Tiny Bradshaw - Walk That Mess!

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:35
Size: 136.4 MB
Styles: Jump blues, R&B
Year: 1999/2005
Art: Front

[2:40] 1. Walk That Mess
[2:45] 2. Gravy Train
[2:56] 3. Brad's Blues
[2:41] 4. Well Oh Well
[2:41] 5. Boodie Green
[2:15] 6. Mailman's Sack
[2:41] 7. Walking The Chalkline
[2:33] 8. Soft
[2:42] 9. I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball
[2:43] 10. The Train Kept A Rollin'
[2:14] 11. Get Back On The Shelf Baby
[3:10] 12. Built Like A Railroad Track
[3:01] 13. Snaggle Tooth Ruth
[1:46] 14. Heavy Juice
[1:53] 15. Two Dry Bones On The Pantry Shelf
[2:37] 16. I'm A Hi-Ballin' Daddy
[1:49] 17. Knockin' Blues
[2:42] 18. Breaking Up The House
[1:50] 19. The Blues Came Pouring Down
[1:54] 20. Bradshaw Boogie
[2:40] 21. Rippin' And Runnin'
[2:23] 22. Later
[2:20] 23. Hold On Josie
[2:26] 24. Lay It On The Line

Of the Tiny Bradshaw CD compilations available, this offers the most complete collection of his 5 R&B hit singles from 1950 to 1953. Born Myron Bradshaw on September 23, 1905 in Youngstown, Ohio, this drummer/pianist-cum-singer was a fixture on the Cincinnati-based King label, working with Lucky Millinder and Roy Brown, among others, while fronting his own band on some of the most popular singles of the day. His first hit, Well Oh Well, reached # 2 in June/July 1950 and remained on the charts for 21 weeks on King 4357 b/w I Hate You, with the only thing keeping it from # 1 being the smash hit Pink Champagne by Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers, which hogged the top spot for 13 weeks. Later that October he took I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball to # 5 on King 4397 b/w Butterfly. Almost a year would then pass before he had another hit, this time a # 10 in September 1951 with Walkin' The Chalk Line on King 4457 b/w The Bradshaw Boogie. After being shut out in 1952, he roared back in January/February 1953 with what I consider to be his best, the not-so-soft Soft which, featuring Red Prysock and his growling tenor sax, peaked at # 3 and stayed around for 14 weeks on King 4577 b/w Strange. Four years later, a cover of Soft would become a # 35 Billboard Pop Top 100 hit for Bill Doggett on King 5080, but would inexplicably miss the R&B charts! Tiny's final charter, also featuring Prysock, was the rollicking Heavy Juice which topped out at # 9 in August 1953 on King 4621 b/w The Blues Came Pouring Down.

Unfortunately, in this 1999 Westside 24-track compilation (which has excellent sound reproduction by the way) they omit the B-sides I Hate You, Butterfly and Strange, while including three previously unreleased sides, which only serves to frustrate completist collectors of hits everywhere. Bradshaw, an inspiration for many subsequent artists like the Burnette Brothers (The Train Kept A-Rollin') and the great Buddy Holly, passed away on November 26, 1958 after suffering two crippling strokes. He was just 53 years of age. ~George O'Leary

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