Jerry McCain - That's What They Want: The Best Of

Size: 137,4 MB
Time: 59:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. That's What They Want (2:22)
2. Courtin' In A Cadillac (2:13)
3. If It Wasn't For My Baby (2:53)
4. You Don't Love Me No More (2:33)
5. Run, Uncle John, Run! (2:28)
6. Things Ain't Right (2:54)
7. Tryin' To Please (2:37)
8. My Next Door Neighbor (2:11)
9. Listen, Young Girls (2:36)
10. Bad Credit (2:22)
11. The Jig's Up (2:29)
12. Groom Without A Bride (2:29)
13. A Cutie Named Judy (2:06)
14. Geronimo Rock & Roll (2:50)
15. It Must Be Love (3:18)
16. Rock & Roll Ball (2:54)
17. I Want Somebody To Love (2:12)
18. Turn Your Damper Down (2:49)
19. I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From A Rock & Roll City (2:30)
20. Choo Choo Rock (2:13)
21. Bell In My Heart (2:31)
22. My Next Door Neighbor (2:15)
23. Crying Like A Fool (3:07)

McCain has always marched to the beat of a different drummer and the proof of it is right here, 23 recordings that define the place where the blues and rock'n'roll meet at the end of a dark alley. The first 12 tracks are McCain's complete singles output for Excello Records, the sides upon which most of his reputation rests. From the cold hearted bravado of the the title track to the rocking insanity of "Trying To Please," this music is as special as it comes.

The following 11 tracks come from homemade demo tapes circa 1955 that were cut in Jerry's living room with a single mike, one track home tape recorder. Featuring grinding, massively distorted guitars, crashing drums and lyrical texts concerning themselves with going crazy to rock 'n' roll, rock 'n' roll as salvation ("Rock & Roll Ball," "Geronimo's Rock"), or going crazy from outside worldly pressures ("Bell In My Heart," "My Next Door Neighbors"), these masterpieces answer the musical question: what would a rock & roll album by Little Walter have sounded like? /Rovi Staff, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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