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Title: Los Angeles Rhythm & Blues 1944-54 (2CD)

Label: Acrobat

Cat No:ADDCD3022
Format:CD

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Los Angeles Blues can to all intents and purpose also be called West Coast Blues or even California Blues. For the purpose of this compilation we have used the former, simply because every track was cut in the city of Los Angeles. Just about all of the genre's main practitioners came to prominence in the city even if they were not actual natives of the state. Due to the huge influx of immigrants to work in the munitions plants for the war effort during the early Forties the city became host to a great many Texans as well as mid westerners. The guitar style of Los Angeles blues was almost entirely formulated by Texans, led by T- Bone Walker. Other influential musicians included Oklahomans, Lowell Fulson and Jay McShann, although as an actual style it is perhaps more piano-based and jazz-influenced than other regional types. The vocalists who exemplify the genre were in the main smooth and urbane, influenced no doubt by the pop stylings of Nat King Cole and several other vocalists from the Big Band era - Cecil Gant, quickly followed by Charles Brown and Amos Milburn, were the leading lights. Los Angeles was also home to numerous small jump blues outfits and due to the city’s huge nightclub opportunities many of these bands ended up taking permanent residence there.

Track Listing for Los Angeles Rhythm & Blues 1944-54 (2CD)

CD1

Midnight On Central Avenue CECIL GANT

Flying Homes Pts 1 & 2 ILLINOIS JACQUET

Drifting Blues JOHNNY MOORE'S 3 BLAZERS

Blues In Los Angeles CECIL GANT

Voodoo Woman JAY McSHAN w/ JIMMY WITHERSPOON

When I'm In My Tea JO JO ADAMS

Saturday Night Fish Fry EDDIE WILLIAMS

Guitar In My Hand CLARENCE GATEMOUTH BROWN

Strange Woman Blues JAY McSHAN w/ JIMMY WITHERSPOON

Mississippi Blues FLOYD DIXON

Chicken Shack Boogie AMOS MILBURN

Courtroom Blues JOHNNY OTIS

Woman Don't Want A Good Man No More EARL JACKSON

Bowlegged Boogie VIVIAN GREENE

He's The Man (He's Tall & Cool) VIVIAN GREENE

B&O Blues CHARLES BROWN

When A Man Has The Blues SMILEY TURNER

Rocket Boogie 88 Pt 2 PETE JOHNSON

This Joints Too Hip For Me BETTY HALL JONES

Everyday I Have The Blues LOWELL FULSON

Lonely Boy Blues SMILEY TURNER

Beer Drinking Baby BILLY VALENTINE

Wine-O-Baby Boogie BIG JOE TURNER

Bad Bad Whiskey AMOS MILBURN

Great Big Mama SMOKEY HOGG

CD2

What's Good For One Is Good For All CHUCK NORRIS

Black Night CHARLES BROWN

The Hustle Is On T BONE WALKER

Chica-Boo LLOYD GLENN

Safronia B CALVIN BOZE

Kinda Sick Kinda Worried CHUCK NORRIS

I Got Loaded PEPPERMINT HARRIS

When It Rains It PoursPEE WEE CRAYTON

Kissa Me baby RAY CHARLES

Pork Chops and Mustard Greens ERNIE ANDREWS

High Scool baby FRANKIE ERVIN

Daybreak PEE WEE CRAYTON

Let Me Go Home Whiskey AMOS MILBURN

West Coast Blues J.D.EDWARDS

The Candles Burning Low JOHNNY OTIS

Lovin A Married Woman EARL BROWN

Brwonskin Butterball JOHNNY OTIS

Unlucky Man MEL WALKER

Good Good Whiskey AMOS MILBURN

Pachuko Hop IKE CARPENTER

Feelin' Mighty Lonesome MEL WALKER

They Were Doin The Mambo JOE LIGGINS

Yeah Yeah Yeah JOE LIGGINS

I Ain't Drunk JIMMY LIGGINS

No More Alcohol JIMMY LIGGINS

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