Sonny Boy Williamson I - Bluebird Blues: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:22
Size: 165.7 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[2:58] 1. Good Morning School Girl
[3:03] 2. Blue Bird Blues
[2:57] 3. Sugar Mama Blues
[2:33] 4. Got The Bottle Up And Gone
[2:46] 5. Early In The Morning
[2:54] 6. Whiskey Headed Blues
[3:31] 7. Decoration Blues
[3:12] 8. Deep Down In The Ground
[2:46] 9. I Been Dealing With The Devil
[2:56] 10. My Little Machine
[2:50] 11. Jivin' The Blues
[2:59] 12. Western Union Man
[3:09] 13. My Baby Made A Change
[3:03] 14. Mattie Mae Blues
[3:13] 15. Sloppy Drunk Blues
[3:02] 16. Million Years Blues
[2:42] 17. My Black Name Blues
[2:36] 18. She Was A Dreamer
[2:45] 19. Sonny Boy's Jump
[2:38] 20. Elevator Woman
[2:54] 21. Hoodoo Hoodoo
[2:33] 22. Mellow Chick Swing
[2:26] 23. Polly Put Your Kettle On
[2:47] 24. Alcohol Blues
[2:56] 25. Better Cut That Out

Bluebird Blues focuses on 25 excellent performances by John Lee Williamson (aka Sonny Boy Williamson I, not to be confused with Rice Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson II). These tracks were originally recorded between May 1937 through November 1947 for RCA Victor and include the staples "Sugar Mama Blues," "Blue Bird Blues," and one of the most recorded tunes in both blues and rock, "Good Morning, School Girl." Joining the versatile prewar harmonica wizard on numerous tracks are Big Joe Williams, Robert Lee McCoy, Henry Townsend, Yank Rachell, Blind John Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Willie Dixon, and Eddie Boyd. If the only Sonny Boy you're familiar with is Rice Miller, give Sonny Boy I equal space in your collection. This is a great disc to start with. ~Al Campbell

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Robert Lee McCoy (aka Robert Nighthawk) - Bluebird Recordings 1937-1938

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Blues
Time: 63:02
Size: 144,6 MB
Covers: Full

Personel:
Robert Lee McCoy - vocals & guitar
Joe Williams - guitar
Henry Townsend - guitar & piano
John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - harmonica
Speckled Red - piano

(3:06) 1. Tough Luck
(2:35) 2. Lonesome World
(2:34) 3. G-Man
(2:32) 4. Don't Mistreat Your Woman
(3:04) 5. Prowling Nighthawk
(2:43) 6. Sweet Pepper Mama
(3:07) 7. My Friend Has Forsaken Me
(2:43) 8. Mean Black Cat Blues
(3:17) 9. Brickyard
(3:06) 10. Mamie Lee
(2:30) 11. Take It Easy Baby
(2:54) 12. I Have Spent My Bonus
(3:21) 13. CNA
(3:18) 14. Every Day and Night
(3:15) 15. Ol' Mose
(3:26) 16. You're All I've Got to Live For
(3:20) 17. She's Got What It Takes
(2:44) 18. Next-Door Neighbor
(3:07) 19. Big Apple Blues
(3:04) 20. Freight Train Blues
(3:05) 21. Good Gamblin'

Robert Lee McCollum, born in 1909 in Arkansas, learned to play guitar from his cousin Houston Stackhouse. They played together at country dances and Robert was rapidly developing his skills. Legend goes he played at Muddy Waters first wedding and the music was so hot the dancing got so uninhibited that the floor of the two-room shack gave way beneath the dancers. In the mid-'30's Robert Lee left the South for St. Louis and changed his name in Robert Lee McCoy (his mother's maiden name) to avoid some trouble with the police. In St. Louis McCoy worked with John Lee Williamson, Walter Davis and Big Joe Williams. All three men recorded for Bluebird on May 5, 1937 in Aurora, Illinois; in what has become a legendary session. All three played on each other's tracks and all of McCoys tracks were released. Six months later McCoy returned to the Bluebird studios for another session. The sound is different and fuller, thanks to the addition of piano player Henry Townsend. He kept busy and appeared on numerous sessions as sideman with Walter Davis, Sleepy John Estes, Baby Doo Caston, Peetie Wheatstraw, Henry Townsend, Walter vincson, Kansas Joe McCoy. After leaving Bluebird label, he cut some sides for Decca in 1940. Back in Helena, he performed on radio station KFFA doing a radio program sponsered by Bright Star Floor (and becoming a rival for Rice Miller, who pas pushing King Biscuit Flour! McCoy didn't stay long at one place, traveling throughout the South as Robert Nighthawk. In Chicago he visited his old friend Muddy Waters and Waters recommended him to the Chess brothers at Aristocrat, for whom he cut a session. "Black Angel Blues" became a hit and riding on the success of this 45, he recorded a new session for United. But Nighthawk moved again and it was in 1964 he recorded his last session for Pete Welding's Testament label. Robert Lee McCollum aka Robert Lee McCoy aka Robert Nighthawk died in the fall of 1967 of heart troubles.

Bluebird Recordings 1937-1938
Bluebird Recordings 1937-1938 artwork

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