Various - Rhythm 'N' Bluesin' by the Bayou: Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Time: 64:29
Size: 150,6 MB
Covers: Full

(2:29) 1 Little Victor - Papa Lou and Gran
(2:05) 2 Katie Webster - Hoo Wee, Sweet Daddy
(2:39) 3 Rockin' Tabby Thomas - I'd Love to Tell
(1:56) 4 Lester Robertson - Pretty Woman (Take It Home to Grandma)
(1:54) 5 Guitar Gable - Long Way from Home
(2:29) 6 Anna Mae Rogers - I Called You Up Daddy
(2:16) 7 Mad Dog Sheffield - I Got Fever (Wicked Fever)
(2:14) 8 Carol Fran - Knock Knock
(2:17) 9 Leroy Washington - Sally Lou
(2:15) 10 Lionel Torrance/Lionel Torrence - Rooty Tooty
(2:36) 11 Sad Leroy White - A Merry Christmas
(1:53) 12 Wonder Boy Travis - You Know Yeah
(1:57) 13 Lazy Lester - Tell Me Pretty Baby
(2:01) 14 Clifton Chenier - Hey Ma Ma
(2:17) 15 Eddie Williams - Ain't Nothing Shakin' (But Leaves on the Tree)
(2:49) 16 Mad Dog Sheffield - Mad Dog
(2:46) 17 King Karl/Guitar Gable - Mary Lou
(1:33) 18 Lester Robertson - Hoo Wee Pretty Baby
(1:54) 19 Carol Fran - One More Chance
(2:01) 20 Frank Simien - Don't Let Me Down
(2:38) 21 Leroy Washington - Hello Baby, What You Know
(2:07) 22 Ashton Conroy/Katie Webster - I Want You to Love Me
(2:49) 23 Bobby Jay/Katie Webster - Hey Mr. Love
(2:15) 24 Jimmy Dotson - I Need Your Love
(3:16) 25 Charles Morris - When It Rains It Pours
(2:16) 26 Leroy Washington - Baby Please Come Home
(2:35) 27 Clarence Garlow - I'll Never Hold It Against You
(2:01) 28 Lester Robertson & the Upsetters - Take It Home to Grandma

On this tenth volume in the “By The Bayou” series, the third to focus on R&B, we have 28 tracks from the vaults of J.D. Miller’s Crowley studio, Eddie Shuler’s Goldband facility, Floyd Soileau’s Rod label, Sam Montel’s Montel label and Golen Richard’s Richland imprint, all from South Louisiana. The majority of the material comes from that goldmine on North Parkerson Ave in Crowley, where the music store founded by J.D. Miller is now operated by his youngest son Mark. The ceilings and walls are hung with guitars and the floor space is taken up with amplifiers and speakers. The counters and stands are festooned with guitar strings, picks, cords, cables, plugs and all manner of paraphernalia for the professional musician. In one corner is a dwindling number of CDs, which are difficult for a small-town store to sell in competition with outlets such as Amazon, even if much of the material was recorded right here. Behind the store area, hidden from view, is a large working studio where Mark, a bass player, sound engineer and producer record local talent. Most important to us is another part of the building – the tape store, whereAlec Palaoand I have sifted through the reels, and Alec has transferred close on 3,000 tracks, including 22 of the titles on this CD, eight of which are previously unissued. The majority of the featured artists have appeared on previous volumes in the series. No apologies for that. Who wouldn’t want more of Lester Robertson, Leroy Washington, Mad Dog Sheffield, Carol Fran, Clifton Chenier, Katie Webster, Wonder Boy Travis, Guitar Gable, Clarence Garlow or Lazy Lester etc, backed up by new additions Eddie Williams, Frank Simien and Anna Mae Rogers? The resultant CD is aimed at giving R&B fans 28 blasts of rompin’, stompin’ music, with songs about mad dogs, sweet daddies and pretty babies to set their feet a-tappin’. -- Ian Saddler.

Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
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