Rockin' Harmonica Blues Man * by Kid Thomas [CD]

Description: Tracks:Rockin' This Joint ToniteYou Are an AngelWail Baby WailFive Long YearsLookie ThereCozy Lounge BluesWillowbrookYou Are an AngelHurt Is On, TheI Love You SoCutie Named JudyGeronimo Rock & RollIt Must Be LoveRock & Roll BallI Need Somebody to LoveTurn Your Damper DownI'm a Ding Dong DaddyChoo Choo RockBell in My HeartMy Next Door NeighborCrying Like a Fool Performer Notes: Contains material from the early '60s as well as a demo session recorded in Alabama in 1956.Personnel: Jerry "Boogie" McCain (vocals, harmonica); Kid Thomas (vocals, harmonica).Audio Mixer: Alex Munkas.Audio Remasterer: Walter DeVenne.Liner Note Author: Ron Bartolucci.Recording information: 1956-196?.Of all the amplified harmonica blues guys that transversed the audio highway back in the '50s and early '60s, two guys who truly deserve a bigger tip of the hat than they've received thus far are Kid Thomas and Jerry McCain. Thomas was a pompadoured, Little Richard-styled howler, short on subtleties and long on wind power. McCain made records for a variety of labels that constantly blurred the line between what was blues and what was rock & roll. This 21-track CD captures some of their best from a variety of sources. The Kid Thomas section kicks off with "Rockin This Joint Tonight," and one of the fastest, howlin'est, and downright ornery records ever made. Backed by nothing more than a guitarist and drummer bathed in a wash of tape echo, Thomas blows a 36-bar harmonica solo at breakneck tempo. If none of the other nine tracks included here match the intensity of this one -- well, perhaps it's because nothing really could. The remaining eleven tracks by Jerry McCain come from homemade demo tapes circa 1955 that were originally released on White Label Records back in the early '80s as the Choo Choo Rock album, one of the great unsung records of all time. Their CD debut is made even more noteworthy with the use of better-sounding masters than the original vinyl version. Featuring grinding, distorted guitars, crashing drums, and lyrical texts concerning themselves with going crazy to rock & roll, rock & roll as salvation ("Rock & Roll Ball," "Geronimo's Rock"), and going crazy from outside worldly pressures ("Bell In My Heart," "It Must Be Love," and the pre-Excello "My Next Door Neighbors"), these eleven masterpieces answer the musical question: what would a rock & roll album by Little Walter have sounded like? Beyond essential. ~ Cub Koda Format: CD (1 Disc); Mono Country: USA Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 27 May, 1998 Label: Wolf

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EAN: 0799582301826

UPC: 0799582301826

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Language: Eng

Track #1: Rockin' This Joint Tonite

Track #2: You Are an Angel

Track #3: Wail Baby Wail

Track #4: Five Long Years

Track #5: Lookie There

Track #6: Cozy Lounge Blues

Track #7: Willowbrook

Track #8: You Are an Angel

Track #9: Hurt Is On, The

Track #10: I Love You So

Track #11: Cutie Named Judy

Track #12: Geronimo Rock & Roll

Track #13: It Must Be Love

Track #14: Rock & Roll Ball

Track #15: I Need Somebody to Love

Track #16: Turn Your Damper Down

Track #17: I'm a Ding Dong Daddy

Track #18: Choo Choo Rock

Track #19: Bell in My Heart

Track #20: My Next Door Neighbor

Track #21: Crying Like a Fool

Era: 1960s, 1950s

Run Time: 3219 Sec

Release Year: 1998

Format: CD

Features: Compilation, Studio Recording

Genre: Blues

Type: Album

Record Label: Wolf

Artist: Kid Thomas/Jerry Mccain

Release Title: Rockin' Harmonica Blues Man