Diese Box zeigt die "schmutzige und zweideutige" Seite des Rhythm & Blues und Rock & Roll. Aber immer ist die Musik eindeutig hervorragend.
Um es auf den Punkt zu bringen: Rock & Roll ist in der "Schwarzen" Musikgeschichte des Rhythm & Blues, eigentlich eine Umschreibung für Sex. Schon die ersten vier Titel dieser 10-CD-BOX sind auch für "Nicht-Anglistiker" aussagekräftig genug um das Thema "Sex & Drugs & Alcohol" zu erfassen. Im Übrigen fand das Thema Alkohol (wie man hier vereinzelt hören kann) auch seinen Weg in die C&W-Musikszene. SIXTY MINUTE MAN - THE DOMINOES erzählt von einem Mann der "ES" eine Stunde lang kann. SWEET MARIJUANA BROWN - BARNEY BIGARD hier spricht der Titel für sich. WHEN I GET DRUNK - EDDIE "CLEANHEAD" VINSON lässt keine Fragen offen. SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL - BIG JOE TURNER ist ein weiterer zweideutiger Titel mit einigen eindeutigen Anspielungen. Für die späteren Versionen von Bill Haley und Elvis Presley wurde der Text für die "Weiße" Jugend vorsichtshalber entschärft. Ein anderes Beispiel für anrüchige Texte in der R&BSzene waren die Songs von Hank Ballard & The Midnighters "WORK WITH ME ANNIE" und die "logische" Folge "ANNIE HAD A BABY", hier wird schnell klar was der Mann mit dem Wort "Work" eigentlich meint. Diese beiden Titel waren offensichtlich so beliebt, dass eine Antwort von Etta James "THE WALLFLOWER (DANCE WITH ME HENRY)" ebenfalls eine Nummer 1 landen konnte. Aus "Work" wurde "Dance" doch die Anspielung bleibt ebenso zweideutig. Merke: Auch eher unverfängliche Worte wie "Work" - "Dance" - "Roll" - "Rock" usw. können in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang eine "etwas andere" Bedeutung haben. mit diesem Wissen muss man nicht lange überlegen, was wohl eine "LOLLIPOP MAMA" bei ROY BROWN so treibt. Man kann allein schon beim flüchtigen Lesen der Titelzeilen erkennen um welches Laster es in dem jeweiligen Song geht. Diese Songs sind maßgebend für den Rest dieser Box. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei aber klar beim Alkohol und beim Sex. Über Drogen hat man seinerzeit noch nicht so freizügig gesungen. Neben den Texten gibt es aber immerhin auch die erdige Musik, die es mit einigen Titeln in die amerikanischen Rhythm&Blues-Charts schaffte. Viele namhafte Interpreten (-innen) waren sich nicht zu schade heikle, zweideutige oder gar schmutzige Gesänge in Rillen pressen zu lassen: Cab Calloway, Dinah Washington, The Ink Spots, Champion Jack Dupree, Brownie McGhee, John Lee Hooker - sie alle und viele andere haben ein eigenes musikalisches Genre geschaffen.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
CD 1
1. THE DOMINOES - Sixty Minute Man (Ward / Marks) 1951 # 1 2.31
2. BARNEY BIGARD - Sweet Marijuana Brown (Feather / Feather) 1945 2.52
3. EDDIE "CLEANHEAD" VINSON - When I Get Drunk (Vinson / Sample / Henderson) 1948 2.43
4. BIG JOE TURNER - Shake, Rattle and Roll (Calhoun) 1954 # 1 3.00
5. HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS - Work With Me Annie (Ballard) 1954 # 1 2.46
6. HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS - Annie Had a Baby (Ballard / Glover / Nathan) 1954 # 1 2.42
7. ETTA JAMES - The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) (James/Otis/Ballard) 1955 # 1 2.23
8. STICK McGHEE & THE BUDDIES - Drinkin¿ Wine Spoo Dee O Dee (McGhee / Williams) 1949 # 2 3.10
9. SARAH VAUGHAN - You Go to My Head (Coots / Gillespie) 1946 3.04
10. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW & HIS ORCHESTRA - My Ding-A-Ling (Bartholomew / Rhodes) 1953 2.15
11. SAM THEARD - Lead Me Daddy Straight to the Bar (Theard) 1943 2.54
12. ANNISTEEN ALLEN - I Want a Man (Who¿s Gonna Do Right) (Millinder / Thompson) 1946 2.53
13. THE INK SPOTS - That Cat Is High (Williams) 1938 2.48
14. CAB CALLOWAY - Reefer Man (Robinson / Razaf) 1932 2.52
15. LUCKY MILLINDER - Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well (Millinder / Brooks / DeLange) 1945 # 1 3.00
16. BULL MOOSE JACKSON - I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well (Jackson) 1946 # 4 2.45
17. JIMMY WITHERSPOON & JAY McSHANN - Bar Fly Blues (Tennyson) 1947 2.33
18. MAE GLOVER - Gas Man Blues (Glover / Byrd) 1929 2.47
19. HARRY GIBSON - Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy¿s Ovaltine (Gibson) 1946 3.07
20. THURSTON HARRIS - I Got Loaded (At Smokey Joe¿s) (Harris) 1956 1.53
Total Time 55.18
CD 2
1. GENE PHILLIPS & HIS RHYTHM ACES - Stinkin¿ Drunk (Phillips / Josea) 1948 3.03
2. STUFF SMITH - Here Comes the Man With the Jive (Smith / Palmer) 1936 3.02
3. COW COW DAVENPORT - I¿m Gonna Tell You in Front - So You Won¿t Feel Hurt Behind 3.23
(Davenport) 1929
4. AMOS MILBURN - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (Toombs) 1953 # 2 3.17
5. SMILEY LEWIS - One Night of Sin (King / Bartholomew) 1956 # 11 2.25
6. BARBECUE BOB - She Shook Her Gin (Hicks) 1930 3.11
7. THE DRIFTERS - Such a Night (Chase) 1954 # 2 2.30
8. THE TRENIERS - Poon-Tang (Ross / Adler) 1952 2.38
9. SPIKE JONES - Clink, Clink, Another Drink (Casrling / Ohman) 1942 2.23
10. MEMPHIS MINNIE - My Butcher Man (McCoy) 1934 2.59
11. HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS - Sexy Ways (Ballard) 1954 # 2 2.27
12. OTIS BLACKWELL - Daddy Rollin¿ Stone (Blackwell) 1953 2.42
13. ANNISTEEN ALLEN - My Baby Keeps Rollin¿ (Glover / Weismantel) 1953 2.33
14. EDDIE VINSON - Juice Head Baby (Williams / Daylie) 1945 3.10
15. SHEP TINGLE - Let¿s Turn ¿Em On Tonight (Tingle) 1952 2.12
16. WALTER DAVIS - Poor Grinder Blues (Davis) 1934 2.41
17. BIG MAYBELLE - So Good to My Baby (Kirkland) 1952 2.33
18. BO CARTER - Don¿t Mash My Digger So Deep (Chatman) 1937 2.57
19. THE FIVE ROYALES - My Baby Takes All of Me (Camp) 1952 2.35
20. WARDELL GRAY QUARTET - Stoned (Gray) 1948 2.49
Total Time 55.49
CD 3
1. JIMMY McCRACKLIN - I Wanna Make Love to You (McCracklin) 1955 2.28
2. GEORGIA TOM & JANE LUCAS - What¿s That I Smell (Dorsey / Lucas) 1931 2.37
3. JO JO ADAMS - When I¿m in My Tea (Adams) 1946 3.17
4. JOHNNY OTIS - Ain¿t Nothin¿ Shakin¿ (Burnette) 1949 2.28
5. THE SWALLOWS - Bicycle Tilly (Weismantel) 1953 2.34
6. TODD RHODES - Your Daddy¿s Doggin¿ Around (Glover / Mann / Kay) 1951 2.39
7. R. T. HANEN - She¿s Got Jordan River in Her Hips (Hanen) 1931 2.52
8. DINAH WASHINGTON - I Know How to Do It (Feather) 1953 3.12
9. MABEL SCOTT - Wailin¿ Daddy (Leiber / Stoller) 1952 2.47
10. DIRTY RED - Mother Fuyer (Dirty Red) 1947 2.28
11. MILT TRENIER & HIS SOLID SIX - Squeeze Me (Leiber / Stoller) 1953 2.53
12. SMILEY LEWIS - Real Gone Lover (Lewis) 1955 2.27
13. TERRY TIMMONS - Mister Low Love (Biggs) 1952 2.34
14. WALTER BROWN & JAY McSHANN - Hootie¿s Ignorant Oil (McShann / Anderson) 1942 2.42
15. PINEY BROWN - How About Rocking With Me (Brown) 1950 2.23
16. ROY BROWN - Lollipop Mama (Brown) 1947 2.19
17. DOROTHY BAKER - Steady Grinding Blues (Baker / Sykes) 1934 2.33
18. ANNISTEEN ALLEN - She Lost Her Re-Bop (Millinder / Nathan) 1946 3.00
19. BEVERLEY WRIGHT - Kissin¿ Boogie (Leiber / Stoller) 1952 2.17
20. BUSTER BENNETT TRIO - Reefer Head Woman (Bennett / Melrose / Gillum) 1945 2.49
Total Time 53.40
CD 4
1. CARL RAFFERTY - Dresser With the Drawers (Sykes / Rafferty) 1934 3.36
2. BLUE LU BARKER - Buy Me Some Juice (Barker) 1946 2.27
3. JIMMY McCRACKLIN - Rockin¿ All Day (McCracklin / Taub) 1950 2.43
4. DINAH WASHINGTON - Long John Blues (George) 1949 # 3 3.10
5. WYNONIE HARRIS - Keep On Churnin¿ (Till the Butter Comes) (Harris) 1952 2.56
6. JESSE JAMES - Sweet Petunia (Weaver) 1936 3.04
7. BOBBY MERRELL - I Ain¿t Mad At You (Moore) 1955 2.42
8. JACK McVEA & HIS ALL STARS - Wine-O (Mosley) 1945 3.02
9. TERRY TIMMONS - He¿s the Best in the Business (Singleton) 1953 2.44
10. EUNICE DAVIS - Work Daddy, Work (Davis) 1951 3.01
11. JESSE POWELL & HIS ORCHESTRA - The Walkin¿ Blues (Powell / Bass) 1951 voc. Flutty Hunter 2.54
12. THE FIVE ROYALES - I Like It Like That (Pauling) 1954 2.53
13. BULL MOOSE JACKSON - I Want a Bow-Legged Woman (Nix / Glover) 1951 3.05
14. LUCILLE BOGAN - Struttin¿ My Stuff (Bogan) 1931 2.50
15. PAULA WATSON - I Love to Ride (Campbell) 1953 2.32
16. CHARLES BROWN & THE THREE BLAZERS - Snuff Dippin¿ Mama (Hairston / Moore) 1948 2.45
17. H-BOMB FERGUSON - I Love My Baby (Ferguson) 1950 2.50
18. JIMMY PRESTON & BURNETTA EVANS - Rock With It Baby (Moore / Valentine / Miller) 1951 2.36
19. KING PERRY & HIS ORCHESTRA - Vaccinate Me, Baby (Perry) 1953 2.37
20. JOHN LEE HOOKER - Too Much Boogie (Hooker / Taub) 1953 3.00
Total Time 57.29
CD 5
1. WYNONIE HARRIS - I Like My Baby¿s Pudding (Mann / Bernard) 1950 # 5 2.43
2. BILLY WARD & THE DOMINOES - Can¿t Do Sixty No More (Ward) 1955 2.34
3. THE FIVE KEYS - Serve Another Round (Toombs) 1952 2.34
4. MOOAH - All Shook Out (Mattis) 1953 2.50
5. JIMMIE GORDON - Little Red Dress (Mary Usta Wear) (Gordon) 1936 2.53
6. ROY BROWN - Good Rockin¿ Man (Brown) 1951 3.00
7. THE SULTANS - Lemon Squeezing Daddy (Gorham) 1951 2.29
8. MILT BUCKNER & HIS BEALE STREET GANG - Red, Red Wine (Buckner) 1951 2.33
9. VARETTA DILLARD - Merrcy, Mister Percy (Kirkland) 1953 2.49
10. VICTORIA SPIVEY - One Hour Mama (Spivey) 1937 2.44
11. WYNONIE HARRIS - All She Wants to Do Is Rock (Harris) 1949 # 1 2.33
12. JULIA LEE & HER BOYFRIENDS - Do You Want It (Smith) 1949 2.34
13. BIG JOE TURNER - I Got Love for Sale (Turner) 1946 2.37
14. BULL MOOSE JACKSON - Big Ten-Inch Record (Weismantel) 1952 2.14
15. BILLY WRIGHT - New Way of Lovin¿ (Wright) 1951 2.44
16. ROOSEVELT SYKES - Hard Lead Pencil (Sykes) 1937 2.56
17. RAY MILTON - Big Fat Mama (Millinder / Simon) 1951 2.46
18. WYNONIE HARRIS - Drinking Blues (Glover) 1952 2.45
19. PAULA WATSON - Hidin¿ in the Sticks (Brooks) 1948 2.52
20. CLYDE TERRELL - I Got Loaded (Nelson) 1951 2.32
Total Time 53.42
CD 6
1. TAMPA RED - Let Me Play With Your Poodle (Whitaker) 1942 2.37
2. LAURIE TATE - Rock Me, Daddy (Tate / Morris) 1950 2.31
3. LITTLE WILLIE LITTLEFIELD - Goofy Dust Blues (Canady / Bass) 1954 2.56
4. CALVIN BOZE - Working With My Baby (Boze) 1950 2.15
5. PETE LEWIS - Chocolate Pork Shop Man (Lewis) 1952 2.52
6. THE "5" ROYALES - Laundromat Blues (Medley) 1953 2.24
7. THE LAMPLIGHTERS - Ride, Jockey Ride (Harris) 1954 2.35
8. LITTLE BOY FULLER - Bed Springs Blues (Trice) 1947 2.46
9. BIG MAYBELLE - My Country Man (Kirkland / Wyche) 1952 2.36
10. JIMMY McCRACKLIN & HIS BLUES BLASTERS - Rock & Rye (Briant) 1948 2.52
11. BOB GADDY - Slow Down, Baby (Gaddy) 1951 2.44
12. STELLA JOHNSON - Don¿t Come Over (Scott / Johnson) 1936 2.52
13. LLOYD PRICE - Chee Koo Baby (Price) 1952 2.13
14. THE TOPPERS - Let Me Bang Your Box (McCrae / Wyche) 1954 2.44
15. SARAH DEAN - I Got Your Boogie (Dean) 1951 2.13
16. TOM ARCHIA & HIS ALL STARS - Whiskey Blues (Downfall Blues) (Archia) 1948 2.38
17. WYNONIE HARRIS - Lovin¿ Machine (Merritt / Lambert) 1951 2.28
18. GEORGIA PINE BOY - One More Greasing (McCoy) 1935 3.12
19. SONNY PARKER - She Sets My Soul on Fire (Parker) 1952 2.53
20. JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS - Whiskey, Gin and Wine (Liggins) 1951 2.33
Total Time 52.57
CD 7
1. CHAMPION JACK DUPREE - I¿m a Doctor for Women (Dupree) 1946 2.40
2. BROWNIE McGHEE - Auto Mechanic Blues (McGhee) 1947 2.57
3. BULL MOOSE JACKSON - Sneaky Pete (Nix) 1947 2.53
4. VARETTA DILLARD - So Many Ways (Glover) 1955 2.45
5. JIM WYNN - Fat Meat (Baxter / Wyan) 1947 2.34
6. DINAH WASHINGTON - Big Long Slidin¿ Thing (Thomas / Kirkland) 1954 2.59
7. COOTIE WILLIAMS - Mercenary Papa (Mack / Williams) 1949 2.16
8. MARYLIN SCOTT - I Got What My Daddy Likes (Scott) 1950 2.39
9. HOWLIN¿ WOLF - Ridin¿ in the Moonlight (Burnett / Taub) 1951 3.05
10. BOB MERRILL - I Should O¿Been Thinkin¿ Instead of Drinkin¿ (Williams / Jackson) 1947 2.45
11. ALONZO SCALES - My Baby Likes to Shuffle (Scales) 1955 2.36
12. RALPH WILLIS - Boar Hog Blues (Willis) 1948 2.41
13. RUTH BROWN - Daddy, Daddy (Toombs) 1952 2.48
14. ROY BROWN - Mighty, Mighty Man (Brown) 1947 2.27
15. THE BLENDERS - Don¿t Fuck Around With Love (Burns / DeMetrius) 2.51
16. CECIL GANT - We¿re Gonna Rock (Gant) 1950 2.16
17. LONNIE JOHNSON - Jelly Roll Baker (Johnson) 1948 2.42
18. BIG JOE TURNER - My Gal¿s a Jockey (Turner) 1946 # 6 3.14
19. RUBY SMITH - Port Wine Blues (Samuels) 1947 2.58
20. TODD RHODES - Rocket ¿69 (Glover / Mann) 1951 2.43
Total Time 54.52
CD 8
1. DOC POMUS - My Good Pott (Pomus) 1948 2.42
2. ERNIE ANDREWS - Green Gin (Greene) 1945 2.11
3. CANDY RIVERS & JOE LIGGINS - Daddy on My Mind (Liggins) 1950 2.45
4. THE SHARPS & FLATS - I Knew He Would (Deerer) 1948 2.47
5. ED BARRON - Hey Miss Bertha (Barron) 1953 2.50
6. MISTER GOOGLE EYES - No Wine, No Women (August) 1951 2.28
7. CROWN PRINCE WATERFORD - Move Your Hand Baby (Waterford) 1948 2.24
8. HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS - Annie¿s Aunt Fannie (Ballard) 1954 # 10 2.50
9. MABEL SCOTT - Mister Fine (Scott) 1953 2.52
10. CALVIN BOZE & HIS ALL STARS - Stinkin¿ from Drinkin¿ (Boze) 1950 2.48
11. LITTLE ESTHER - The Deacon Moves in (Ward / Marks) 1951 2.47
12. JIMMY LIGGINS - I Can¿t Stop It (Liggins) 1952 2.57
13. DINAH WASHINGTON - Joy Juice (Washington / Daylie) 1946 2.51
14. THE MOONGLOWS - Ooh Rockin¿ Daddy (Fuqua) 1954 2.51
15. LITTLE WALTER - You¿re So Fine (Jacobs) 1953 3.05
16. JULIA LEE & HER BOYFRIENDS - Don¿t Come Too Soon (Elliot / Gomez) 1949 2.59
17. SARAH DEAN - Long Lean Daddy (Dean / Newton / Rose) 1951 2.21
18. ROY BROWN - Butcher Pete (Brown / Bernard) 1950 2.29
19. SAMMY COTTON - We¿re Gonna Ball This Mornin¿ (Cotton) 1952 JIMMY LIGGINS 2.24
20. WALTER BROWN - Sloppy Drunk (Brown / McShann) 1947 2.46
Total Time 54.10
CD 9
1. DINAH WASHINGTON - Juice Head Man of Mine (Smith / Stone / Washington) 1950 2.43
2. DAVE BARTHOLOMEW - Who Drank My Beer While I Was in the Rear (Austin) 1952 2.51
3. DOROTHY ELLIS - Drill, Daddy Drill (Darnell / DeLagarde) 1952 2.57
4. ROBERT HENRY - Something¿s Wrong With My Little Machine (Henry) 1953 2.53
5. JIMMY WITHERSPOON - Drunk, Broke and Hungry (Witherspoon) 1949 2.33
6. WALTER DAVIS - Sloppy Drunk Again (Bogan) 1935 3.04
7. BUDDY BANKS SEXTETTE - I Need It Bad (Banks) 1945 2.40
8. THE MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE - Hangover Blues (Stevenson) 1953 2.39
9. DANNY TAYLOR - Coffee Daddy Blues (Kirkland) 1952 2.39
10. WYNONIE HARRIS - Drinkin¿ By Myself (Harris) 1946 2.39
11. PEARL TAYLOR - Jive I Like (Taylor) 1945 2.39
12. JIM REEVES - Drinking Tequila (Center) 1955 2.45
13. FATS NOEL - Ride Daddy Ride (Noel) 1951 2.10
14. NAT "KING¿ COLE - Scotchin¿ With the Soda (Riley) 1941 2.31
15. THE ROYALES - Work With Me Annie (Ballard) 1954 2.51
16. ANDY REYNOLDS & HIS 101 RANCH BOYS - Beer Bottle Mama (Harp / Zinn) 1950 2.28
17. HANK THOMPSON - A Six Pack to Go (Thompson / Lowe / Hart) 1960 # 10 2.10
18. HELEN HUMES - I¿m Gonna Let Him Ride (Humes) 50 1.49
19. LUKE WILLS¿ RHYTHM BUSTERS - Shut Up and Drink Your Beer (Newman) 1947 2.48
20. BILLY VALENTINE - Beer Drinkin¿ Baby (Valentine) 1950 2.41
Total Time 52.34
CD 10
1. HOT LIPS PAGE TRIO - Thirsty Mama Blues (Feather) 1942 3.18
2. AMOS MILBURN - Pool Playing Blues (Cryor) 1948 2.41
3. CALVIN BOZE - Waiting and Drinking (Boze) 1950 2.30
4. COUSIN JOE - Weddin¿ Day Blues (Joseph / Reig) 1946 3.12
5. WYNONIE HARRIS - Bloodshot Eyes (Penny) 1951 # 6 2.43
6. ROSETTA HOWARD - Too Many Drivers (Broonzy) 1947 3.07
7. JIMMY LIGGINS - No More Alcohol (Liggins) 1954 2.31
8. JIMMY WITHERSPOON - Lush Head Woman (Witherspoon) 1949 2.38
9. CEE PEE JOHNSON BAND - The "G¿ Man Got the "T¿ Man (Johnson) 1946 3.11
10. FLOYD DIXON - Too Much Jelly Roll (Leiber / Stoller) 1951 3.03
11. LOUIS JORDAN - Whiskey Do Your Stuff (Henry) 1954 2.55
12. BO CARTER - Let¿s Get Drunk Again (Carter) 1938 3.18
13. WALTER BROWN - Gonna Play With Your Woman (Brown) 1949 2.08
14. TOM ARCHIA & HIS ALL STARS - Fishin¿ Pole (Bennett) 1947 2.47
15. AMOS MILBURN - Bad Bad Whiskey (Davis) 1954 2.55
16. TINY BRADSHAW - I¿m a Hi-Ballin¿ Daddy (Bradshaw / Nathan / Jones) 1951 2.33
17. LIGHTNIN¿ HOPKINS - Liqour Drinkin¿ Woman (Hopkins) 1946 2.54
18. THE BAILES BROTHERS - Whiskey Is the Devil (Bailes / Bailes) 1947 2.57
19. THE CATS & THE FIDDLE - Killin¿ Jive (Powell) 1939 2.50
20. JOHN LEE HOOKER - I¿m a Boogie Man (Hooker) 1953 2.17
Total Time 56.31
Klappentext
Diese Box zeigt die "schmutzige und zweideutige" Seite des Rhythm & Blues und Rock & Roll. Aber immer ist die Musik eindeutig hervorragend.
