Various The Mojo Man Presents: Soldier Boy (KMCD128)

Size: 178.4 MB
Time: 75:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues, Rock, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Guitar Slim & His Band - A Letter To My Girlfriend (2:08)
02 Teddy Reynolds & The Twisters - I Thought The War Was Over (2:32)
03 Ernest Tucker - Have Mercy, Uncle Sam (2:08)
04 Little Bernie & The Cavaliers - Lonely Soldier (2:26)
05 Lloyd Price - Mailman Blues (2:09)
06 J. B. Lenoir - I'm In Korea (3:07)
07 Jerry Butler - A Lonely Soldier (2:54)
08 The Shirelles - Soldier Boy (2:42)
09 Luke Long Gone Miles - War Time Blues (2:48)
10 Prince Love & His Royal Knights - Don't Want No War (2:02)
11 The Five Breezes - My Buddy Blues (2:47)
12 The Four Fellows - Soldier Boy (2:58)
13 Brownie McGhee - Swing, Soldier, Swing (2:22)
14 Wee Bea Booze - Uncle Sam Come And Get Him (3:13)
15 Lightnin Slim - G I Slim (2:26)
16 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - End O' War Blues (3:19)
17 The Montells - Soldier Boy, Im Sorry (2:26)
18 Muddy Waters - She's All Right (2:30)
19 The Illusions - Lonely Soldier (2:12)
20 Yank Rachell - Army Man Blues (2:54)
21 Big Bill Broonzy - In The Army Now (2:42)
22 Cousin Joe - Desperate Gi Blues (3:02)
23 Hot Lips Page's Hot Seven - Uncle Sams Blues (3:17)
24 Bobby John - Lonely Soldier (2:45)
25 Jimmy Witherspoon - Back Home (3:24)
26 The Shondells - Don't Cry My Soldier Boy (2:40)
27 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - The War Is Over (2:50)
28 Ella Fitzgerald - Soldier Boy (2:58)

The next volume in the themed series focusing on the experiences of African Americans and their roles in society arrives on Koko Mojo with, once more, the Mojo Man presenting. This time it is the experience of African American soldiers to be detailed in the album’s liner notes who fought for their country yet were denied equal rights as citizens back home. The collection of songs featured during the album ‘Soldier Boy’ offers plenty of accounts of the “blues” experienced while away overseas in combat or the struggles mentally that came with it once a war was over. Such examples can be heard during excellent late-night piano barroom blues of ‘End O’ War Blues’ from Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers that sheds plenty of tears, to another tearjerker supplied by the magnificent vocals of Jerry Butler and song ‘A Lonely Soldier’. Further isolated incidents where loneliness tends to follow during such stressful and tragic times can be heard via the smoky jazz and blues feel of “Hot Lips” Page’s Hot Seven and ‘Uncle Sams Blues’. Picking up the tempo, if not the mood, is Lloyd Price with ‘Mailman Blues’, which is a lively rhythm and blues number. The album ‘Soldier Boy’ possesses much character and expressed by the songs making up this collection, which is essential given the seriousness of the subject matter here. Therefore, expect to hear plenty of great vocal performances from the likes of Bobby John with ‘Lonely Soldier’, and same song title at least from the harmonious vocals of The Illusions and also The Montells during ‘Soldier Boy’. There is even room for some off kilter blues via Brownie McGhee and ‘Swing, Soldier, Swing’. Capturing many different emotions and emitting these feelings via its collection of songs is the rather good album ‘Soldier Boy’.

The Mojo Man Presents: Soldier Boy (KMCD128)

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