TEXAS BLUES/ Volume 2
Elmore
Nixon (né le 17 novembre 1933 à Crowley, La) est surtout connu des amateurs
de blues pour son magnifique jeu de piano derrière Lightnin' Hopkins, Clifton
Chenier et de nombreux autres artistes du Texas. Mais il a substantiellement
enregistré sous son nom dans un style très R&B entre 1949 et 1955. Il est
décédé à Houston le 11 décembre 1973
Enfin le saxophoniste, flûtiste et
compositeur Harold Bennett (né le 7
août 1939 à Houston, Tx) a participé à de très nombreuses séances
d'enregistrement de jazz et de R&B, notamment derrière Teddy Reynolds,
Johnny Copeland, Bobby Bland, Sam Cooke et B.B. King), figuré dans plusieurs
orchestres et animé les soirées des principaux clubs de Houston. Nous proposons
ici quelques uns de ses titres les plus blues, gravés sous son nom pour le
petit label Copa.
Les titres manquants sont en violet.
Toute copie serait la bienvenue!
Tous nos remerciements à Gerrit Robs,
Mr Mightygroove, Dr Hepcat et particulièrement Marc Claes pour leur aide dans la
confection de cette anthologie.
Gérard
Herzhaft
This
2nd volume of our Texas Blues series starts with James "Thunderbird" Davis (born 10 November 1938 in
Mobile, Al), a singer at first associated with Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones) for
whom he opened the shows in Louisiana and Texas. At the end of the 1950's,
James settled in Houston and started a personal career, recording ten tracks
for Duke, hitting the charts with What
else is there to do and Blue Monday.
In 1966, James Davis was constantly on tour throughout the USA with Joe Tex and
O.V. Wright. But during the mid-1970's, he became a preacher and stopped singing
the blues. Rediscovered in 1988 by Black Top's Hammond Scott, James recorded a
very good album Check Out Time and
resumed his career. But he died of a heart attack on stage at Saint Paul
(Minnesota) on January, 24th 1992.
Elmore Nixon (born in Crowley, La. on
17 November 1933) is well known by the blues fans for his striking piano work
behind Lightnin' Hopkins, Clifton Chenier and numerous other Texas artists. But
he also recorded quite substantially under his name in a R&B vein between
1949 and 1955. He died in Houston on December 11th, 1973 after surgery.
At
last, saxophonist, flute player and composer Harold Bennett (born 7th August 1939 in Houston, Tx) has been very
active in the studios, recording behind dozens of blues, R&B and jazz
artists like Teddy Reynolds, Johnny Copeland, Bobby Bland, Sam Cooke, B.B.
King.... He was a mainstay of several Houston clubs. He also recorded under his
name and here are some of his most honking bluesy titles, waxed for the tiny
Copa label.
The
missing titles are in purple and any copy would be welcomed!
Thanks
a lot to Gerrit Robs, Mr Mightygroove, Dr Hepcat and particularly Marc Claes for their
help.
Gérard
Herzhaft
TEXAS
BLUES/ Volume 2
JAMES
DAVIS, vcl; band. Houston, Tx. 18 février 1958
Come to the Rock and Roll (cf My YouTube Channel) (thanks to Dr Hepcat for sharing)
What else is there to do?
James Davis, vcl; band. Houston, Tx. 1962
01.
I'm gonna tell it on you
02.
My precious darling
James Davis, vcl; Calvin Owens, tpt; Joe Bridgewater,
tpt; James Mayes, tpt; saxes; Clarence Hollimon, g; Lloyd Lambert, bs; Herman
Hawkins, dms. Houston, Tx. 1963
03.
Blue monday
04.
Sing
05.
Your turn to cry
06.
Chains around my heart
07.
Bad dreams
08.
Ain't it great?
ELMORE
NIXON, vcl/pno; Henry Hayes, a-sax; Ed Wiley, t-sax; Don
Cooks, bs; Ben Turner, dms. Houston,
Tx. 1949
Foolish love
09. It's a sad sad world
Elmore Nixon, vcl/pno; Russ Wills, g; Henry Hayes,
a-sax; Ed Wiley, t-sax; Don Cooks, bs; Ben Turner, dms. Houston, Tx. mai 1950
10.
Alabama blues
11. My wish for you
Elmore Nixon, vcl/pno; Goree Carter, g; Henry Hayes,
a-sax; Ed Wiley, t-sax; Don Cooks, bs; Ben Turner, dms. Houston, Tx. décembre
1950
12.
I went to see a gypsy
13.
A hep cat's advice
14.
You see me smiling
15. Shout and rock
16. I'm movin' out
Searchin' blues
Elmore Nixon, vcl/pno; Goree Carter, g; Henry Hayes,
a-sax; Ed Wiley, t-sax; Don Cooks, bs; Ben Turner, dms. Houston, Tx. 29
novembre 1951
17.
Playboy blues
18.
Cave man
19.
Million dollar blues
20.
Married woman blues
Elmore Nixon, vcl/pno; Henry Hayes, a-sax; band.
Houston, Tx. décembre 1952
21. Over here pretty baby
22. Elmore's blues
23.
If you'll be my love
24.
Forgive me baby
25. Sad and blue
26.
Last night
Elmore Nixon, vcl/pno; Dave Bartholomew, tpt; band.
New Orleans, La. 6 septembre 1955
27.
Don't do it
28.
The women
You left me
A broken heart
HAROLD
BENNETT, t-sax/flt; Albert Owens, g; og;
George Malone, bs; Isaiah Anderson, dms; perc. Houston, Tx. 1964
29.
Blues for a belly dancer
30.
I just want to make a love to you
31.
Shake a lady
Texas Blues Volume 2
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OK?
Thank you very much for the latest post Gerard. I have had a quick look for the missing tracks but I do not have them.
RépondreSupprimerI wish you a prosperous 2016.
Thank you so much. Vintage James Thunderbird Davis is like the Holy Grail for me. You may recall that I that only request that I ever made at this site several years ago was the complete Thunderbird! Now here it is! Wow!
RépondreSupprimerMerci Gérard, Une belle découverte pour moi en ce qui concerne James Davis et Elmore Nixon! Tout mes meilleurs voeux pour
RépondreSupprimer2016 et longue, longue vie à Blue eye!
Gérard C.
Thank you very much, Gerard !!!!!!!!
RépondreSupprimerwonderful, thankyou for sharing
RépondreSupprimerMore rare Texas blues...many thanks Gerard.
RépondreSupprimerMany Thanks for this first post of the year , it looks great as all your other posts . Merci !
RépondreSupprimerCa commence bien... Super! Merci!!
RépondreSupprimerBonne année 2016.
Steve
Many thanks for this collection. I love all of your collections and the information that accompanies them but the first two volumes of this Texas series are superb and I trust will be followed by more of the same. I especially enjoy hearing Elmore Nixon as the main act, rather than as an accompanist to others.
RépondreSupprimerSent you one of the missing James Davis by fbook message. Hope you got it.
RépondreSupprimerDr. Hepcat
No, Dr Hepcat, I didn't receive the james Davis missing track??? The best thing would be to send me the .mp3 copy to my email (jukegh@gmail.com)
SupprimerThanks anyway!
thank you, Gerard!!
RépondreSupprimerwonderful blog!!
Please re-up
RépondreSupprimerPlease re-up. Zippyshare is no more.
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