"Let Me Tell You About The Blues" The Evolution Of West Coast Blues - 2010

The sixth of nine 3 CD Box Sets, released by Fantastic Voyage in the years 2009-2011.
"This is the latest in the series covering regional blues styles. A good allocation of laidback Los Angeles sunshine always seems to be reflected in many West Coast blues recordings from the 50’s". - Record Collector
"This is quite simply a “must have” for all true lovers of the blues". - Real Blues Magazine

After decades of dominance by major labels, California experienced a phenomenal growth in independent recording in the post war years. Millions had flocked there during the war and these people wanted entertainment. So, it all began with 'The GI Singsation', Cecil Gant and his 'I Wonder', a blues ballad that caught the public’s imagination.
Charles Brown, Jimmy Witherspoon and T-Bone Walker set the fashion for cool, laidback blues, while the likes of Gene Phillips, Amos Millburn and Jimmy Liggins added a little heat to the pot. After Big Jay McNeely’s 'The Deacon’s Hop' and Wild Bill Moore’s 'Rock And Roll', honking sax instrumentals became a major sales incentive, and the market was overrun with pianists/singers like Little Willie Littlefield, Ivory Joe Hunter, and a young Ray Charles. With the start of the fifties, R&B took centre stage, preparing the ground for the advent of rock ‘n’ roll. Percy Mayfield remained cool, but newcomers like Lloyd Price, Etta James and Linda Hopkins sang to a stronger beat. However, the blues hadn’t been forgotten because Pee Wee Crayton, Jimmy Wilson and Johnny Fuller still stirred the emotions. But music was changing, so was public taste and within two years the music celebrated here in this cd package was considered to be old-fashioned and was passed by. --Sharon Davis

trax disc 1:
01. T-Bone Walker / Mean Old World 02. Saunders King / SK Blues (Part 1) 03. Cecil Gant / I Wonder 04. The Blues Man (George Vann) / My Baby's Blues 05. Joe Liggins / The Honeydripper (Part 1) 06. Charles Brown / Drifting Blues 07. Johnny Otis Orchestra / Jimmy's Round The Clock Blues 08. Jim Wynn's Bobalibans / Shipyard Woman 09. Johnny Alston Orchestra / Everything Will Be All Right 10. Alton Redd / When The Sun Goes Down 11. Buddy Banks Sextet / Fluffy's Debut 12. Camille Howard with Roy Milton and his Solid Senders / Groovy Blues 13. Roy Milton / RM Blues 14. Big Joe Turner / My Gal's A Jockey 15. Lowell Fulson / Crying Blues 16. Gene Phillips / Stinkin' Drunk 17. Jack McVea's All Stars / Open The Door Richard 18. Helen Humes / Be Ba Ba Le Ba Boogie 19. Joe Lutcher / Rockin' Boogie 20. T-Bone Walker / Call It Stormy Monday 21. Little Willie Jackson / Jackson's Boogie 22. Julia Lee / I Didn't Like It The First Time 23. Jimmy Witherspoon / Ain't Nobody's Business (Part 1) 24. Amos Milburn / Chicken Shack Boogie 25. Crown Prince Waterford / Move Your Hand Baby
trax disc 2:
01. Jimmy Liggins / Cadillac Boogie 02. Edgar Hayes / Fat Meat 'n' Greens 03. King Perry Orchestra / Let 'Em Roll Blues 04. Vivianne Green / Bowlegged Boogie 05. Big Jay McNeely / The Deacon's Hop 06. Wild Bill Moore / Rock And Roll 07. Floyd Dixon / Drafting Blues 08. Little Willie Littlefield / It's Midnight (No Place To Go) 09. Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / Walkin' Blues 10. Ivory Joe Hunter / I Almost Lost My Mind 11. Johnny Otis, Little Esther, The Robins / Double Crossing Blues 12. Roy Hawkins / Why Do Everything Happen To Me 13. Jimmy McCracklin / Beer Drinkin' Woman 14. Calvin Boze and his All-Stars / Safronia B 15. King Perry and his Pied Pipers / Everything's Gonna Be Alright 16. T-Bone Walker / Glamor Girl 17. Ray Charles / Late In The Evening Blues 18. Helen Humes / Million Dollar Secret 19. Percy Mayfield / Please Send Me Someone To Love 20. Charles Brown / Black Night 21. Lowell Fulson / Every Day I Have The Blues 22. Roy Hawkins / The Thrill Is Gone 23. Peppermint Harris / I Got Loaded 24. Jimmy Nelson / 'T-99' Blues 25. Fluffy Hunter / The Walkin' Blues
trax disc 3:
01. Pee Wee Crayton / When It Rains It Pours 02. Pete 'Guitar' Lewis / Louisiana Hop 03. Little Ester / Better Beware 04. Percy Mayfield / The River's Invitation 05. Lloyd Price / Lawdy Miss Clawdy 06. Mabel Scott / Walkin' Daddy 07. Johnn Otis and Mel Walker / Call Operator 210 08. Willie Mae Thornton / Hound Dog 09. Little Willie Littlefield / K.C. Lovin' 10. Amos Milburn / Let Me Go Home Whiskey 11. Jimmy Witherspoon / Jay's Blues (Part 1) 12. Linda Hayes / Yes I Know  13. Young John Watson / Motorhead Baby 14. Jimmy Wilson / Tin Pan Alley 15. Oscar McLollie / The Honey Jump (Part 1) 16. Effie Smith / Cry Baby Cry 17. T-Bone Walker / Strugglin' Blues 18. James Reed / Things Ain't What They Used To Be 19. Jimmy Liggins / I Ain't Drunk 20. Daddy Cleanhead / Something's Goin' On In My Room 21. Johnny Fuller / Roughest Place In Town 22. Etta James / The Wallflower 23. Peppermint Harris / Cadillac Funeral 24. Jimmy Nolen / Strollin' With Nolen 25. Jimmy McCracklin / Savoy's Jump
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