Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:06
Size: 133,4 MB
Styles: Blues, R&B
Scans: Full
1. Fannie Mae (2:59)
2. John Henry (2:36)
3. The Madison Shuffle (2:33)
4. St. Louis Blues (4:06)
5. When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too) (4:01)
6. Lost In A Dream (False Start) (0:34)
7. Lost In A Dream (2:20)
8. Gonna Love My Baby (3:11)
9. I Got The Blues When It Rains (2:15)
10. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? (2:31)
11. Don't Dog Your Woman (2:55)
12. Blueberry Hill (3:09)
13. Sincerely (3:53)
14. I'm Goin', But I'll Be Back (1:47)
15. Good News (2:16)
16. Raise A Ruckus Tonight (2:48)
17. Doctor Brown (2:59)
18. Sugar Babe (2:29)
19. No More (2:21)
20. Fannie Mae (Alt. Take) (2:27)
21. Raise A Ruckus Tonight (Alt. Version) (3:46)
Buster Brown (August 15, 1911 – January 31, 1976) was an American blues and R&B singer best known for his hit, "Fannie Mae".
If blues musicians took up residency in Vegas during the late '50s, it might come out sounding like this. Brown's gleeful run through myriad blues related styles (gospel, R&B, doo wop, New Orleans, early rock & roll) casts a vaudevillian sheen over many of the tracks here, placing the performance squarely in the realm of Louis Jordan's own showy style. The fact Brown had a very brief hour in the sun with his unexpected 1959 hit "Fannie Mae" further indicates his pop approach to blues probably was better suited to the lounges of the chitlin circuit than the main venues of blues and rock & roll. His almost perfunctory versions of war horses like "St. Louis Blues" and "Blueberry Hill" reveal the downside of the situation. But he does have his moments, particularly when he plies a hard, Chicago blues groove à la Little Walter on cuts like "Don't Dog Your Woman"; his harmonica sound borrowed from both Walter and Sonny Terry while his singing is punctuated with timely whoops taken straight from Terry's animated vocal style. Even with more than just a few bright moments here, the good amount of watered down material ultimately makes this Brown collection a secondary choice next to prime titles by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Wynonie Harris, and even Big Jay McNeely. /Allmusic
If blues musicians took up residency in Vegas during the late '50s, it might come out sounding like this. Brown's gleeful run through myriad blues related styles (gospel, R&B, doo wop, New Orleans, early rock & roll) casts a vaudevillian sheen over many of the tracks here, placing the performance squarely in the realm of Louis Jordan's own showy style. The fact Brown had a very brief hour in the sun with his unexpected 1959 hit "Fannie Mae" further indicates his pop approach to blues probably was better suited to the lounges of the chitlin circuit than the main venues of blues and rock & roll. His almost perfunctory versions of war horses like "St. Louis Blues" and "Blueberry Hill" reveal the downside of the situation. But he does have his moments, particularly when he plies a hard, Chicago blues groove à la Little Walter on cuts like "Don't Dog Your Woman"; his harmonica sound borrowed from both Walter and Sonny Terry while his singing is punctuated with timely whoops taken straight from Terry's animated vocal style. Even with more than just a few bright moments here, the good amount of watered down material ultimately makes this Brown collection a secondary choice next to prime titles by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Wynonie Harris, and even Big Jay McNeely. /Allmusic
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7 comments:
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Could you please fix the link?
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Links for this post updated February 1, 2017
Hi, RR. Can you re-up again, this edition with bonus tracks?
Links for this post updated March 19, 2018.
H, could you re-up this one? Thanks
Links for this post updated October 6, 2020.
Thanks!
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