Every once in a while a really great album of dirty party songs comes along. This is that CD.
The Johnson Boys have been performing worldwide for many years. This is their very first CD. This album is a dream come true for all fans of dirty blues.
It contains the favorite of all Johnson Boys fans: "Little Dickie".
This is the CD that so many of our visitors have been asking for. We hope you enjoy it.
The very talented Johnson Boys are Bobby Reynolds - piano & vocals, Linc Lackey - bass & Vocals and Tony Calarusso - drums.
Special guests: Stan Waldman - sax and Michael Locke - guitar.
If you have never heard him before you are in for a treat, if you already are a fan you will be in heaven.
SRI Jazz is proud to be able to offer Percy Mayfield live.
SONG LIST:
Cried Last Night/Baby Please
Two Years Of Torture
Everyday I Have The Blues
Strange Things Happening
Please Send Me Someone To Love
3 O'Clock In The Morning Blues
The Electric Flag was one of the premiere rock bands of the 1960's . Organized by Mike Bloomfield who had just left the Paul Butterfild Blues Band, the band featured such notable talent as Buddy Miles, Elvin Bishop, Nick Gravenites and Barry Goldberg.
The Flag was the first band to feature a full horn section in support of its searing blues and jazz based rock originals. The Electric Flag astounded both critics and the public, both of which proclaimed the band as the world's greatest. And they were indeed! No one ever came close to their combination of brilliant musicianship and hard blues based commercial music. Sadly egos prevailed and the group broke up after only two years of performing and recording. Their albums are still selling today, and are regarded as essential albums for any rock library.
We are proud to be able to offer these brilliant live performances and present The Electric Flag as audiences of the 1960's heard them. All the excitement and brilliance are present, and we have no doubt that all the millions who loved the Flag will want to add this last performance to their collections
Once again, Mike Bloomfield, Buddy Miles, Nick Gravenites and all the rest - the amazing Electric Flag!
These recordings were made early on in the career of Ray Charles which makes them a true collector's edition. This album is a must for fans of Ray Charles and all other lovers of great music as well.
Ray Charles has been aptly called "The Genius". Born in 1930, Ray went completely blind by age 6 but by the time he was a teenager he mastered the piano and began writing songs. His first record contract was for Ray and his trio, in the 1950's he added a horn section and with his arrangements created his now famous style and sound. Soon Ray signed with Atlantic Records where he quickly came to the attention of the mass public with hits like "I Got A Woman" and "Hallelujah I Love Her So".
In the 1960's Ray moved to ABC Paramount Records where he then became an international star with hits like "Hit The Road Jack", "Georgia On My Mind" and "I Can't Stop Loving You". Through the years Ray has blended blues, jazz, gospel and soul creating a unique sound that is uniquely Ray Charles - The Genius!
A number of great bluesmen were rediscovered in the late 1950s and 1960s, including Son House, Robert Pete Williams, Bukka White, Skip James and more, and all met with great and deserved success with audiences who weren't even born when these men made their first recordings. But the most unique and beloved of these great men was "Mississippi" John Hurt.
Mississippi John Hurt literally invented the finger style picked guitar, a technique later picked up by country artist Merle Travis who popularized it in the country field. Unlike many of the old blues men, Hurt sang a mixed bag of material, with equal emphasis on religious songs, old folk standards and traditional songs given his unique treatment, as well as popular songs by others. He loved a song that told a story. He loved songs with humor and songs of love. Any song that might touch or pull at your heart strings. Most of the songs John heard or wrote in his hometown of Avalon, Mississippi as a child and young man "Candy Man", "Avalon My Home Town", "Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor", and many more hark back to earlier times in the 1920s. But this is timeless music, it sounds as modern as anything you will hear on your radio today and will undoubtedly outlive most of that music for many decades to come.
This rare live recording took place in the mid 1960s at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, and was a very special occasion, consisting of two sets each by both Son House and Mississippi John Hurt. An audience of nearly four thousand college students attended this once in a lifetime show. Son House opened the show with tales of his checkered life followed by the legendary Mississippi John Hurt. His singing and guitar playing were never less brilliant and his beautiful conversation between songs to the audience made each person feel as though he was speaking intimately and only to them alone. Hurt received a five minute standing ovation. He then returned to the stage and performed several more numbers and attempted to leave once more. The audience would not have it. With tears of joy in his eyes he returned once again for several more numbers. Justice was served! After many years of being forgotten, all the love and adulation and respect that John Hurt should have had for so long were at last his and the cup runneth over.
These are collector's recordings that we know you will treasure for many years to come.
