Various Artists - The Birth of Modern Blues

Title: The Birth of Modern Blues Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 10/29/2002 Label: P-Vine Album Type(s): Various artists collection, lyrics/libretto UPC: 4995879054062 Genre: Blues Styles: Soul, Early R&B, Soul-Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Electric Blues, Texas Blues, Electric Memphis Blues, Memphis Blues, Retro-Soul Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Tennessee Woman :: Fenton Robinson
2. Crying Out Loud :: Fenton Robinson
3. Love at First Sight :: Little Milton
4. Let's Boogie Baby :: Little Milton
5. Let My Baby Be :: Little Milton
6. Oh My Little Baby :: Little Milton
7. Bad Woman Bad Whiskey :: The Blue Flames, Matt "Guitar" Murphy
8. You're My Angel :: The Blue Flames, Matt "Guitar" Murphy
9. Trouble and Me :: Earl Forest
10. I Can't Forgive You :: Earl Forest
11. I Wronged a Woman :: Earl Forest
12. Whole Heap of Mama :: Earl Forest
13. Sad and Lonely :: Earl Forest
14. Rumpus Romp :: Earl Forest
15. Midnight Hours Journey :: Johnny Ace
16. I Cried :: Johnny Ace
17. Love My Baby :: Bobby "Blue" Bland, Junior Parker
18. Crying All Night Long :: Bobby "Blue" Bland
19. Dry Up Baby :: Bobby "Blue" Bland
20. Good Lovin' :: Bobby "Blue" Bland
21. Drifting from Town to Town :: Bobby "Blue" Bland
22. Mistreated Woman :: B.B. King
23. B.B.'s Boogie :: B.B. King
24. The Other Night Blues :: B.B. King
25. Walkin' and Cryin' :: B.B. King

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD P-Vine 5406

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This surprisingly cohesive set collects the complete 1950s recordings of Fenton Robinson, Little Milton, Little Junior Parker, Earl Forest, Johnny Ace, and Bobby "Blue" Bland for the various Bihari Brothers labels (Meteor, Flair, and Modern) and adds four cuts from B.B. King's 1950 session for RPM Records. The result is a nice anthology of mostly uptown blues tracks highlighted by Robinson's impressive and soulful "Tennessee Woman," Forest's deliciously loose "Rumpus Romp," Bland's early signature tune "Drifting from Town to Town," and King's "B.B.'s Boogie," which finds the guitarist honking along joyously on a semi-improvised vamp. A young Matt Murphy is featured on guitar on Junior Parker's two sides. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits B.B. King Guitar, Vocals Bobby "Blue" Bland Vocals C.W. Tate Sax (Tenor) Earl Forest Vocals, Drums Fenton Robinson Vocals, Guitar Ike Turner Piano Johnny Ace Vocals, Piano Junior Parker Harmonica, Vocals L.C. Dranes Drums Larry Dale Bass Lawrence Taylor Sax (Baritone) Lawrence Walker Drums Leon Bennett Piano Little Milton Guitar, Vocals Matt "Guitar" Murphy Guitar Oliver Sain Sax (Alto) Phineas Newborn, Jr. Piano Raymond Hill Sax (Tenor) Willie Dotson Bass