VA - Southern Bred Vol. 22: Tennessee R&B Rockers (Trouble Trouble) (KMCD88)

Size: 165.6 MB
Time: 69:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues, Rock, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Tiny Davis - Race Horse (2:36)
02 Memphis Slim - The Girl I Love (2:42)
03 Louis Jordan - That Chick's Too Young To Fry (2:22)
04 Big Maybelle - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (2:43)
05 Sticks McGhee - Oh What A Face (2:29)
06 Washboard Sam - Evil Blues (2:52)
07 Earl Forest - Pretty Bessie (2:18)
08 Johnny Ace - How Can You Be So Mean (2:28)
09 Rosco Gordon - Sally Jo (2:07)
10 Bobby Bland - Further Up The Road (2:57)
11 Gene Allison - Somebody, Somewhere (2:33)
12 Memphis Slim - Trouble Trouble (2:39)
13 Elmon Mickle - Flat Foot Sam (2:32)
14 Johnny Shines - Evening Sun (2:28)
15 Jimmy Witherspoon - Drinking Beer (2:12)
16 Larry Birdsong - I'm Pleading Just For You (2:41)
17 Tom ''Shy Guy'' Douglas - Raid On Cedar Street (2:30)
18 Paul Williams - Rockin' Chair Blues (2:33)
19 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Sit Down (2:19)
20 Dee Clark - At My Front Door (2:39)
21 Little George Smith - Cross-Eyed Suzzie Lee (2:19)
22 Jeb Stuart - I Bet You're Gonna Like It (2:33)
23 Moohah - Candy (2:31)
24 Frank Frost - Jelly Roll King (2:28)
25 Sonny Boy Williamson - Shake The Boogie (2:45)
26 Big John Greer - Record Hop (2:10)
27 O'Henry - Wanna Jean (1:50)
28 Rosco Gordon - What I Wouldn't Do (2:22)

More tracks freshly picked at Koko Mojo to feature on the latest album in the Southern Bred R&B Rockers series and that being Volume 22. The latest addition in the series continues its focus on the artists who either featured strongly or only fleetingly in the regions of Arkansas and Tennessee. As with previous albums, this series has broken the grading scale when it comes to consistency and quality because quite simply, there hasn’t been a dud issued so far, and judging by initial impressions, the current CD continues this trend. From the variety of performers selected, the listener will experience a range of blues variations from Jump Gospel, Blues Rockers, Rhythm and Blues guitar rockers and plenty of tracks considered more straightforward Rock ‘n’ Roll. With its by now standard three-fold design complete with sleeve notes adding to the story given by the music supplied here, ‘Southern Bred R&B Rockers Vol. 22’ starts with some classy rhythm and blues complete with orchestra via Tiny Davis and Her Orch. and song ‘Race Horse’. Continuing in similar style is Memphis Slim and His Orch. ‘The Girl I Love’, and further musical sophistication from Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five ‘That Chick’s Too Young To Fry’. The introduction of Big Maybelle and ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’” is where the pattern of music changes, albeit slightly, given the voluminous nature of the recording. You can hear the early foundations of rock ‘n’ roll emerging in Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band’s ‘Evil Blues’ and, similarly, with Earl Forest and The Beale Streeters’ ‘Pretty Bessie’. A different track of sorts is thrown into the mix and comes from the SUN stable and applies to compiler Mark Armstrong’s words regarding “cross-over recordings which for many people means Rock ‘n’ Roll music” as this track attests to. Such a label also applies to Gene Allison and the rhythm and blues meets rock ‘n’ roll of ‘Somebody, Somewhere’ and this continues, but also leans back to where this album started by not forgetting the big band orchestra once the likes of Jimmy Witherspoon’s ‘Drinking Beer’ comes into view. Further crossover appeal can also be heard during Roscoe Gordon’s ‘What I Wouldn’t’, which closes the album. Koko Mojo cracks it again with another “classic” album to add to the previous twenty-one editions of this genuinely great series known as Southern Bred R&B Rockers.

Southern Bred Vol. 22: Tennessee R&B Rockers (Trouble Trouble) (KMCD88)

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