Junior Parker - Backtracking: The Duke Recordings Volume 2

Album: Backtracking: The Duke Recordings Vol. 2
Size: 123,6 MB
Time: 53:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Front, back

1. Please Baby Blues (2:44)
2. Dirty Friend Blues (3:04)
3. Can't Understand (2:54)
4. Backtracking (2:41)
5. Driving Me Mad (2:54)
6. Pretty Baby (3:03)
7. Wondering (2:29)
8. Barefoot Rock (2:44)
9. I'm Holding On (2:35)
10. Stranded (2:45)
11. Dangerous Woman (2:23)
12. You're On My Mind (2:08)
13. I'll Forget About You (2:19)
14. How Long Can This Go On (2:16)
15. I Feel Alright Again (2:36)
16. I Need Love So Bad (2:38)
17. Annie Get Your Yo-Yo (2:27)
18. These Kind Of Blues, Part 1 (3:16)
19. Get Away Blues (3:09)
20. Man Or Mouse (2:07)

This second volume of Parker's best for the Duke label, while leaving off early classics like "I Wanna Ramble," still delivers on a pile of great early and late tunes for the Houston-based label. Kicking off with the jump blues "Please Baby Blues" and the Howlin' Wolf-like "Can't Understand" from a 1953 session, the early sides vacillate between small rhythm sections with Pat Hare on guitar, to larger ensembles pointing toward Parker's musical future. The early sides reach their peak with the inclusion of "Pretty Baby," recorded in 1956, and Parker's version of Wolf's first single "Riding in the Moonlight."

But in two years' time, Junior is recording more R&B-style material like "Barefoot Rock," "You're On My Mind," and culminating in "Annie Get Your YoYo" in 1961. "Get Away Blues" from 1965 and "Man or Mouse" from the following year complete the package. As always, Parker's smooth-as-silk voice and Sonny Boy-derived harp playing carry the day, making a strong case for him as a major mover and shaker on the blues scene during this period. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

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