Post War Blues, Soul & Rock. 1945 - 1975

[majormajor]

Excellent stuff, Mystic.

Here's one of my faves by Solomon...a 1963 single.

[video=youtube;LTH8aCbTDIk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTH8aCbTDIk[/video]

 

[Mystic]

Good one, MM

I'm always a little surprised that more people, in their teens at that time, don't remember that one...

 

[majormajor]

A nice 1964 Bert Burns production that sounds alot like the Drifters.

In fact, they later recorded it! But Solomon did it first.......

[video=youtube;1L7ZlNQ4hXA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L7ZlNQ4hXA[/video]

 

[Mystic]

Now that's a new one on me.

 

[majormajor]

Here's a nice b-side from 1962...

[video=youtube;xXxr_qpNoF4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXxr_qpNoF4&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[majormajor]

Here's another guy who tended to get overshadowed by the covers made of his songs.

This 1962 original got covered by some band called the Beatles......

[video=youtube;2rHcvYa93sU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rHcvYa93sU[/video]

 

[Peacoat]

Yes, and Elvis covered Burning Love. He may have covered other songs by Arthur, but I can't think of any more right now.

Arthur started out in Florence, AL, then met up with Rick Hall who had started a recording studio just across the Tennessee River in Muscle Shoals. Later, Arthur moved to Nashville where he was a staff writer in the 1970s. He died there in the early 90s at the age of 53.

Thanks for posting this little remembered writer/performer.

 

[jack miranda]

Hi, guys:
I'm very late to this party, listening all the way through, learning a lot. I'd like to add one of my favorites. This is by no means the original version of this song, but, it is the first version I heard. It blew the doors off, the raw intensity of it. After more than forty years, this is still one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands: Paul Butterfield, "Born in Chicago".
[video=youtube;SBCEst6dWx4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBCEst6dWx4[/video]

G**da**it, that thing still takes off like a runaway train! Bloomfield's guitar smokes!

 

[Peacoat]

Thanks, Jack. One of my favorite bands as well. What you have pictured there is the "Herbs, Incense and Spices" album. I don't know what the actual name is, but the sign above the window (not pictured) advertises those substances.

All of the members are dead, except Elvin Bishop and Sammy Lay. Sammy recorded and toured with many of the greats, including Little Walter, Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters and Bob Dylan, to name a few. In fact, he was Dylan's drummer at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 when Dylan introduced (attempted to introduce?) electric rock for the first time.

Elvin is still around, and can occasionally be heard on the Blues Channel, #70.

And yes, Bloomfield is smokin' on the album. He was one of the finest of the white interpreters of blues guitar back then, and even today.

Edit Note: I said that Elvin Bishop and Sammy Lay were the only two surviving members of the band. Well, I forgot about Jerome Arnold, the bass player. Don't know if is still alive or not. Haven't heard of him in 30 years.

 

[Mystic]

50s Clyde McPhatter "Without Love". Another one I can listen to over and over. Elvis and Tom Jones among others tried it out but IMO Clyde was by far the best.
[video=youtube;Z3411zWLBdw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3411zWLBdw[/video]

 

[majormajor]

Good one, Mystic.

Here's a fave of mine by Mr McPhatter. A b-side from 1959....

Although credited to Clyde, the rest of the Drifters are on the recording.

[video=youtube;syFI6q69_X0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syFI6q69_X0[/video]

 

[HoosierDaddy]

[video=youtube;o3SXKLas-ko]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3SXKLas-ko[/video]

 

[Mystic]

That's a good one, HD.

Can't get any more of a Classic Blues sound than that.....

 

[majormajor]

Something a little more raucous. From 1967.....

[video=youtube;hJZtapfCEOY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJZtapfCEOY[/video]

 

[jamespowers]

[video=youtube_share;yLJQ1AQ4xDk]http://youtu.be/yLJQ1AQ4xDk[/video]

 

[jamespowers]

Something way out there:
[video=youtube_share;7kGPhpvqtOc]http://youtu.be/7kGPhpvqtOc[/video]

 

[majormajor]

Something way out there:
[video=youtube_share;7kGPhpvqtOc]http://youtu.be/7kGPhpvqtOc[/video]

That clip was filmed in Manchester, England.

In 1964, Roger Eagle, the DJ at the Twisted Wheel Club in Manchester had read in "R&B Scene" magazine that Screaming Jay was performing as resident MC/pianist in downtown Honolulu. Roger promptly started firing off letters to the club, hoping to persuade Jay to come to England. The staff at "R&B Scene" did the same. Eventually, their perseverance paid off and they heard from John Cahn, Jay's new manager. It was agreed that "R&B Scene" would plug the tour, and Jay would appear at the Twisted Wheel Club.

The dates took place on 20th February and 19th April, 1965. During that time, Granada Television, based in Manchester, made the clip.

Jay would have stayed longer, but a fall out with management, which resulted, allegedly, in Jay having a gun pressed to his head, caused him to leave the UK rather quickly.

As they say, that's showbusiness!!

Here's a dance track that was played down the Twisted Wheel Club in 1965....

[video=youtube;2SW2K5vFiCU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SW2K5vFiCU[/video]

 

[jamespowers]

That clip was filmed in Manchester, England.

In 1964, Roger Eagle, the DJ at the Twisted Wheel Club in Manchester had read in "R&B Scene" magazine that Screaming Jay was performing as resident MC/pianist in downtown Honolulu. Roger promptly started firing off letters to the club, hoping to persuade Jay to come to England. The staff at "R&B Scene" did the same. Eventually, their perseverance paid off and they heard from John Cahn, Jay's new manager. It was agreed that "R&B Scene" would plug the tour, and Jay would appear at the Twisted Wheel Club.

The dates took place on 20th February and 19th April, 1965. During that time, Granada Television, based in Manchester, made the clip.

Jay would have stayed longer, but a fall out with management, which resulted, allegedly, in Jay having a gun pressed to his head, caused him to leave the UK rather quickly.

As they say, that's showbusiness!!

Here's a dance track that was played down the Twisted Wheel Club in 1965....

Thank goodness Granada did too. It is one of the few remaining clips of a live performance of that song. A friend of mine saw Screaming Jay live in concert many years ago and said that Jay did it just as it was in that clip. The full make up and character too. I have a clip of an interview Screwaming Jay did in the 1980s that has some very interesting insight into who he was. He was a great performer and didn't disappoint one bit.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Etta James had mayn songs that I like better than "At Last"
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbkb1ZCGycY[/video]

 

[majormajor]

Thank goodness Granada did too. It is one of the few remaining clips of a live performance of that song. A friend of mine saw Screaming Jay live in concert many years ago and said that Jay did it just as it was in that clip. The full make up and character too. I have a clip of an interview Screwaming Jay did in the 1980s that has some very interesting insight into who he was. He was a great performer and didn't disappoint one bit.

Here's the front cover of the definitive history of the Twisted Wheel Club, with Mr Hawkins, coming down the stairs into cellar, on the front cover!