Label: Hip-O.
Release Date: October 20, 1998.
Recording Time: 51 minutes.
Recording Date: 1954 - August 15, 1970.
Styles: Blues Revival, Detroit Blues, Electric Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Harmonica Blues, Juke Joint Blues, Louisiana Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Regional Blues, Swamp Blues.
Hip-O's fourth volume of rarities from the Excello catalog shines the light on the harmonica heroes that proliferated on the label back in the '50s and early '60s. Lazy Lester shows up on four tracks, featured as a leader on "If You Think You've Lost Me," "Ponderosa Stomp" and "I Told My Little Woman" and backing Lightnin' Slim on "Wintertime Blues." Slim Harpo's two instrumentals "Buzzin'" and "Snoopin' Around" are on board, along with a pair from Jerry McCain, "Trying to Please" and "Things Ain't Right." In the rarities department, the inclusion of Baby Boy Warren's "Santa Fe" and "Bring Me My Machine Gun" (with Sonny Boy Williamson on harp) along with both sides of Little Sonny's Excello single ("Love Shock" and "I'll Love You Baby") and the impossibly rare "You Better Change" by the mysterious Ole Sonny Boy raise the ante in that sweepstakes. Lightnin' Slim with Schoolboy Cleve's "I'm Him," Jimmy Anderson's "Frankie & Johnny," Vincent Monroe's "If I Had My Life to Live Over," Silas Hogan's "Lonesome La La" (featuring Sylvester Buckley) and a pair from Whispering Smith complete the collection. - Review by Cub Koda.
Credits: Ernest Ambrose - bass; Jimmy Anderson - harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Ed Brooks - piano; Austin Broussard - drums; Sammy K. Brown - drums; Sylvester Buckley - harmonica, performer, primary artist; Eddie "Guitar" Burns - guitar; Isaiah Chatman - guitar; Bobby Christian - guitar; Chris Collins - guitar; Jim Due Crawford - drums; Eugene Dozier - guitar; Clarence "Jockey" Etinne - drums; Al Foreman - guitar; Guitar Gable - guitar; Laura Graven - coordination; Cornelius Green - composer; Curtis Grossley - composer, piano; Guitar Red - guitar; Jeff Hannusch - compilation producer, liner notes; Slim Harpo - composer, guitar, harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Burnell Hayney - drums; Silas Hogan - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; T. House - composer; Tom House - composer; James Johnson - guitar; L. Johnson - composer; Lazy Lester - harmonica, percussion, performer, primary artist; Lightnin' Slim - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Little Sonny - harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Lonesome Sundown - performer, primary artist; Bobby McBride - bass; Jerry "Boogie" McCain - composer, harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Roosevelt McCain - percussion; U.J. Meaux - organ; J.D. Miller - composer; Tal Miller - piano; Vincent Monroe - primary artist; James Moore - composer; Tom Moulton - mastering; Ole Sonny Boy - harmonica, primary artist, vocals; William Parker - sax (tenor); Fats Perrodin - bass; Rudolph Richard - guitar; Paul Santos - art direction; Schoolboy Cleve - harmonica, performer, primary artist; Jimmie Sheffield - drums; Dana Smart - producer; Moses Smith - composer; Whispering Smith - harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Mitch Steele - coordination; Guitar Taylor - bass; Merton Thibodeaux - piano; Rufus Thibodeaux - 6-string bass, bass; Greg Vaughn - mastering; Monroe Vincent - vocals; Baby Boy Warren - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Sonny Boy Warren - performer, primary artist; Washboard Willie - washboard; Jerry West - composer; Ulysses Williams - guitar; Sonny Boy Williamson II - primary artist; Sonny Boy Williamson I - harmonica, performer, primary artist; Aaron Willis - composer; Michael Wilson - photography.
Tracks: 1) Ponderosa Stomp - Lazy Lester; 2) Moody Blues - Slim Harpo; 3) I'm Him - Schoolboy Cleve / Lightnin' Slim; 4) Santa Fe - Sonny Boy Williamson II / Sonny Boy Williamson I / Baby Boy Warren; 5) Love Shock - Little Sonny; 6) Things Ain't Right - Jerry "Boogie" McCain; 7) If I Had My Life to Live Over - Vincent Monroe; 8) Lonesome La La - Sylvester Buckley / Silas Hogan; 9) You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy; 10) If You Think I've Lost You - Lazy Lester; 11) Winter Time Blues - Lazy Lester / Lightnin' Slim; 12) Trying to Please - Jerry "Boogie" McCain; 13) Storm in Texas (AKA Texas Flood) - Whispering Smith; 14) Frankie and Johnny - Jimmy Anderson; 15) Snoopin' Around - Slim Harpo; 16) I Told My Little Woman - Lazy Lester; 17) Don't Say a Word - Lazy Lester / Lonesome Sundown; 18) Bring Me My Machine Gun - Sonny Boy Williamson II / Sonny Boy Williamson I / Baby Boy Warren / Sonny Boy Warren; 19) I'll Love You Baby - Little Sonny; 20) Hound Dog Twist - Whispering Smith.
Release Date: October 20, 1998.
Recording Time: 51 minutes.
Recording Date: 1954 - August 15, 1970.
Styles: Blues Revival, Detroit Blues, Electric Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Harmonica Blues, Juke Joint Blues, Louisiana Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Regional Blues, Swamp Blues.
Hip-O's fourth volume of rarities from the Excello catalog shines the light on the harmonica heroes that proliferated on the label back in the '50s and early '60s. Lazy Lester shows up on four tracks, featured as a leader on "If You Think You've Lost Me," "Ponderosa Stomp" and "I Told My Little Woman" and backing Lightnin' Slim on "Wintertime Blues." Slim Harpo's two instrumentals "Buzzin'" and "Snoopin' Around" are on board, along with a pair from Jerry McCain, "Trying to Please" and "Things Ain't Right." In the rarities department, the inclusion of Baby Boy Warren's "Santa Fe" and "Bring Me My Machine Gun" (with Sonny Boy Williamson on harp) along with both sides of Little Sonny's Excello single ("Love Shock" and "I'll Love You Baby") and the impossibly rare "You Better Change" by the mysterious Ole Sonny Boy raise the ante in that sweepstakes. Lightnin' Slim with Schoolboy Cleve's "I'm Him," Jimmy Anderson's "Frankie & Johnny," Vincent Monroe's "If I Had My Life to Live Over," Silas Hogan's "Lonesome La La" (featuring Sylvester Buckley) and a pair from Whispering Smith complete the collection. - Review by Cub Koda.
Credits: Ernest Ambrose - bass; Jimmy Anderson - harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Ed Brooks - piano; Austin Broussard - drums; Sammy K. Brown - drums; Sylvester Buckley - harmonica, performer, primary artist; Eddie "Guitar" Burns - guitar; Isaiah Chatman - guitar; Bobby Christian - guitar; Chris Collins - guitar; Jim Due Crawford - drums; Eugene Dozier - guitar; Clarence "Jockey" Etinne - drums; Al Foreman - guitar; Guitar Gable - guitar; Laura Graven - coordination; Cornelius Green - composer; Curtis Grossley - composer, piano; Guitar Red - guitar; Jeff Hannusch - compilation producer, liner notes; Slim Harpo - composer, guitar, harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Burnell Hayney - drums; Silas Hogan - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; T. House - composer; Tom House - composer; James Johnson - guitar; L. Johnson - composer; Lazy Lester - harmonica, percussion, performer, primary artist; Lightnin' Slim - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Little Sonny - harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Lonesome Sundown - performer, primary artist; Bobby McBride - bass; Jerry "Boogie" McCain - composer, harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Roosevelt McCain - percussion; U.J. Meaux - organ; J.D. Miller - composer; Tal Miller - piano; Vincent Monroe - primary artist; James Moore - composer; Tom Moulton - mastering; Ole Sonny Boy - harmonica, primary artist, vocals; William Parker - sax (tenor); Fats Perrodin - bass; Rudolph Richard - guitar; Paul Santos - art direction; Schoolboy Cleve - harmonica, performer, primary artist; Jimmie Sheffield - drums; Dana Smart - producer; Moses Smith - composer; Whispering Smith - harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Mitch Steele - coordination; Guitar Taylor - bass; Merton Thibodeaux - piano; Rufus Thibodeaux - 6-string bass, bass; Greg Vaughn - mastering; Monroe Vincent - vocals; Baby Boy Warren - guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Sonny Boy Warren - performer, primary artist; Washboard Willie - washboard; Jerry West - composer; Ulysses Williams - guitar; Sonny Boy Williamson II - primary artist; Sonny Boy Williamson I - harmonica, performer, primary artist; Aaron Willis - composer; Michael Wilson - photography.
Tracks: 1) Ponderosa Stomp - Lazy Lester; 2) Moody Blues - Slim Harpo; 3) I'm Him - Schoolboy Cleve / Lightnin' Slim; 4) Santa Fe - Sonny Boy Williamson II / Sonny Boy Williamson I / Baby Boy Warren; 5) Love Shock - Little Sonny; 6) Things Ain't Right - Jerry "Boogie" McCain; 7) If I Had My Life to Live Over - Vincent Monroe; 8) Lonesome La La - Sylvester Buckley / Silas Hogan; 9) You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy; 10) If You Think I've Lost You - Lazy Lester; 11) Winter Time Blues - Lazy Lester / Lightnin' Slim; 12) Trying to Please - Jerry "Boogie" McCain; 13) Storm in Texas (AKA Texas Flood) - Whispering Smith; 14) Frankie and Johnny - Jimmy Anderson; 15) Snoopin' Around - Slim Harpo; 16) I Told My Little Woman - Lazy Lester; 17) Don't Say a Word - Lazy Lester / Lonesome Sundown; 18) Bring Me My Machine Gun - Sonny Boy Williamson II / Sonny Boy Williamson I / Baby Boy Warren / Sonny Boy Warren; 19) I'll Love You Baby - Little Sonny; 20) Hound Dog Twist - Whispering Smith.