Too Poor - Detroit Jr.
(Emery Williams, Jr., Arc Music Corp., BMI).
Recorded May, 1960.
Personnel: Detroit Jr. (Emery Williams, Jr.) (vocal-piano); Johnny Board (tenor sax); Unknown (saxes); Eddie King (guitar); Willie Dixon (bass); Fred Below (drums); Little Mac, Georgia Hinton (background vocals); Originally Chess single 1772.
Previously unreleased on U.S. album.
An interesting and very different outing, Detroit Jr.'s "Too Poor" was cut in May of 1960. Detroit Jr., whose real name was Emery Williams Jr., was a native of Haynes, Arkansas where he was born in 1931; his post-Chess singles for several small Chicago labels continued to appear as late as 1967.
(Emery Williams, Jr., Arc Music Corp., BMI).
Recorded May, 1960.
Personnel: Detroit Jr. (Emery Williams, Jr.) (vocal-piano); Johnny Board (tenor sax); Unknown (saxes); Eddie King (guitar); Willie Dixon (bass); Fred Below (drums); Little Mac, Georgia Hinton (background vocals); Originally Chess single 1772.
Previously unreleased on U.S. album.
An interesting and very different outing, Detroit Jr.'s "Too Poor" was cut in May of 1960. Detroit Jr., whose real name was Emery Williams Jr., was a native of Haynes, Arkansas where he was born in 1931; his post-Chess singles for several small Chicago labels continued to appear as late as 1967.