DRIFTING SLIM/ Complete Recordings

 

 

DRIFTING SLIM (Elmon Mickle)  Complete Recordings

(as: Drifting Slim, Harmonica Harry, T-Model Slim, Elmon Mickle)

 

          

  Aujourd'hui bien oublié sauf des habituels cercles d'amateurs de blues, Driftin' Slim nous laisse cependant une oeuvre relativement étoffée et de grande qualité. 

            Né Elmon Mickle à Keo dans l'Arkansas le 24 février 1919, il a appris très jeune la guitare et l'harmonica, favorisant surtout ce dernier instrument sous l'influence de John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson qu'il rencontre à plusieurs reprises, qui lui montre comment souffler dans un harmonica et qui restera d'ailleurs son maître tout au long de sa carrière et dont il reprendra nombre de compositions.  Installé à Little Rock, Elmon joue avec les bluesmen locaux comme Robert Nighthawk, Rice Miller tout en travaillant aux chemins de fer de l'Arkansas. Il participe aussi à plusieurs émissions de radio, notamment avec les excellents harmonicistes de Country Music Lonnie Glosson et Wayne Raney dont il s'inspirera aussi. En 1952, Mickle forme son propre blues band local avec Junior Brooks, Baby Face Turner et Sunny Blair. Chargé par Joe Bihari et Sam Phillips de trouver des bluesmen de talent, c'est le tout jeune Ike Turner qui débusque Mickle et le fait enregistrer sous le nom bien plus évocateur de Drifting Slim. Les disques semblent s'être vendus modérément mais permettent cependant à Elmon d'élargir son audience et de se produire un peu partout dans le Sud. Pour avoir de meilleures conditions de vie et de travail, Mickle s'installe à Los Angeles en 1957

            Là, il enregistre sporadiquement sous son nom ou celui de T-Model Slim, en particulier une version de Flat foot Sam de T.V. Slim qui a un certain succès local. Mais pour l'essentiel, il grave des 45t pour de petits labels locaux, parfois sa propre compagnie fondée avec son amie Ernie Pruitt. Pour des raisons économiques, Slim joue essentiellement en solo, s'accompagnant lui-même à la guitare, à l'harmonica et à la batterie actionnée par les pieds et ne se produit guère que dans des réunions privées. C'est grâce à la ténacité de Bruce Bromberg, Henry Vestine, Bob Hite (des Canned Heat) ainsi que de Frank Scott que Elmon Mickle/ T-Model Slim/ Driftin' Slim est retrouvé, un peu abasourdi de l'intérêt que lui portent ces jeunes gens blancs. Mais cette "redécouverte" lui permet de relancer sa carrière, de se produire sur scène et d'enregistrer un album entier pour le producteur Pete Welding. Plusieurs projets afin de le faire tourner en Europe sont échafaudés mais atteint d'un cancer, Elmon Mickle doit y renoncer et décède le 17 septembre 1977 à Los Angeles.

            Nous avons réuni ici la quasi-totalité des excellents enregistrements réalisés par Slim-Mickle sous ses différents pseudonymes, à l'exception d'un titre Good morning little school girl (en rouge dans la discographie)... Si quelque lecteur les possède, une copie serait grandement appréciée.

            Cet article s'appuie largement sur celui de Frank Scott paru dans le n° 40 de Blues Unlimited (janvier 1967). Toutes les photos sont de Frank Scott

                                                           Gérard HERZHAFT

 

            A little bit forgotten today outside the usual blues buffs, Driftin' Slim leaves anyway a substantial enough recording works and certainly one of a high blues quality.

            Born Elmon Mickle on February, 24th 1919, he learned at a young age the guitar and the harmonica, his main instrument, under the very strong influence of John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson whom he met several times. This influence is particularly prevalent in his playing and his repertoire (many titles come from Sonny Boy's songbook). Living in Little Rock and working for the local railroad company, Elmon formed his own blues band with such great musicians like Junior Brooks, Baby Face Turner, Sunny Blair... and appeared quite often in local radio programmes, sometime alongside Country Music harp masters Lonnie Glosson and Wayne Raney. In 1952, Ike Turner, then a young talent scout for Joe Bihari and Sam Phillips went to Little Rock and decided to record Mickle, giving him the nickname Driftin' Slim. The records have gained a worldwide reputation today but at that time they went almost nowhere and Mickle/ Slim moved to California in 1957, seeking better paid job opportunities.

            There he will record sporadically for small outfits, sometimes his own and very often paying himself the studio fares and under different names like his own and T-Model Slim. One title, Flatfoot Sam that he borrowed to T.V. Slim enjoyed a small local airplay. But for the most part Mickle played for private parties and rarely appeared in clubs. And for economical reasons, he performed mostly as a one-man band, playing harp with a rack, guitar and a kit drums with his feet. It will take the interest of a bunch of young local blues fans, Henry Vestine and Bob Hite (from the blues-rock band Canned Heat), Bruce Bromberg and Frank Scott for Elmon to be "rediscovered" in 1966. He then appeared in several venues, recorded a whole album for Pete Welding. He had to tour Europe but a bad cancer prevented him to be able to do so. He died in Los Angeles on September 17th, 1977.

            We have gathered here (thanks to all who shared their records for that purpose) almost all his recording works. One title Good morning little school girl (in red in the discography) is still missing. Any copy would be strongly appreciated and would receive full credits.

            This article is largely based upon Frank Scott's excellent rendition of Slim career (Blues Unlimited n°40/ January 1967). All photos are by Frank Scott.

                                                           Gérard HERZHAFT

 

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca; Junior Brooks, g; Baby Face Turner, g; Bill Russell, dms. Little Rock, Ark. novembre 1951

01. My little machine

02. Down South blues

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca; Sunny Blair, hca; Ike Turner, pno; Baby Face Turner, g; Bill Russell, dms. Little Rock, Ark. mars 1952

03. Good morning baby (blues)

04. My sweet woman

05. Shout sister shout

06. You're an old Lady

07. I feel so good

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca; Phillip Walker, g; Bobby Tinsley, dms. Los Angeles, Ca. novembre 1959

08. Flat foot Sam

09. I got to get some money

10. Lonesome highway

11. Jackson blues

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca/g; Ernie Pruitt, vcl; dms. Los Angeles, Ca. 1960

12. Whatever you're doing, keep on doing to me

13. Short'n'fat

Drifting Slim, hca; Ernie Pruitt, vcl; band. Los Angeles, Ca. 1962

14. Short and fat

AC-DC Current Swingers & The Hooks Brothers, band; Elmon Mickle, hca on *. Los Angeles, Ca. 1964

15. Natural blues*

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca; Jack Wall, g; bs; dms. Los Angeles, Ca. 1966

16. Shake your boogie

Good morning little schoolgirl

17. Jackson, Tennessee

18. T-Model Ford

19. Burnt out

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca; Philip Walker, g; Adolph Jacobs, g; bs; Jesse Price, dms. Los Angeles, mai 1966

20. Somebody voodooed the hoodoo man

21. You're growing old Lady

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca; Little Boyd, hca; poss; Philip Walker, g; Ken Walk, g; bs; Jesse Price, dms. Los Angeles, Ca. juin 1966

22. Short and Fat

23. Woman's the glory of a man

24. 15 years my love was in vain

25. Take my hand

26. Flat Foot Sam always in a jam I

27. Flat Foot Sam always in a jam II

28. Oh baby

29. Sit there mama

30. Sir C Lee

31. Black gal

32. Whose mule is that in my stable?

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca/g/dms. Los Angeles, Ca. 3 décembre 1966

33. Jonah

34. How many more years?

35. Mama blues

36. I'm hunting somebody

37. Standing around crying

38. Jack o'Diamonds

39. This world is none of my home

40. A drip of snuff and a narrow escape

41. Till I got sixteen

42. My little machine

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca. Los Angeles, Ca. 13 janvier 1967

43. Slow train to Arkansas

44. T-Model and the train

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca; Jack Wall, g; Ike Parker, bs; Guy Jones, dms. Los Angeles, Ca. 26 juin 1967

45. Hoodoo man blues

46. Give an account

47. Mama don't tear my clothes

48. Christine blues

49. Jackson blues (Jackson, Tennessee)

Drifting Slim, vcl/hca; J.D. Nicholson, pno; Buddy Reed, g; Greg Schaefer, g; Jerry Smith, bs; Dick Innes, dms. Los Angeles, Ca. 16 novembre 1969

Don't start me to talkin' (unissued)

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NEW YORK CITY/ The Blues Yesterday/ Vol. 8

 

NEW YORK CITY/ The Blues Yesterday/ Volume 8

 

 

            It has been some time now that we have not been back to New York R&B ... the yesterday years of course. 

            This 8^th Volume opens with the great blues belter Dossie Terry (1921-1977) who, despite having continuously recorded between 1945 and 1959 is mostly an unkown. He recorded under the nickname Georgia Boy, indicating he was from this Southern State. His music is generally first rate R&B with great backing musicians like Rene Hall, Budd Johnson or Kenny Burrell. Despite our efforts and the help of the usual collectors, we have been unable to gather all his tracks, particularly his 1945-46 recordings. If anyone could fill those gapes and give more info about this very good artist, it would be much appreciated.

            Dallas Bartley (1916-1979) is much better known. Coming from Cave Springs (Mo) but growing in Springfield (Mo), Dallas learned violin, guitar, piano and bass at Springfield's Lincoln High School. He started a professional musical career as a featured bassist and songwriter in several bands like those of King Kolax, Earl Hines, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and particularly Louis Jordan, being in Jordan's Timpany Five band for

several years in the early 40's. Bartley formed his own band in New York City in 1943 and waxed a handful of records under his own name, also appearing on several movies and soundies. He was a regular at the Apollo Theatre, also touring the Southern States. He went back to Springfield in 1969, founded the Springfield Jazz Society. He died on 22^nd november 1979.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MApR-puzQwE

          

  Cecil Payne (1922-2007) is of course very well known in the jazz field as one of the best baritone saxophonist from the bebop era. He played in several jazz bands (Roy Eldridge, Dizzie Gillespie, Illinois Jacquet etc...), recorded with numerous jazzmen and also fronted his own band, recording several jazz albums. Like many of his peers, Payne started in a more R&B vein, his first records from 1949 even featuring the singer Howard Johnson, a nickname (for copyright reasons) for none other than Brownie Mc Ghee. 

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                               Gérard HERZHAFT

 

DOSSIE TERRY, vcl; Melba Pope, pno; band. New York City, 1945

01. Whiskey head woman

Furlough blues (this track can be heard through hwolf comment)

The O.P.A. blues (this track can be heard through hwolf comment)

Dortehea Dorethea boogie

Dossie Terry, vcl; pno; bs. New York City, 1946

02. She's alright

New Moon blues

Dossie Terry, vcl; Budd Johnson, t-sax; Rene Hall, g; Sterling Malone, g; Howard Biggs, pno; Abie Baker, bs; Kelly Martin, dms. New York City, 5-13 december 1951

03. Lost my head

04. When I hit the number

05. Sad sad affair

06. Didn't satisfy you

07. My love is gone

08. Twenty four years

Dossie Terry, vcl; Kelly Owens, pno; Gene Redd, vb; Kenny Burrell, g; Carl Pruett, bs; Cliff Leeman, dms. New York City, 18 july 1957

09. Thunderbird

10. I got a watch dog

Dossie Terry, vcl; band. New York City, novembre 1957

11. Railroad section man

12. You will be mine

Dossie Terry, vcl; band. New York City, mars 1958

13. Skinny Ginnyo

14. Fool mule

Dossie Terry, vcl; band. New York City, 1959

15. No other love

16. Come on

Four more titles by Dossie Terry, not listed in Blues Discography are provided by Ballas. See the comments section for those. Thanks a lot to Ballas.

DALLAS BARTLEY, vcl/bs; Bob Mosley, pno; Bob Merrill, tpt; Porter Gilbert, a-sax; Jack Parker, dms; band. New York City, 29 september 1944

17. Cherry red (vcl: Bob Merrill)

18. Cryin' and singin' the blues (vcl: Walter Fuller)

19. We gonna pitch a boogie woogie (vcl: Bob Merrill)

Dallas Bartley, bs; Bill Martin, tpt/vcl; Porter Kibley, a-sax; t-sax; Bob Mosley, pno; Hillard Brown, dms. Los Angeles, Ca. 1945

20. Sandin' Joe

Dallas Bartley, vcl/bs; Bil Martin, tpt; John Dungee, a-sax; Joshua Jackson, t-sax; Gideon Honore, pno; Earl Phillips, dms. New York City, 1946

21. The band that really comes on

22. They raided the joint

23. All ruzzit buzzit

24. Saint Louis blues (vcl: Annie Laurie)

Dallas Bartley, vcl/bs; band. Chicago, Ill. 25 november 1947

25. I lnow what it's all about

26. You're the greatest

CECIL PAYNE, b-sax; Irvin Stokes, tpt; Bruce Hinkson, t-sax; Billy Kyle, pno; Franklin Skeete, bs; Hayward Jackson, dms. New York City, 21 june 1949

27. Egg head

28. Hippy Dippy

29. Mo chops

Big Joe

Cecil Payne, b-sax; Brownie Mc Gee (as Henry Johnson), vcl on *; Leonard Hawkins, tpt; Ray Abrams, t-sax; Billy Taylor, pno; John Simmons, bs; Joe Harris, dms. New York City, 25 november 1949

30. Block buster boogie

31. Ham hocks

32. (The deacon says) The worst is yet to come*

33. Angel child*

DETROIT JUNIOR: Complete Early Recordings

 DETROIT Jr/ Complete Early Recordings

(New Links)

           

De l'Arkansas (où il est né à Haynes le 26 octobre 1931) à Detroit et Flint - un séjour qui lui donnera son surnom - puis Chicago en 1955, l'itinéraire d'Emery Williams Jr ne diffère guère de celui de la plupart des bluesmen de sa génération. Les années d'apprentissage passées dans les juke-joints du Sud laissent leur marque sur son jeu de piano, sans subtilités mais puissant et carré, ainsi que sur sa voix qui semble perpétuellement essayer de dissiper une brume épaisse de fumées et de vapeurs d'alcool. Son ton laconique fait encore davantage ressortir l'humour grinçant de la plupart de ses compositions.

            Pris sous l'aile protectrice d'Eddie Boyd dès son arrivée à Chicago dans les années 50, Detroit Jr devient un pilier des clubs de la ville. Il fait partie des orchestres de Morris Pejoe, Lefty Dizz, Little Mack Simmons et enregistre pour Bea & Baby, Chess, CJ, Palos plusieurs blues marquants dont certains sont des succès locaux: Money tree et le désopilant Call my job en 1965. Mais le Chicago blues de cette époque est en crise et seuls les grands noms vont réussir à survivre. Detroit Jr reprend son rôle d'accompagnateur dans divers groupes, en particulier derrière Howlin' Wolf. Le Blues Revival ne fait que l'effleurer malgré, en 1971, un excellent microsillon, Chicago urban blues, produit par Al Smith où Detroit Jr, en grande forme, est accompagné par le guitariste Mighty Joe Young. Cette verve est intacte sur les quatre titres que le pianiste enregistre en 1980 pour l'anthologie Living Chicago blues (Alligator).

            Par la suite, Detroit Jr a continué d'écumer les clubs de Chicago, parfois en compagnie du guitariste L.C. Roby, enregistrant encore quelques excellents albums, notamment Blues on the Internet, son dernier pour Delmark. Il décède le 9 août 2005 à Chicago.

            Tous nos remerciements pour Steve Wisner, Robert Barleigh. et Blues4Sale qui nous ont généreusement fourni les titres les plus rares de Detroit Jr.

                                                           Gérard HERZHAFT

            From Haynes, Arkansas (where he was born on 26 October, 1931) to Detroit and Flint where he get his nickname and where he worked three years in automobile plants to Chicago in 1955, Emery Williams Jr has followed the same path that many Chicago bluesmen. He learned the church organ at an early age and became a noted piano player in local juke joints. He will always keep his no-nonsense «barrelhouse» style of playing and his effective and fascinating voice, seeming always winning a hard battle against alcohol vapors and curls of smoke. All along his career he will also be able to write some first rate blues filled with a very personal wry and caustic humor.

            When in Chicago, Detroit Jr was taken under his wing by Eddie Boyd who introduced him in clubs and studios. During the 1950’s and 60’s Detroit Jr played with several bands (Morris Pejoe, Lefty Dizz, Little Mack Simmons) and recorded substantially for Bea & Baby, Chess, C.J., Palos, gaining local hits with Money tree or Call my job, two titles that have become blues classics until this day. But in the mid-60’s, the times were hard for the blues. Despite a very good LP for Al Smith, his solo career went nowhere and Jr found a better and steady job as a regular member of the Wolf Gang, behind Howlin’ Wolf and, after Wolf’s death, with Eddie Shaw’s Wolf Gang. He will have to wait the 1980’s and his excellent participation to Alligator’s legendary series Living Chicago Blues to resume his solo career, touring Europe quite often, staging on the main blues festivals and recordings several good albums whose the best might be his last for Delmark, Blues on the Internet. Detroit Jr died in Chicago on August 9th, 2005.

            A lot of thanks to Steve Wiseman, Robert Barleigh and Blues4Sale who have generously shared their very rare records.

                                                                       Gérard HERZHAFT

DETROIT Jr/ Early Recordings

Complete Recordings

Detroit Jr (Emery Williams Jr), vcl/pno; Little Mack Simmons, vcls; Eddie King, g/vcls; Bob Anderson, bs; Robert Whitehead, dms. Chicago, Ill. 18 février 1960

01. Money tree

02. So unhappy

Detroit Jr, vcl/pno; saxes; Eddie King, g; Willie Dixon, bs; Fred below, dms. Chicago, Ill. Mai 1960

03. Too poor

04. You mean everything to me

Detroit Junior, vcl/pno; Milton Bland, t-sax; Phil Upchurch, g/bs; Freddy Robinson, g/bs; Billy Davenport, dms; Harold Burrage, bells/sp. Chicago, Ill. 1960

05. This time for Xmas

06. Christmas day

Detroit Junior, vcl/pno; Johnny Campbelle, t-sax; saxes; band; The Troyettes, vcls. Chicago, ill. 1962

07. Money’s no problem

08. Different dances

Detroit Junior, vcl; saxes; James Wheeler, g; Lafayette Leake, pno; Johnny Howard, bs; dms. Chicago, Ill. 11 juillet 1964

09. Zig zag

10. I’ll find me another girl

11. Can't take it

12. Mother in law

13. Don't unpack

Detroit Junior, vcl/pno; Ike Perkins, g; band. Chicago, Ill. 29 mai 1965

14. Talk fast

15. It’s bad to make a woman mad

Detroit Junior, vcl/pno; Maria, vcls; Lonnie Brooks, g; bs; Harold Tidwell, dms. Chicago, Ill. juillet 1965

16. Call my job

17. The way I feel

Detroit Jr, vcl/pno; Fenton Robinson, g; Burgess Gardner, t-sax; Bob Anderson, bs Billy Davenport, dms. Chicago, Ill. 1966

18. All through with love

19. Come on in

Detroit Junior, vcl/pno; Lafayette Leake, pno; band; Louis Satterfield, bs. Chicago, Ill. 27 septembre 1967

20. Secret love

21. Young blood

Detroit Junior, vcl/pno; Mighty Joe Young, g; Little Mack Simmons, hca; Jimmy Richards, bs; Bill Warren, dms. Chicago, Ill. 1972

22. Money crazy

23. Windy city blues

24. Dance with me baby

25. So unhappy (1972)

26. Welfare blues

27. Don’t get in my shape

28. Call my job

29. My weakness is women

30. Alice

31. Christmas blues (1972)

CHICAGO/ The Blues Yesterday/ Volume 26

  

CHICAGO/ The Blues Yesterday/ Volume 26

 

 

           

Let's go back to our very popular series "Chicago/ The blues Yesterday"!

            For this 26^th Volume, we start with the great singer Arelean Brown (1924 – 1981) who enjoyed a local hit with her witty I'm a streaker. Born in Tchula, Ms from a very musical family that encompassed blues luminaries like Otis and Abe Smothers, Lee Shot Williams, George Brown (who played guitar with Howlin' Wolf), Arelean started singing professionally in Detroit where she would have first recorded sides hitherto unissued. She relocated in Chicago, got friend with Little Mack Simmons for whom she recorded a handful of 45s backed by first rate Chicago musicians like

Lonnie Brooks, L.V. Johnson and Scotty & The Rib Tips. Although she had to make a living outside music Arelean managed to play regularly in Chicago clubs and even tour the Southern States. Her untimely death from cancer prevented her to make more records and tour Europe where her singles were high praised with blues audiences. 

 
 I don't know very much about The Highway Man whose real name was/is (?) William Holland. A good impersonator of Howlin' Wolf he has recorded two singles of four Wolf's well known songs. He is backed by the good guitarist L.C. Roby who is reputed to be his son. According to Rob Ford, those tracks by The Highway Man are only part of a whole album which unfortunately has never been issued. Any more info about this artist and L.C. Roby would be very much needed.

             

Eddie Shaw (1937-2018) is a very well known and high rated singer, saxophone player, harp player, bandleader, composer who played with Howlin' Wolf for two decades and ran his band during the maestro's last years. After backing Ike Turner and Little Milton while still a teenager in Mississippi, Shaw joined Muddy Waters' band for some time in Chicago before teaming with Magic Sam (with whom he will record his first tracks under his own name) and then Howlin' Wolf. After the Wolf's death, Eddie Shaw kept his band together and toured the USA and Europe as The Wolf Gang, recording a vibrant tribute to the Bluesmen of Yesterday on his first LP produced by Howlin' Wolf's widow. I had the chance to see Shaw and his Wolf Gang in Washington DC during those years and he gave an extraordinary show with Hubert Sumlin at the top of his talent! After that, Shaw recorded many LPs and CDs (many for Red Rooster, the excellent Austrian's Wolf label! and one for the French Isabel), all of them being of a high level despite the absence of Hubert Sumlin. We have gathered all of Shaw's early tracks.

                                                                       Gérard Herzhaft

 

Eddie Shaw (right) with Bobby Fields and A.C. Reed c. 1965

 

ARELEAN BROWN, vcl; Buddy Scott, g; Little Mack Simmons, hca; The Rib Tips, band. Chicago, Ill. january 1971

01. Hello baby

02. I love my man

Arelean Brown, vcl; Lee Shot Williams, vcls; Little Mack Simmons, hca; Lonnie Brooks, g; Detroit Jr, pno/org; L.V. Johnson, g; Robert Covington, bs; Billy Davenport, dms. Chicago, Ill. 12 january 1974

03. Impeach me

04. You're gonna miss me around here

05. I'm a streaker baby

06. Why I love you

Arealean Brown, vcl; Little Mack Simmons, hca; Emmitt Brown, pno; Lonnie Brooks, g; L.V. Johnson, g; Buddy Scott, bs; Tommie J. Brown, dms. Chicago, Ill. 4 february 1974

07. I'm so blue

08. Pushing our love aside

09. I can't believe it

10. Chicken man

Arelean Brown, vcl; Lonnie Brooks, g; L.V. Johnson, g; Little Mack Simmons, hca; Buddy Scott, bs; Tommie J. Brown, dms. Chicago, Ill. 7 february 1974

11. Broken many hearts

12. I love my man

13. Eagle stirs her nest

Arelean Brown, vcl; band. Chicago, Ill. late 1974

14. Humpty dumpty

15. Gotta find my baby (fragment)

HIGHWAY MAN (William Holland), vcl; L.C. Roby, g; Eddie Shaw, t-sax; Billy Branch, hca; Detroit Jr, pno; Marilyn Love, bs; Ben Sandmer, dms. Chicago, Ill. 29 september 1979

16. Don't laugh at me

17. I walked from Dallas

18. Killing floor

19. Louise

EDDIE SHAW, t-sax; Magic Sam, g; Mac Thompson, bs; Bob Richey, dms. Chicago, Ill. 6 february 1966

20. Riding high

21. Blues for the West Side

22. Looking good

Eddie Shaw, vcl/t-sax; Shorty Stalworth, t-sax; Milton Houston, g; Willie Kent, bs; Little Addison, dms. Chicago, Ill. 2 august 1969

23. A hog with my horn

24. Shaw time

25. It's all right

26. Eddie's rock

Eddie Shaw, vcl/t-sax; Hubert Sumlin, g; Jimmy Dawkins, g; James Green, bs; Fred Below, dms. Chicago, Ill. 20 january 1971

27. Little by little

Eddie Shaw, vcl/t-sax; Detroit Jr, pno; Hubert Sumlin, g; Shorty Gilbert, bs; Chico Chism, dms. Chicago, Ill. 4 june 1973

28. I don't trust nobody

Eddie Shaw, vcl/t-sax; Detroit Jr, kbds; Hubert Sumlin, g; Shorty Gilbert, bs; Chico Chism, dms. Chicago, Ill. 29 june 1977

29. This little voice

30. I can't stop loving you

31. Big leg woman

32. I've got to tell somebody I

33. Blues men of yesterday I

34. Blues men of yesterday II

35. I've got to tell somebody II

Eddie Shaw, vcl/t-sax; Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, kbds; Hubert Sumlin, g; Shorty Gilbert, bs; Chico Chism, dms. Chicago, Ill. 18 january 1978

36. Out of bad luck

37. Stoop down baby

38. Sitting on top of the world

39. My baby's so ugly

40. It's alright