 3. T-Bone Walker - Evil Hearted Woman
[2:28] 4. T-Bone Walker - No Reason
[2:07] 5. T-Bone Walker - Look Me In The Eye (78 Rpm Version)
[3:01] 6. T-Bone Walker - Too Lazy (Alternate Take)
[2:59] 7. Pee Wee Crayton - When It Rains It Pours
[2:41] 8. Pee Wee Crayton - Daybreak
[2:58] 9. Lowell Fulson - Blues Don't Leave Me
[2:33] 10. Lowell Fulson - Blues Never Fail
[2:18] 11. Lowell Fulson - Chuck With The Boys
[2:51] 12. Lowell Fulson - You Gotta Reap
[2:22] 13. Smokey Hogg - When I've Been Drinking
[2:27] 14. Smokey Hogg - I Gotta Ride
[2:01] 15. Smokey Hogg - Tear Me Down
[2:24] 16. Smokey Hogg - Train Whistle
[2:16] 17. Smokey Hogg - My Baby's Gone
[2:14] 18. Smokey Hogg - Peace Of Mind
[2:43] 19. Smokey Hogg - Oo-Oo-Wee

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Pee Wee Crayton - The Pee Wee Crayton Collection 1947-62

Size: 162,8+172 MB
Time: 68:19+72:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: West Coast Blues, Texas Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. After Hours Boogie (1:01)
02. Why Did You Go (2:10)
03. Don't Ever Fall In Love (2:55)
04. Pee Wee Special (2:41)
05. Blues After Hours (3:00)
06. I'm Still In Love With You (2:14)
07. Texas Hop (2:38)
08. Central Avenue Blues (2:40)
09. Rock Island Blues (3:03)
10. When Darkness Falls (3:00)
11. Bop Hop (2:49)
12. I Love You So (2:52)
13. Brand New Woman (2:44)
14. Old Fashioned Baby (2:40)
15. Bounce Peewee (2:46)
16. Rockin' The Blues (2:30)
17. Please Come Back (2:35)
18. Some Rainy Day (2:44)
19. Huckle Boogie (2:32)
20. Louella Brown (3:19)
21. Good Little Woman (2:30)
22. Tired Of Traveling (2:41)
23. Change Your Way Of Loving (2:46)
24. Poppa Stoppa (2:37)
25. Cool Evening (2:28)
26. Have You Lost Your Love For Me (2:07)

CD 2:
01. Daybreak (2:39)
02. When It Rains It Pours (2:59)
03. Pappy's Blues (2:30)
04. Crying And Walking (2:57)
05. Baby, Pat The Floor (2:31)
06. Steppin' Out (2:29)
07. Do Unto Others (2:22)
08. Every Dog Has A Day (2:21)
09. Wine-O (2:17)
10. Hurry Hurry (2:06)
11. I Need Your Love (2:10)
12. You Know (2:33)
13. My Idea About You (2:34)
14. Eyes Full Of Tears (2:04)
15. Runnin' Wild (2:28)
16. Yours Truly (2:07)
17. Be Faithful (2:00)
18. Don't Go (2:37)
19. I Must Go On (2:34)
20. A Frosty Night (2:38)
21. The Telephone Is Ringing (2:51)
22. I Found My Peace Of Mind (2:32)
23. Fiddle Dee Dee (2:50)
24. Is This The Price I Pay (2:18)
25. Look Up And Live (2:31)
26. Pee Wee's Boogie (2:46)
27. 'tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (2:21)
28. Time On My Hands (2:09)
29. Hillbilly Blues (2:33)

Pee Wee Crayton was a blues guitarist, singer and songwriter who was one of the leading figures of the West Coast blues school during the post-war decades. He was one of several blues artists who made the move from Texas to California in the Depression, and inevitably he became an associate of the pioneer of the West Coast style T-Bone Walker, but although Crayton was undoubtedly influenced by him, he developed a highly distinctive sound, playing in an aggressive style which encompassed some daring technical innovations, as well as having a somewhat contrasting smooth vocal style. Over the years, he recorded for a number of labels, scoring his biggest successes in his early years with the Modern label, as he reached the R&B Top 5 with Blues After Hours, Texas Hop and I Love You So. Other notable recordings were done later with the Imperial and Vee-Jay labels, as he sought to re-establish his chart presence in a changing market for blues as rock 'n' roll invaded the R&B charts. This great value 55-track 2-CD set primarily comprises A and B sides recorded during this period for the 4 Star, Gru-V Tone, Modern, Aladdin, RIH, Hollywood, Imperial, Post, Vee-Jay, Fox, Jamie, Guyden and Smash labels plus selected from his 1960 LP on the Modern subsidiary Crown. As such it's a solid representation of his output across his primary recording career, and an entertaining introduction to the work of an artist who has not had the recognition he deserves.

The Pee Wee Crayton Collection CD 1
The Pee Wee Crayton Collection CD 2

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VA - Swinging On The Golden Gate (1944-1958)

Size: 181,1+177,7 MB
Time: 76:10+74:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Blues, R&B, Jazz
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Lafayette Thomas - Cockroach Run (2:34)
02. Mystery Man (Bob Geddins) - Mar-Rier (3:20)
03. Mystery Man (Bob Geddins) - Louegge Blues (3:12)
04. Percy Mayfield - Jack You Ain't Nowhere (Part 1) (2:37)
05. Percy Mayfield - Jack You Ain't Nowhere (Part 2) (2:40)
06. Ivory Joe Hunter - Blues At Sunrise (3:11)
07. Ivory Joe Hunter - You Taught Me Love (3:31)
08. Marcellus Thomas & His Rhythms Of Rocketts - Breather Blues (3:16)
09. Marcellus Thomas & His Rhythms Of Rocketts - Hallers 89 Whisky Boogie (2:57)
10. Pee Wee Crayton - Don't Ever Fall In Love (2:55)
11. Pee Wee Crayton - Pee Wee Special (2:42)
12. Jimmy Nelson & His Blues - My Civil Rights (2:45)
13. Jimmy Nelson & His Blues - Rock Heart Blues (3:05)
14. Leon Bryant & The Bar-None Orchestra - High As A Georgia Pine (2:40)
15. Rusty Carlyle & The Bar-None Orchestra - I'm A Lemon Squeezer (2:42)
16. Betty Roche & McVea-Bailey Inc - Rainy Day Blues (3:00)
17. Nick Esposito & His Band W Joey Sano (Little Mr. Dynamite) - Wrong Joe Blues (3:08)
18. Bob Geddins' Cavaliers - Thinkin' And Thinkin' (3:26)
19. Bob Geddins' Cavaliers - I'm Just A Stranger Here (3:15)
20. Percy Mayfield - Two Years Of Torture (3:00)
21. Percy Mayfield - Get Way Back (2:27)
22. Jesse Fuller - Railroad Blues (5:18)
23. Chick Morris & His Band & Al Joseph Harris - A Prayer (2:47)
24. Ivory Joe Hunter & His Band - Jamin' Down In Town (2:47)
25. Ivory Joe Hunter & His Band - Pretty Mama Blues (2:43)

CD 2:
01 Roland Mitchell & His Band - Roland Mitchell & His Band - Irma Special (2:41)
02 Odie Ervin - Odie Ervin - My Woman's Gone (2:57)
03 Odie Ervin - Odie Ervin - My Downfall (2:17)
04 Al Harris & Rusty Carlyle & The Bar-None Orchestra - Al Harris & Rusty Carlyle & The Bar-None Orchestra - Get Hep, Sadie May (2:33)
05 Jesse Fuller - Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (3:27)
06 Sherman's Trio - Sherman's Trio - Jumping For Julia (2:53)
07 Floyd White & The Lyrics - Floyd White & The Lyrics - Pains Of Love (2:57)
08 Odie Ervin - Odie Ervin - She's A Bad, Bad Woman (2:24)
09 Odie Ervin - Odie Ervin - A Note Pinned On My Bed (2:59)
10 Chick Morris & His Band & Al Joseph Harris - Chick Morris & His Band & Al Joseph Harris - Moving Out Baby (2:19)
11 The Four Aces - The Four Aces - I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder Part 2 (3:06)
12 Little Frances - Little Frances - You Just Ain't Right (2:36)
13 Little Frances - Little Frances - I Want To Know Why (2:35)
14 Earl 'good Rockin' Brown & Band - Earl 'good Rockin' Brown & Band - Turn Back The Time (3:01)
15 Earl 'good Rockin' Brown & Band - Earl 'good Rockin' Brown & Band - Tambourine (2:53)
16 El Domingoes - El Domingoes - Evening Bells (2:54)
17 Morry Williams & The Kids - Morry Williams & The Kids - Are You My Girlfriend (2:51)
18 Fabulous Flames - Fabulous Flames - Josephine (2:30)
19 Fabulous Flames - Fabulous Flames - You Got Me Whistling (2:05)
20 Johnny Fuller - Johnny Fuller - All Night Long (2:55)
21 Baby Calloway - Baby Calloway - Midnight Blues (2:36)
22 Gladys Parker & The Wilbert Baranco Trio - Gladys Parker & The Wilbert Baranco Trio - Yesterdays (2:42)
23 Bill Newman & Bob Scobey's Alexander's Jazz Band - Bill Newman & Bob Scobey's Alexander's Jazz Band - How Come You Do Me Like You Do (2:39)
24 Pat Casey & Bob Scobey's Alexander's Jazz Band - Pat Casey & Bob Scobey's Alexander's Jazz Band - Alcoholic Blues (2:34)
25 Nick Esposito & His Band W Bill Smith - Nick Esposito & His Band W Bill Smith - Back Fat Boogie (2:39)
26 Frisco Jazz Band & Red Gillham - Frisco Jazz Band & Red Gillham - You Got To See Mama Every Night (2:15)
27 Frisco Jazz Band &Clancy Hayes - Frisco Jazz Band &Clancy Hayes - Mamie's Blues (3:54)

Migrants from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi brought new blood to the Bay Area in the WWII era, and a new R&B sound began to take shape. Some of these artists shot to fame, some did not, but all sing their heart out: Blues at Sunrise Ivory Joe Hunter; Railroad Blues Jesse Fuller; Jack You Ain't Nowhere Percy Mayfield; Don't Ever Fall in Love Pee Wee Crayton; Breather Blues Marcellus Thomas; My Downfall Odie Ervin; I Want to Know Why Little Frances 52 tracks!

Swinging On The Golden Gate CD 1
Swinging On The Golden Gate CD 2

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VA - West Coast Guitar 1946-1956

Size: 166,6+164,6+166,1+163,5 MB
Time: 69:19+68:26+69:05+67:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: West Coast Blues
Label: JSP Records
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Johnny Otis - Boogie Guitar (2:33)
02. Pee Wee Crayton - Don't Ever Fall In Love (2:57)
03. Gene Phillips - Big Legs (2:56)
04. Jimmy Nolen - Strawberry Jam (Take 1) (3:10)
05. Monte Easter - Slow Freight Back Home (2:39)
06. James Reed & Lafayette Thomas - Roughest Place In Town (Tin Pan Alley) (2:59)
07. Johnny Otis & His Orchestra - Goomp Blues (2:50)
08. Lloyd Glenn - Rampart Street Jump (Fried Chicken Boogie) (Hep Cat Shuffle) (3:05)
09. Pee Wee Crayton - Bounce Pee Wee (2:53)
10. Tiny Webb - Tiny's Down Home (2:58)
11. Jimmy Nolen - You've Been Goofing (2:37)
12. Lafayette Thomas - Weekend Blues (Take 1) (3:04)
13. Pee Wee Crayton - Brand New Woman (2:46)
14. Johnny Otis - New Orleans Shuffle (2:39)
15. Gene Phillips - Slippin' And Slidin' (2:24)
16. Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Hop (3:04)
17. James Reed & Lafayette Thomas - My Mama Told Me (2:43)
18. Willie 'Bo' Thomas - Bos Boogie (2:28)
19. Monte Easter - New Orleans Hop (2:24)
20. Gene Phillips - I Wonder What The Poor Folks Are Doin' (2:42)
21. Pee Wee Crayton - Rockin' The Blues (2:30)
22. Jerry Thomas - Don't Have To Worry Aka Jumpin' In The Heart Of Town (2:42)
23. Johnny Otis - Doggin' Blues (3:08)
24. Pete 'Guitar' Lewis - Raggedy Blues (2:20)
25. Pee Wee Crayton - Poppa Stoppa (2:37)

CD 2:
01. Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Blues Blasters' Shuffle (3:02)
02. Pee Wee Crayton - Central Avenue Blues (2:40)
03. Jimmy Nolen - Wipe Your Tears (2:49)
04. Johnny Otis - Hangover Blues (2:50)
05. Gene Phillips & His Rhythm Aces - Punkin' Head Woman (2:32)
06. Jimmy Wilson - Tin Pan Alley (3:05)
07. Pee Wee Crayton - Pappy's Blues (2:31)
08. Pete 'Guitar' Lewis - Crying With The Rising Sun (3:03)
09. Gene Phillips - Honky Tonk Train (2:33)
10. Jimmy Nolen - It Hurts Me Too (2:24)
11. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours (3:04)
12. Lloyd Glenn - Midnight Boogie (2:36)
13. Gene Phillips - Stinkin' Drunk (2:59)
14. Monte Easter - Blues In The Evening (3:13)
15. Pete 'Guitar' Lewis - Louisiana Hop (2:31)
16. Pee Wee Crayton - Crying And Walking (3:00)
17. Jimmy Wilson & Lafayette Thomas - Big Town Jump (2:12)
18. Jimmy Nolen - Strollin' With Nolen (Take 1) (2:22)
19. James Reed - My Love Is Real (2:52)
20. Lloyd Glenn - Levee Blues (2:49)
21. Pee Wee Crayton - Tired Of Travelin' (2:42)
22. Lafayette Thomas - Weekly Blues (2:33)
23. Jimmy Nolen - I Can't Stand You No More (Alternate Take) (2:40)
24. Pee Wee Crayton - Fillmore Street Blues (2:13)
25. Johnny Otis - Head Hunter (3:01)

CD 3:
01. Pee Wee Crayton - Huckle Boogie (2:32)
02. Johnny Otis - Midnight In The Barrelhouse (3:03)
03. Jimmy Nolen - Strawberry Jam (Take 3) (3:05)
04. Gene Phillips - You Cant Come Back Home (2:29)
05. Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - Standing In The Back Door Crying (3:16)
06. Pee Wee Crayton - Louella Brown (3:19)
07. Johnny Otis - Freight Train Boogie (2:31)
08. Monte Easter & Jimmy Nolen - Midnight Rider (2:36)
09. Gene Phillips - Honky Tonk Train (2:55)
10. Pee Wee Crayton - Forgive Me (2:45)
11. Jimmy Nolen - How Fine Can You Be (2:13)
12. Lafayette Thomas - Deep South Guitar Blues (3:03)
13. Pete 'Guitar' Lewis - Scratchin' (2:37)
14. Gene Phillips - Ramblin' Woman (3:19)
15. Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters - I Wanna Make Love To You (2:25)
16. Pee Wee Crayton - I'm Your Prisoner (3:02)
17. Jimmy Wilson - Big Town Jump (2:39)
18. Jimmy Nolen - The Way You Do (2:25)
19. Gene Phillips - To Each His Own Brother (2:54)
20. Willie 'Bo' Thomas - I Don't Know What's Happening Baby (2:33)
21. Pete 'Guitar' Lewis - Ooh Midnight (2:43)
22. Jimmy McCracklin & Lafayette Thomas - Take A Chance (2:52)
23. Jimmy Nolen - After Hours (2:36)
24. Pee Wee Crayton - Good Little Woman (2:30)
25. Gene Phillips - Crying Wont Help You None (2:30)

CD 4:
01. Lafayette Thomas - The Thing (2:11)
02. Johnny Otis - One Nighter Blues (2:46)
03. Pee Wee Crayton - Dedicated To The Blues (3:01)
04. Gene Phillips & His Orchestra - Women, Women, Women (2:49)
05. Jimmy Nolen - Strollin' With Nolen (2:22)
06. Lafayette Thomas - Weekend Blues (Take 2) (3:05)
07. Johnny Otis - Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (2:25)
08. Pee Wee Crayton - Answer To Blues After Hours (2:59)
09. Gene Phillips - Big Fat Mama (2:42)
10. James Reed & Lafayette Thomas - You Better Hold Me (2:32)
11. Pete 'Guitar' Lewis - Chocolate Pork Chop Man (2:50)
12. Jimmy McCracklin - Southside Mood (2:51)
13. Pee Wee Crayton - California Woman (3:21)
14. Johnny Otis - Honky Tonk Boogie (2:47)
15. Jimmy Nolen - Strawberry Jam (2:54)
16. Gene Phillips & His Rhythm Aces - Fatso (2:26)
17. Jimmy McCracklin & Lafayette Thomas - Beer Tavern (2:51)
18. Pee Wee Crayton - Crayton's Blues (2:51)
19. Jimmy Nolen - Let's Try It Again (2:21)
20. Johnny Otis & Pete 'Guitar' Lewis - You Got Me Cryin' (2:55)
21. Gene Phillips - Hey Lawdy Mama (2:48)
22. Jimmy Nolen - Don't Leave Me No More (2:43)
23. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues For My Baby (2:35)
24. Jimmy Wilson - Instrumental Jump (2:11)
25. Gene Phillips - Big Bug Boogie (2:30)

West Coast guitar skills were hugely influential in the development of blues- and rock-guitar. The popular dictum was that T-Bone Walker was the sole source of inspiration but the men that succeeded him, including Pete 'Guitar' Lewis, Jimmy Nolen and Robert Kelton, created a leaner, meaner blues-based style that had a wider appeal. Like Walker, Gene Phillips straddled the line between jazz and blues, as well as being a gifted lap-steel player. In fact, the only man to closely emulate Walker was Pee Wee Crayton. Beyond all speculation is one fact: those West Coast artists produced a fine body of work, which has been insufficiently acknowledged or celebrated. Listen. This is a group of artists dead-set on entertaining - and on demonstrating their considerable artistry.

West Coast Guitar 1946-1956 CD 1
West Coast Guitar 1946-1956 CD 2
West Coast Guitar 1946-1956 CD 3
West Coast Guitar 1946-1956 CD 4

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Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Blues Jumpin' in Los Angeles

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2014
Styles: R&B
Time: 79:22
Size: 183,6 MB
Art: Full (20 page booklet)

(2:38) 1. Blues After Hours (alt)
(2:14) 2. I'm Still In Love With You
(2:30) 3. Texas Hop (alt)
(4:22) 4. When Darkness Falls
(2:42) 5. Central Avenue Blues (alt)
(2:43) 6. Austin Boogie
(2:55) 7. I Love You So aka I Still Love You (alt)
(2:41) 8. Long After Hours (alt)
(0:28) 9. Brand New Woman (false start)
(2:45) 10. Brand New Woman (alt)
(2:57) 11. T For Texas (Mistreated Blues)
(3:30) 12. Blues For My Baby (alt)
(2:50) 13. Tired of Travelin' (alt)
(3:30) 14. When A Man Has The Blues
(2:51) 15. The Bop Hop (alt)
(2:58) 16. My Everything (alt)
(2:31) 17. Rockin the Blues (alt)
(2:46) 18. Old Fashioned Baby (alt)
(2:47) 19. Some Rainy Day
(2:34) 20. Huckle Boogie (alt)
(2:50) 21. Change Your Way of Lovin' (alt)
(3:01) 22. Answer To Blues After Hours
(2:27) 23. Crayton Special
(3:26) 24. California Woman (alt)
(2:38) 25. Good Little Woman (alt)
(3:11) 26. Thinkin' Of You (alt)
(2:47) 27. Poppa Stoppa (alt)
(3:38) 28. Tired of Travelin' (alt)

Arriving some 14 years after Ace's second volume of Pee Wee Crayton's Modern material, this collection is long overdue. Indeed, as Dick Shurman points out in his liner notes, this release is something of a tribute to Ray Topping, the Ace archivist chiefly responsible for the label's previous Crayton CDs, which did a good job in restoring Crayton's reputation. Texas Blues Jumpin' in Los Angeles: The Modern Music Sessions 1948-1952 doesn't alter that rep, as it simply offers a lot more of the same jumping electric blues and smooth numbers spiked by Crayton's live-wire solos. All this was apparent on the turn-of-the-millennium collections, but what's impressive about this specific disc is that all but three of the 28 cuts are previously unreleased, taken from acetates that have remained in the vaults. Most of these are alternate takes of released material and, while they show no alternate arrangements, they do amply illustrate the silken suppleness of Crayton's croon and, most of all, that spiky, scintillating lead guitar. Often, his leads and fills seemed piped in from another setting -- the natural overdrive a precursor to Ike Turner's unrestrained R&B -- and that gives this music a visceral thrill. Perhaps none of these alternates are better than what was released, but the consistency is rewarding, proof of Crayton's distinct gifts. -- Allmusic.

Texas Blues Jumpin' in Los Angeles
Texas Blues Jumpin' in Los Angeles artwork pt 1
Texas Blues Jumpin' in Los Angeles artwork pt 2

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Pee Wee Crayton - The Modern Legacy Volume 2 Blues Guitar Magic

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues
Time: 70:13
Size: 162,2 MB
Art: Full

(2:40) 1. Poppa Stoppa
(2:49) 2. Phone Call from My Baby
(2:25) 3. Crayton Special
(0:54) 4. I Love You So
(2:55) 5. I Love You So
(2:46) 6. Crayton's Blues
(3:07) 7. Texas Hop
(2:43) 8. Old Fashioned Baby
(3:01) 9. Answer to Blues After Hours
(2:33) 10. Good Little Woman
(3:14) 11. Thinkin' of You
(3:01) 12. Long After Hours
(3:24) 13. Miserable Old Feeling
(2:44) 14. Austin Boogie
(3:23) 15. Louella Brown
(2:35) 16. Huckle Boogie
(2:46) 17. Brand New Woman
(3:28) 18. When a Man Has the Blues
(2:45) 19. Tired of Travelin'
(3:24) 20. California Woman
(2:38) 21. Blues for My Baby
(2:59) 22. My Everything
(3:05) 23. Dedicating the Blues
(2:32) 24. Cool Evening
(2:10) 25. Have You Lost Your Love for Me

As a companion volume to The Modern Legacy Vol. 1 (also on Ace), this wraps up the label's comprehensive overview of Crayton's stint with Modern Records. With material from the end of the 1940s and the early '50s, about half of the 25-track CD was drawn from 1949-52 singles, filled out by LP cuts and four previously unreleased items. This might not be quite as good as volume one, recycling some of the same ideas a few times (something, of course, found on many blues albums). But it's in the same league, showing Crayton to be a capable and often exciting performer in both the uptempo and ballad styles, and on both vocal and instrumental tracks. The highlights, naturally, are the guitar solos, as fiery and innovative as any being done in blues and R&B at the time, even if Crayton has not received the wide recognition granted some of his peers. There's the exhilarating staccato picks on the high end of the neck on the instrumental "Poppa Stoppa," for instance, and his facility for alternating speedy solo lines with crunching, thick chords that rapidly changed keys. "Long After Hours" starts off with an unholy burst of thick distorted chords that no doubt caused some turntable needles to shudder violently upon its first release. Crayton was not just about boogying blues, as demonstrated here by his biggest hit, "I Love You So," a ballad that made the R&B Top Ten in 1949, and "Have You Lost Your Love for Me," which has an almost doo wop-pop influence. Sound quality varies -- sometimes this sounds right off the master tape, at other times there's surface noise -- but is about as good as could be given the condition of the source materials. -- Allmusic.

The Modern Legacy Volume 2 Blues Guitar Magic
The Modern Legacy Volume 2 Blues Guitar Magic artwork

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Pee Wee Crayton - The Modern Legacy Volume 1

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1996
Styles: Blues
Time: 64:25
Size: 148,7 MB
Art: Full

(2:43) 1. Texas Hop
(2:44) 2. Central Avenue Blues
(2:51) 3. Bounce Pee Wee
(3:09) 4. T for Texas (Mistreated Blues)
(2:55) 5. Rosa Lee
(3:04) 6. Blues After Hours
(2:28) 7. I'm Still in Love With You
(2:48) 8. Pee Wee's Boogie
(3:00) 9. Louella Brown
(2:53) 10. From Blues to Boogie
(2:39) 11. Please Come Back
(3:10) 12. Rock Island Blues
(2:35) 13. Rockin' the Blues
(2:51) 14. Change Your Way of Lovin'
(2:27) 15. Pee Wee's Wild
(2:55) 16. Black Gal
(2:40) 17. Boogie Woogie Upstairs
(3:02) 18. When Darkness Falls
(2:53) 19. Bop Hop
(3:00) 20. My Everything
(2:40) 21. Blues for My Baby
(2:44) 22. Tired of Travelin'
(2:03) 23. Austin Boogie

As an overview of Crayton's work for Modern from 1948-51, this might not be ideal, as only about half of it appeared on singles during that time; the rest was mostly unissued until the 1980s and 1990s, some making their first appearance on this CD. It also means that some of his Modern singles, including his biggest hit for the label (the ballad "I Love You So"), aren't here, as they were saved for another Ace volume of Crayton's Modern sides. Those considerations aside, this is superior Los Angeles jump blues, with the rare vault sides holding up about as well as what came out on singles. Were this the only anthology to appear of Crayton's Modern material -- heck, were it the only Crayton material, period -- it would still offer convincing proof of his stature as a significant bluesman, one who (like several Modern labelmates) was instrumental in the transition from the earliest electric blues to a harder R&B style. Although his singing and songwriting are good, what really makes this stand out is his incendiary guitar playing. In addition to taking good single-note solos, he made use of insistent, sometimes machine-gun-like jazzy chords that unpredictably shifted keys and pushed the limits of the day's amplification technology. That really comes to the fore on some of the uptempo instrumentals, like the nearly out-of-control "Pee Wee's Wild." Unlike many blues guitar heroes, though, he doesn't have to wait for the fast tunes to strut his stuff, as the crazily descending solo of the bump-and-grind "Please Come Back" demonstrates. On top of being a quality early electric blues anthology on its own merits, the CD makes a good case for Crayton being one of the more overlooked pioneers of the electric guitar as a whole. -- Allmusic.

The Modern Legacy Volume 1
The Modern Legacy Volume 1 artwork

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Pee Wee Crayton - Things I Used To Do

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:04
Size: 94.0 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 1971/2006
Art: Front

[2:48] 1. Every Night
[4:06] 2. But On The Other Hand Baby
[2:54] 3. Peace Of Mind
[2:49] 4. Let The Good Times Roll
[3:37] 5. Blues After Hours
[2:59] 6. You Were Wrong
[5:05] 7. Things I Used To Do
[1:58] 8. Little Bitty Things
[6:23] 9. S.K. Blues
[4:20] 10. Long Tall Texan
[4:00] 11. My Kind Of Women

Pee Wee Crayton, a popular L.A.-based blues singer and guitarist, recorded frequently between 1947-57 but this 1970 session was his first full album and ended an eight-year drought in the studios. At 55, Crayton performed some country-flavored tunes and soul ballads but is at his best on the simpler straightahead blues such as a spirited "Let the Good Times Roll," the atmospheric instrumental "Blues After Hours," "Things I Used to Do" and "S.K. Blues" which at 6:24 is easily the longest performance of the brief 41-minute set. Although not a major stylist, Crayton is in good form throughout his date. ~Scott Yanow

Things I Used To Do

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The Johnny Otis Show - Live At Monterey

Year: 1971/1993
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:09
Size: 169,7 MB
Styles: R&B, blues
Scans: Full (front, back, cd)

1. Willie And The Hand Jive (3:18)
2. Cry Me A River Blues (Feat. Little Esther Phillips) (4:46)
3. Cleanhead's Blues (Feat. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson) (4:55)
4. I Got A Gal For Every Day In The Week (Feat. Big Joe Turner) (2:57)
5. Since I Met You, Baby (Feat. Ivory Joe Hunter) (2:38)
6. Baby, You Don't Know (Feat. Roy Milton) (3:01)
7. Preacher's Blues (Feat. Gene Connors) (3:28)
8. Good Rockin' Tonight (Feat. Roy Brown) (3:27)
9. The Time Machine (Feat. Shuggie Otis) (3:30)
10. Margie's Boogie (Feat. Margie Evans) (3:33)
11. Little Esther's Blues: Blowtop Blues/T Bone Blues/Jelly Jelly (Feat. Little Esther Phillips) (6:50)
12. Kidney Stew Blues (Feat. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson) (3:07)
13. The Things I Used To Do (Feat. Pee Wee Crayton) (5:00)
14. R.M. Blues (Feat. Roy Milton) (3:01)
15. Shuggie's Boogie (Feat. Shuggie Otis) (4:06)
16. You Better Look Out (Feat. Delmar Evans) (4:09)
17. Goin' Back To L.A. (Feat. Delmar Evans) (2:45)
18. Plastic Man (Feat. Big Joe Turner) (4:51)
19. Boogie Woogie Bye Bye (2:38)

The Historic Rhythm & Blues Extravaganza That Rocked The 1970 Monterey Jazz Festival

The blues never has been, to my recollection, the occasion for a more joyous celebration of its uniquely vibrant spirit than on a certain day in the late summer of 1970, when Johnny Otis brought his entire azure-indigo caravan of giants to spread their talents over an afternoon on the fairgrounds at Monterey, California. Here was the consummate proof that where today's music may set up communication and generation gaps, the blues destroys them. On stage, where Shuggie Otis, 16; rhythm guitarist Jim (Supe) Bradshaw, 23; singers Margie Evans and Delmar "Mighty Mouth" (no relation) Evans, both in their 20's; and the rest of the singing and blowing battalion representing every decade on up to Pee Wee Crayton and Big Joe Turner, both in their very late 50's, and Roy Milton, who's up there at the Social Security borderline.

The same with the roaring receptive, over capacity audience. Those who stood up on their seats hollering and testifying, or boogalooed along the aisles, were mostly in the 15-25 bracket, while others, less extroverted, exchanged reminiscences about the first time they had heard the call of the blues, perhaps at some half-remembered dance in the 30's, or on a 78 record player at high school in the 40's and 50's. That's what this album is all about. This is no gallery of museum pieces set up to rekindle a lost past, no futile exercise in nostalgia; instead it is a meeting ground were ages, races, and backgrounds coalesce, where grooving together is all that matters. /Leonard Feather

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VA - Ace 30th Birthday Celebration: Blues And R&B

Size: 129,6 MB
Time: 54:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

01 Elmore James - Hand In Hand (2:49)
02 Howlin' Wolf - Dog Me Around Aka How Many More Years (2:41)
03 John Lee Hooker - House Rent Boogie (2:58)
04 Drifting Slim - You're An Old Lady (3:00)
05 Joe Hill Louis - Boogie In The Park 3 (2:45)
06 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Too Tired (2:38)
07 B.B. King - Mean Old Frisco (2:29)
08 Pee Wee Crayton - Poppa Stoppa (2:37)
09 Three Bits Of Rhythm - Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle (3:09)
10 Saunders King - Going Mad (2:31)
11 Big Duke Henderson & His Orchestra - Hey Dr Kinsey (2:43)
12 The Great Gates - Central Rocks (2:34)
13 Little Willie Littlefield - Love Me Tonight (3:07)
14 Rosco Gordon - Booted (3:05)
15 Lil Greenwood - Boogie All Night Long (2:19)
16 Young Jessie - Don't Happen No More (2:24)
17 Helen Humes - Real Fine Daddy (2:13)
18 Ike Turner - Twistin' The Strings (2:40)
19 Richard Berry With Jennell Hawkins & The Lockettes - The Mess Around (2:34)
20 Little Johnny Taylor - Stop Fooling Around (3:16)

The blues/R&B set opens with the three of the kings of the Blues Elmore, the Wolf and John Lee, though the current indisputable King of the blues B.B. makes a wonderfully low-key appearance later. By the way, the version of House Rent Boogie here has never been released on CD before. We go down home for a couple of cuts from Drifting Slim and Joe Hill Louis, before heading back up town, going way out west with some cool LA sounds from John Watson and Pee Wee Crayton just two of the great guitarists to be found here. Check the lyric on Big Duke's Hey Dr Kinsey never has an academic report on sexual proclivities been put to music with such deep-felt passion. Young Jessie continues the discussion on Don't Happen No More while Lil Greenwood and Helen Humes are one either side of him with clear opinions on the matter also. Of all people Ike Turner cools things out with a fine rockin' instrumental. The set closes with a beautiful soulful performance from Little Johnny Taylor that we have never issued before.

Ace 30th Birthday Celebration: Blues And R&B

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Various - Vanguard Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:09
Size: 94.2 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[5:34] 1. Buddy Guy - Sweet Little Angel
[2:35] 2. The Johnny Shines Blues Band - Dynaflow Blues
[4:16] 3. John Hammond, Jr. - Back Door Man
[4:34] 4. Judy Roderick - Rock Me Baby
[1:53] 5. Skip James - I'm So Glad
[2:39] 6. Junior Wells - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
[1:48] 7. Mississippi John Hurt - Corrina, Corrina
[5:30] 8. Siegel-Schwall Band - I'm A King Bee
[2:15] 9. Charlie Musselwhite - Juke
[2:50] 10. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
[2:02] 11. James Cotton Blues Band - Rocket 88
[2:19] 12. Otis Spann - Spann's Stomp
[2:49] 13. Pee Wee Crayton - Let The Good Times Roll

A dozen-plus-one tracks drawn from Vanguard Records' '60s-era rediscovery blues catalog, this sampler is OK as far as it goes, but it isn't anything special, save for Skip James' delicate version of his "I'm

So Glad," Mississippi John Hurt's gentle and mellow take on "Corrina, Corrina," and Otis Spann's piano workout on "Spann's Stomp." ~Steve Leggett

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Various - A Taste Of The Blues Vol 1

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:03
Size: 155.8 MB
Styles: R&B, Assorted blues styles
Year: 1993/2015
Art: Front

[2:34] 1. Jimmy Reed - Boogie In The Dark
[2:55] 2. Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy
[2:47] 3. L.C. McKinley - She's Five Feet Three
[2:46] 4. Earl Phillips - Oop De Oop
[3:25] 5. Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings
[2:49] 6. Priscilla Bowman - Hands Off
[2:50] 7. Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night
[2:41] 8. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Every Woman I Know
[2:57] 9. Eddie Taylor- Big Town Playboy
[3:21] 10. Camille Howard - Business Woman
[2:39] 11. Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day
[3:07] 12. Pee Wee Crayton - The Telephone Is Ringing
[2:34] 13. Pee Wee Crayton - I Found Peace Of Mind
[3:02] 14. Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
[3:02] 15. Elmore James - The 12 Year Old Boy
[2:38] 16. Billy Boy Arnold - Rockinitis
[2:21] 17. Jimmy Reed - Down In Virginia
[2:14] 18. Jimmy Witherspoon - Kansas City
[2:23] 19. Jimmy Witherspoon - I Know I Know
[2:32] 20. John Lee Hooker - I'm Losing You
[2:12] 21. Harold Burrage - Crying For My Baby
[2:37] 22. Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin'
[2:06] 23. Rosco Gordon - Just A Little Bit
[2:00] 24. J.B. Lenoir - Do What I Say
[3:21] 25. John Lee Hooker - Tupelo

After his tenure at Chess Records, Lenoir made a handful of 45s for a variety of smaller Chicago labels and this 25 track compilation of largely obscure sides from the Vee-Jay vaults is where you go to find one of them. Although the singular reason for its listing here is the inclusion of the a-side of J.B.'s lone Vee-Jay single( the rocking "Do What I Say"), there's plenty of other classic tracks aboard by Elmore James ("The 12 Year Old Boy" and his original version of "It Hurts Me Too"), Jimmy Reed ("Boogie In The Dark"), Billy Boy Arnold ("Don't Stay Out All Night"), Eddie Taylor ("Bad Boy"), John Lee Hooker ("Tupelo") and the highly unheralded Morris Pejoe ("Hurt My Feelings"). The J.B. track, a thinly disguised version of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say," is a rockin' lost gem. ~Cub Koda

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Pee Wee Crayton - Pee Wee's Blues: The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings

Size: 112,7 MB
Time: 47:37
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Texas Blues, West Coast Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. When It Rains It Pours (2:59)
02. Daybreak (2:41)
03. Win-O (2:15)
05. Every Dog Has His Day (2:21)
06. Hurry, Hurry (2:03)
07. Eyes Full Of Tears (2:08)
08. I Need Your Love (2:11)
09. You Know-Yeah (2:31)
10. Runnin' Wild (2:29)
11. My Idea About You (2:35)
12. I Got News For You (2:37)
13. Baby Don't You Cry (2:10)
14. Don't Break My Heart (2:52)
15. Wondering Why (1:54)
16. Yours Truly (2:10)
17. I Must Go On (2:37)
18. Be Faithful (2:03)
19. Blues Before Dawn (1:56)
20. Don't Go (2:35)

Recruited by the Aladdin label in october 1951, Pee Wee is recording, from the following month, his first tracks with Maxwell Davis orchestra ("When it rains it pours"). But, the work with this label quickly stops due to lack of success. He signed with Imperial in june 1954 and found himself in the J&M studio in New Orleans. His guitar playing is more precise and elaborated and his singing more accomplished. Lots of highlights emerge like "Do unto others", "Hurry hurry", "I got news for you" and "Blues before dawn". He cut also "I need your love" which won a beautiful public success. End of 1955, we note that the single "Don't go" / "I must go on" was released under the Post imprint (owned by Imperial). His Imperial period, although very high artistic quality, seems a little less catchy and spontaneous than his Modern period. At that time, Pee Wee Crayton was one of the first guitarists to play on a Fender Stratocaster (given to him by Leo Fender himself).

Pee Wee's Blues
Full Art (thanks to Ramirez)

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Various - Texas Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:04
Size: 165.0 MB
Styles: Texas blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[4:22] 1. Guitar Shorty - Texas Women
[2:42] 2. John Jackson - Red River Blues
[3:32] 3. John Jackson - West Texas Blues
[4:53] 4. W.C. Clark - My Texas Home
[2:57] 5. Long John Hunter - El Paso Rock
[6:55] 6. Long John Hunter - West Texas Homecoming
[1:49] 7. Tinsley Ellis - Texas Stomp
[4:07] 8. Long John Hunter - Lone Star Shootout
[3:21] 9. Odetta - Midnight Special
[2:54] 10. Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Diamond Joe
[4:25] 11. Pee Wee Crayton - Long Tall Texan
[4:13] 12. Johnny Winter - Route 90
[3:19] 13. Roomful Of Blues - 2 Point 8
[4:18] 14. Fenton Robinson - Texas Flood
[3:42] 15. Fenton Robinson - Going West
[2:40] 16. Johnny Otis - Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee
[3:47] 17. Anders Osborne - Acapulco
[3:38] 18. Charlie Musselwhite - Brownsville Blues
[4:22] 19. Delbert McClinton - B Movie Boxcar Blues

Despite what legend and lore may tell you, the blues did not originate in the Delta. It grew out of the African American experience in the early 20th Century, wherever musically inventive people faced oppression and adversity. And that was happening in plenty of places besides northwest Mississippi. The blues was a product of its times, and so developed in parallel in many areas of the southern U.S. Each region produced its own dialect of the blues, though the Mississippi Delta and the Piedmont of the Southeast were certainly major centers. But of all the regions where blues flourished, Texas—being practically its own country in terms of culture, population, and size, and being home to hotspots such as Austin, Houston, and Dallas—had a profound impact on blues. The Lone Star state still remains a major influence on modern music styles, including and especially the blues.

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Texas Blues zippy

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Various - On With The Jive: 1950s R&B From Dolphin's Of Hollywood, Vol 1

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 66:26
Size: 152.1 MB
Styles: R&B, Doo-wop
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[0:42] 1. Dick 'Huggy Boy' Hugg - Dolphin's Radio Jingle
[2:52] 2. Red Callender Sextette - Dolphin's Theme
[2:17] 3. Tony Allen - You're A Mean And Evil Woman
[2:52] 4. Pee Wee Crayton - Crying And Walking
[2:20] 5. Scatman Crothers - Easy Money
[2:55] 6. Maggie Jacquet - Tall Tan Baby
[2:43] 7. Little Caesar - Cadillac Baby
[2:48] 8. Tony Allen - Baby Doll
[2:54] 9. Red Callender Sextette - Rock Bottom
[2:41] 10. Jesse Belvin - The Blues Has Got Me
[2:25] 11. Jesse Belvin - Hang Your Tears Out To Dry
[2:57] 12. Scatman Crothers - Beale Street On Saturday Night
[2:34] 13. Tony Allen & Maggie Jacquet - I'm Knocking On The Door
[3:00] 14. Pee Wee Crayton - The Darkest Hour
[2:19] 15. Linda Hayes - Atomic Baby
[3:00] 16. Little Caesar - You Can't Bring Me Down
[2:49] 17. Pee Wee Crayton - Forgive Me
[2:15] 18. Linda Hayes - What's It To You, Jack
[2:20] 19. Marvin Phillips - The Sun Was Shining
[2:39] 20. Pee Wee Crayton - Pee Wee's Blues Aka Pappy's Blues
[2:36] 21. Scatman Crothers - Papa (I Don't Treat That Little Girl Mean)
[2:32] 22. Jesse Belvin - My Love Comes Tumbling Down
[2:24] 23. Marvin Phillips - My Baby Won't Let Me In
[4:58] 24. Maggie Jacquet - Three Men In My Life
[2:22] 25. Red Callender Sextette - The Blues

Having been immersed in the ongoing reissue of archive material from the Modern catalogue for the last few years, it’s time for me to take a short break from Bihari-land and have a rummage through the many tapes and actetates that Ace acquired when we bought the catalogues of John Dolphin from his widow, Ruth, a few years ago.

There are several reasons why we have not really given this repertoire our full attention since acquiring it. The need to find clean disc dubs to replace missing tapes, and to determine which of the several takes on some session reels was the actual master, being just two good ones. It has been a lengthy process, but we have finally filled in enough gaps to begin a comprehensive programme of reissues from the many labels that John Grattan Dolphin ran out of his round-the-clock record shop at the corner of Vernon and Central in downtown Los Angeles.

“ON WITH THE JIVE” is the first of what we hope will be several volumes of Dolphin productions, and it comes to you in “from master tape” quality that almost puts you in the room with the musicians, such is the clarity of sound. It focuses on sessions that Dolphin cut for release on his Recorded In Hollywood label – although many of the sessions were left in the can for decades, until Billy Vera (this set’s sleeve note writer) first dug through the crates to use some of the tracks on Dolphin-related compilations made for Specialty many years back. Ace’s purchase of the Dolphin masters has given us access to many more tapes than Billy was able to find. Where I’ve included tracks that Billy used on earlier compilations, I’ve selected different takes to give the long time fan the best possible value for money.

In the words of Max Miller, it’s “all good stuff, lady” (and gent…). Dolphin’s most famous instore DJ, Huggy Boy, introduces a programme that’s chock-full of stellar West Coast R&B talent, from esse Belvin, Marvin Phillips, Scat Man Crothers to the unfairly obscure Little Esther soundalike Maggie Jacquet (no relation to Russell and Illinois as far as we know), all backed up by a swingingly tight little combo under the direction of ever-present Dolphin session leader, Red Callender. If cool Rhythm & Blues from the West Coast is your thing, you will find that it don’t get any better than this! Watch out for an upcoming Ace CD that features the complete Dolphin, Modern and Downey recordings of one of its star turns, the great Harry “Little” Caesar. ~Tony Rounce

On With The Jive: 1950s R&B From Dolphin's Of Hollywood, Vol 1

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