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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. I'm A Country Boy - Ivory Jackson ~ Various Artists
2. Purity Little Dolly (Doolie) - Clarence Garlow ~ Various Artists
3. Going Crazy Baby - Guitar Jr. ~ Various Artists
4. Broke & Hungry - Hop Wilson ~ Various Artists
5. Make Up My Mind - Little Bob ~ Various Artists
6. Need Shorter Hours - Lazy Lester/Katie Webster/Ashton Savoy ~ Various Artists
7. It Ain't Right - Lonesome Sundown/Clarence Garlow ~ Various Artists
8. Just Got To (Take A) Ride - Juke Boy Bonner ~ Various Artists
9. Wanna Do Me Wrong - Al Smith ~ Various Artists
10. Tin Pan Alley - Jimmy Wilson ~ Various Artists
11. I Got Fever - Charles "Mad Dog" Sheffield ~ Various Artists
12. Life's Journey ~ Various Artists
13. Honey Bee - Left Handed Charlie ~ Various Artists
14. Sunday Morning - Clarence Garlow ~ Various Artists
15. Trouble In My Home - Jimmy Wilson ~ Various Artists
16. Oh Ramona - Big Walter Price ~ Various Artists
17. Highway Back Home - Elton Anderson ~ Various Artists
18. I'm Going - Cookie & The Cupcakes ~ Various Artists
19. Please Stand By Me - Carol Fran ~ Various Artists
20. Too Tired - Elton Anderson ~ Various Artists
21. Let Me Hold Your Hand - Big Chenier ~ Various Artists
22. What In The World Are You Gonna Do - Katie Webster ~ Various Artists
23. Something Working Baby - Rockin' Sidney ~ Various Artists
24. Pretty Little Red Dress - Marcel Dugas & Wild Bill's Washboard Band ~ Various Artists
25. C-Key Blues - Little Latour's Sulphur Playboys ~ Various Artists
26. Catch That Train - Thaddus Declouet ~ Various Artists
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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Performers include: Lazy Lester, Lonesome Sundown, Katie Webster, Clarence Garlow, Big Chenier, Jimmy Wilson. |
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Liner Note Author: Shane Bernard. |
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Photographers: Armstrong; Paul Harris . |
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Unknown Contributor Roles: Pennie; Eddie Shuler; Dad Trent; Rod Reynaud; Katie Webster; Ashton Savoy. |
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The Goldband label is most known for the Cajun artists it recorded, such as Iry LeJeune and Cleveland Crochet, but it also put out releases by numerous blues musicians. These included some pretty respected, if secondary, blues notables like Lazy Lester, Lonesome Sundown, Juke Boy Bonner, Hop Wilson, and Katie Webster. They, and several much less familiar names, can be heard on this 26-song compilation of Goldband blues sides, mostly done in the 1950s and 1960s. The blues records done during this era at Jay Miller's studio in Crowley, LA. (by Slim Harpo especially) are justly more famous than the Goldband blues sides as far as Louisiana blues goes. But there was a different sound to the Goldband blues stable, although its studios were located just 50 miles to the west, particularly in the overlap with Texas blues, as Goldband's Lake Charles headquarters were close to the Texas border. There was also some spillover from zydeco and Cajun music, as Clarence Garlow, Thaddus Declouet, and Rockin' Sidney -- all represented on this anthology -- did some R&B and blues sides for Goldband, although they are principally zydeco artists. Cookie & the Cupcakes, who also have a track, are thought of more as a swamp-pop group than as a blues one. Most of this, however, is neither swamp pop nor zydeco-influenced, but fair though not wondrous electric blues/R&B of various shades, not too refined but not always that swampy either. Jimmy Wilson's "Trouble in My Home," for instance, sounds a little like the minor-keyed anguished blues of early Otis Rush, though he lacks Rush's superb guitar and vocal skills. The CD is worth investigating for those who are heavily into Louisiana R&B of the 1950s and 1960s, and on the lookout for some variations from the usual regional stew that aren't so well known. ~ Richie Unterberger |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 09/15/1993 |
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Original Release Date : 1994 |
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Catalog ID : 427 |
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Label : Ace (Label) |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Mixed |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00029667142724 |
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