VA • Authentic Excello R&B

Lightnin' Slim, Lazy Lester, Slim Harpo, Leroy Washington, Silas Hogan, Lonesome Sundown, Tabby Thomas ...

VA • Genuine Excello R&B

Review

Jay Miller's Nashville-based Excello Records generated a sound as distinct as any in the history of modern American pop music, favoring an echo-laden, rustic, and swamp-tinged approach to blues, R&B, and gospel that makes every Excello side immediately identifiable. This generous compilation features several rare tracks from Miller's vaults, including such highlights as Silas Hogan's delightfully loose-limbed "Go on Pretty Baby," the odd (and completely compelling) submerged feel of Jimmy Anderson's take on "Frankie and Johnny," a busy and proto-funky "We Gonna Rub" from Joe Johnson, and Slim Harpo's classic "Rainin' in My Heart."

by Steve Leggett

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Excello Records, con sede en Nashville, generó un sonido tan distinto como cualquier otro en la historia de la música pop moderna americana, favoreciendo un enfoque del blues, el R&B y el gospel cargado de ecos, rústico y teñido de pantano que hace que cada lado de Excello sea inmediatamente identificable. Esta generosa compilación incluye varios temas raros de las cámaras acorazadas de Miller, entre los que destacan el deliciosamente suelto "Go on Pretty Baby" de Silas Hogan, la extraña (y completamente convincente) sensación de inmersión de Jimmy Anderson en "Frankie and Johnny", un ocupado y protofunky "We Gonna Rub" de Joe Johnson, y el clásico de Slim Harpo "Rainin' in My Heart".

por Steve Leggett

Tabby Thomas • Hoodoo Party

Tabby Thomas (nacido Ernest Joseph Thomas, 5 de enero de 1929; también conocido como Rockin' Tabby Thomas) es un músico de blues de Estados Unidos, natural de Baton Rouge. Thomas canta y toca el paino y la guitarra, y se especializa en un subestilo de blues indígena del sur de Luisiana llamado swamp blues.Thomas es uno de los músicos de blues más conocidos en Baton Rouge, donde opera su propio club de blues, llamado Tabby's Blues Box and Heritage Hall, desde comienzos de la década de 1970. El más conocido de sus siete hijos que ha incursionado en el blues es Chris Thomas King.

Tabby Thomas sufrió una embolia en el 2004, que afectó su forma de tocar instrumentos pero no su voz.

Actualmente, los días sábados conduce el show de radio llamado Tabby's Blues Box de 1 a 2 p.m. en la estación de Baton Rouge WBRH-FM, que se originó en el centro de comunicaciones de la Academia Baton Rouge Magnet.

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Tabby Thomas (born Ernest Joseph Thomas, January 5, 1929; also known as Rockin' Tabby Thomas) is an American blues musician from Baton Rouge. Thomas sings and plays the paino and guitar, and specializes in a Southern Louisiana Indian blues subtitle called swamp blues.Thomas is one of the best known blues musicians in Baton Rouge, where he has operated his own blues club, called Tabby's Blues Box and Heritage Hall, since the early 1970s. The best known of his seven sons to have ventured into the blues is Chris Thomas King.

Tabby Thomas suffered a stroke in 2004, which affected his playing but not his voice.

Currently, on Saturdays he hosts the radio show called Tabby's Blues Box from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Baton Rouge station WBRH-FM, which originated at the Baton Rouge Magnet Academy communications center.