FLOYD JONES "Complete Recordings" A DARK ROAD'S LIFE

On a trip to Chicago, I managed to find Floyd Jones by calling dozens of Floyd Jones identified in the directory. While alleging that he played seldom and he was sick, Floyd then occurred regularly in a seedy bar in the company of his Orchestra which included Big Walter Horton, Homesick James and a whimsical drummer, Playboy! Floyd was the only one not to drink, preparing the stage, gave instruments, established the list of pieces to interpret... At the end of the evening, he brought his companions, all drunk, at home. The evening we have passed in Big Walter Horton will remain as one of the most memorable memories of my ballads in blues. Unfortunately, despite all our efforts, Floyd could never achieve his wish to play in Europe and it remains as the least recognized of the designers of the post-war electric blues Chicago. Floyd came into blues after a meeting with Tommy Johnson in the Delta. But it is especially his association with Howlin' Wolf which will mark the most. At this time, the Wolf is a big star of the Delta blues, the most obvious heir of Charlie Patton. Floyd says thus: "I followed Howlin' Wolf for several years." It boiled the juke joints, bars and the rooms of the Mississippi in Texas and Oklahoma in Tennessee. It has even played several weeks on a boat who went back and descended the Mississippi... Wolf was hugely popular and earning lots of money "Floyd won then Memphis where he delivers a small electrical company of guitarists Woodrow Adams Orchestra (he also emulates a Howlin' Wolf) and Lee Rodgers, the father of Sonny Rodgers that will also record under his name." Floyd then joined Big Walter Horton and Johnny Shines in Memphis but WINS Chicago during the war. It is one of the very first to electrify the Delta blues in the streets of Maxwell Street. He recorded as early as 1947 with his cousin Moody Jones and harmonica player Snooky Pryor, one of the first sessions of the new Chicago blues. But his shy and reserved personality and blues to the sumptuous texts but to the dark and serious atmosphere does him provide never only a very modest success in the only ghetto of the shores of Lake Michigan. He recorded a handful of titles between 1947 and 1966 for JOB, Chess and Vee - Jay, almost all of masterpieces as Schooldays, Stockyard blues (one of the rare postwar unemployment blues), Dark Road, On the road again to become a huge success for the Canned Heat and the music of an advertisement for a brand of automobile! Despite excellent half a album in 1966, Floyd Jones & Eddie Taylor (Testament), Floyd Jones & Eddie Taylor: will he rate widely the possibilities offered by international blues. He recorded more than very sporadically some faces here and there. An album recorded by Al Smith for Bluesway waiting lot will never come and have been unfortunately never identified where the bands. His remarkable anthology Old friends (Earwig) participation demonstrates the continuity of his talents. But he died in 1989, just at the moment where his type of Chicago blues and hard without fireworks could finally attract the attention of a new audience. Gerard Herzhaft (translated from French) Compiled by Gerard Herzhaft from his collection. Read more about Floyd Jones here & see the books for purchase: http://jukegh.blogspot.com/

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01 Stockyard Blues 02 Keep What You Got 03 Hard times 04 School days 05 Big world n°1 06 Dark Road 07 Dark Road 08 Big World 09 Overseas 10 Playhouse 11 You Can't Live Long 12 Early Morning Blues 13 On The Road Again 14 Skinny Mama 15 Rising wind 16 I Lost A Good Woman 17 Schooldays On My Mind 18 Ain't Times Hard 19 Any Old Lonesome Day 20 Floyd's Blues 21 New dark road I & II 22 Rising wind 23 Playhouse blues 24 M & O blues 25 Hard times 26 Sweet talkin' woman 27 Stockyard blues
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