"Juke Joints" Vol. 4; That's All Right with Me CD4

By the early 1950s record companies were scouring the South for talent but few of the musicians they found went on to have full-blown recording careers. Many featured here made a handful of records and some are represented by the only record to their name...

...In the succeeding decades much has come to light that was thought lost or not worthy of preservation. Some sides have attained mythical status. This reflected the large-scale disappearance of the juke joint itself. Life has moved on. Hard physical work has been replaced by machinery, so weekends of drink-fuelled indulgence are no longer righteous. But, man they did have fun. Multi-instrumentalist Howard Armstrong, spent many nights in juke joints as a young man. A jook (as it was properly termed) was a place that opened its doors, you might say, to all comers. It was no place for snobs and what we black people call 'saditty' people. I know the first ones I played in, they had a wick stuck in a Coca-Cola bottle with oil, coal oil or kerosene hanging around on the walls or even out on the trees, a line near the trees for light. Nobody wanted a lot of light in the first place. Every strata of society would be rubbing elbows or whatever part of their anatomy they were rubbing on that dance floor. Some guy might be dressed in his old plough clothes and brogan shoes. And maybe one of the good reverends was there on a little they sneaked away with one of the choir sisters. They were all on common ground. And everybody seem to have a good time. By popular demand, here's another generous serving of the solidest sounds you're ever likely to stomp to.

trax:
1. No Jive - Little Al 2. Highway 41 - Cousin Leroy 3. January 11, 1949 Blues - Luther Stoneham 4. Too Many Women Blues - Willie Lane 5. Train Time - Woodrow Adams 6. I Love My Baby - Andrew Thomas 7. Rocks Is My Pillow - Big Son Tillis 8. Last Affair Blues - James Tisdom 9. Bloodstains - Lazy Lester 10. Misery Is My Life - Smokey Hogg 11. Don't Forget Me Baby - Frankie Lee Sims 12. Bop Cat Blues - King Charles 13. Lonesome Blues - Henry Smith 14. Lonesome Whistler - Lonesome Sundown 15. Truckin' Little Women - Willie Nix 16. Please Tell Me - Larry Dale 17. West Coast Blues - Ernest Lewis 18. Cruel Hearted Woman - Thunder Smith 19. Up For It (Take 1) - Johnny Wright 20. Louisiana Walk - Phillip Walker 21. Skin And Bone - Little Son Tillis 2. Don't Bring No Friend - Blue Charlie 23. That's All Right - Lightnin' Slim 24. Worried Life - Manny Nicholls 25. Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper 26. Cold Blues - Big Son Tillis 27. Shakin' The Boogie - Beverley Scott
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