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Dancing On The Edge News
Volume 1, Issue 29
February 1, 2013
Explorations in Beach and Shag Culture
Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women 1984--2009
(Ann Rabson, Gaye Adegbalola, Earlene Lewis, later Andra Faye)
Ann Rabson: April 12, 1945 – January 30, 2013
An Uppity Blues Woman from the Beginning
rect communication
with the Blues. There
released 1987 cassette they recorded
was another layer many
of us were unaware of.
in
Ann started on guitar at
17. Although many
know her as an awesome boogie woogie pi-
entitled Middle Aged Blues.
At 106.5 WRDX FM
Salisbury, NC we went on the very
long cut (almost six minutes) of
“Middle Aged Blues Boogie” which
became a steadily requested song for
ano player, Ann played
guitar for twenty years,
in addition to offering
guitar lessons.
Ann Rabson
I used to wonder which of the ladies in Saffire: The Uppity Blues
Women, was the one picking the 20s
selections for their albums, from
She returned to a
computer programming day job in the 80s
after she and one of her guitar students, Gaye Adegbalola, formed
Saffire in 1984.
Bessie Smith to Lucille Bogan. Over
the years, there were two or three
two or three years (the only other
times they asked me to help them
find an infinitely obscure female
thing that matched it was Reverend
Billy C. Wirtz’ equally long, ballad-
blues record from the 20s -- the kind
that Pete Whelan in Florida used to
oriented, “Roberta”).
put into his auctions with minimum
bids of $1,800.
It could have been all three, Ann,
Gaye, and Earlene. It turned out to
be Ann. I read somewhere that she’d
said, “the Blues spoke directly to me
the first time I heard it as a girl.”
The music she loved became her
career. Thus, Ann Rabson lived a life
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Busy as she was, Ann was only
performing part time which gave her
a chance to study piano in the styles
of some of the boogie woogie greats
like Jimmy Yancey, Meade Lux Lewis,
and Amos Milburn.
Saffire: the Uppity Blues Women,
after recruiting bassist Earlene Lewis,
released their first album in 1989,
which came from a self-financed, self-
Ann had one song on the first album entitled “Annie’s Blues” and I
suspect she had something to do with
their choosing Ida Cox’s “Wild
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Ann Rabson: An Uppity Blues Woman
Women (Don’t Have the Blues)” to
re-record.
chance to spend a whole evening with
her at the Double Door Inn in Charlotte in the 90s. It was a double bill
goddaughter.
“Don’t You Tell Me” is Ann’s song
on 1994’s Old, New, Borrowed and
There were four Ann Rabson
songs on 1991’s Hot Flash, notably
“Tom Cat Blues.” A few months earlier Greensboro impresario Bill Griffin had put on a Blues show at the
old Castaways club which included
with her and Reverend Billy C. Wirtz
who had returned from a long stay
in Europe with purple hair and a
wealth of new tattoos. They’re both
Blue, but I’ve got to believe she chose
“Roll Mr Jelly” as well. It’s an Amos
scintillatingly good boogie piano
players and writers, but that night
Billy was so mournful I almost
thought he was someone else.
Milburn classic and she loved Amos.
Ann wrote three more for 1996
Cleanin’ House. One wonders if she
chose the Lucille Bogan tune from
Sally Windhorn and Saffire. That
night Ann got a first hand look at
way way back in the day.
Four of the sixteen songs on Ann’s
Shaggers and what they like. She
wrote “Tom Cat Blues” soonafter specifically for the Shag crowd.
We only talked about “Tom Cat
Blues” briefly one night at a show and
once in a radio interview, but I had a
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Ann commented, “I’ve never heard
first, 1997 album were her originals.
Others were by Huey Piano Smith,
the Rev sing the blues like tonight.
You know his wife just left him. Billy
Cow Cow Davenport, Henry Gray,
Big Bill Broonzy, Sykes, Ray Charles,
had been married to Ray Charles’
and modern writers such as Sonny
An Uppity Blues Woman
Billy Scott
nut “Do Your Duty.”
Struttin’ My Stuff was Ann’s next
solo effort in 2000 with five out of
sixteen penned or co-penned by Ann.
She added another Amos Milburn,
Next Issue
Next issue will feature a retrospective of the life and career of the
Georgia Prophet -- Billy Scott.
(There was some dispute back in the
late 60s about who owned the name
‘Georgia Prophets.’ This isn’t about
the ‘name’ of the group -- it’s about
Rhodes and Sarah Brown.
Two of Ann’s songs are on the Live
and Uppity album from 1998.
On Ain’t Gonna Hush in 2001,
Ann penned two songs. One was a
tribute to her husband entitled “He
Really Makes It Hard for Me to Sing
the Blues.”
“Let Me Go Home Whiskey,” Lucille
Bogan’s “Struttin’ My Stuff ” as her
title track, Chuck Berry’s “School
Days,” Brownie McGhee’s “Sportin’
Life Blues,” Peter Chatman’s “Pigalle
Love,” and another by modern Sarah
Five of the 13 songs on 2005’s solo
In A Family Way were Ann’s and she
continued to dip into the gutbucket
for songs like Leroy Carr’s “Midnight
Hour Blues,” Willie Dixon’s classic
“Three Hundred Pounds of Joy,” Ma
Rainey’s “See See Rider,” Huey Piano Smith’s “Little Chickee Wah
Wah” and the ancient twenties’ chest-
Brown.
Ann placed three songs on their
the man who has always been iden-
last album together, 2009’s Havin’
the Last Word.
tified as the core of the Georgia
Prophets).
Gaye Adegbalola wrote a song
marking her chemotherapy and can-
Billy’s career was colorful, sometimes complex, and one heck of a
cer survival, “Bald Headed Eagle”
while Andra Faye sang one of my ab-
roller coaster ride, with Billy at the
helm, performing to the end on his
solute favorite Saffire songs of all time,
“Too Much Butt.”
70th birthday.
There will be pictures from the
Ann Rabson’s very last album, Not
Alone, was recorded with old friend,
benefit in Charlotte, although there
were well-deserved benefits else-
sometimes labelmate and stage buddy
Bob Margolin. They ran the gamut
where in the Carolinas.
It’s our honor to present the life
of blues including Louis Jordan’s
“Caledonia,” “Ray Charles “Let’s Go
and music of Billy Scott, in issue #
30 of Dancing on the Edge News.
Get Stoned” and several others. ***
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I’m In Heaven When I Next to You
Floyd at the Carolina
Beach Music Awards at
Myrtle Beach, SC).
His skill in mimicry
landed him a job with
an advertising agency
who sent him on jobs to
sing like Nat King Cole
and Fats Domino.
Roy’s next big move
was to join the Hat Pack
a group of fellows whose
trademark was cousin to
Roy Hamilton & Heather Haywood
the Tams in the U.S.
Instead of ‘tams’ though they wore
Around 2003, Roy drilled down
Raised in England, Roy Hamilton
cut his first record, “I Love Paris,”
other kinds of hats (Roy still does).
The Hat Pack was a ‘serious’
more seriously on the songwriting,
putting a studio into his home where
when he was six years old. Precocious? His mother and father were
tongue-in-cheek group. They did in
fact name themselves after the Rat
he could hone songs as he developed
them.
both singers. It was in the air. And
in his DNA.
Pack, they performed Rat Pack songs.
Up to that point in his career, Roy
had recorded a few singles (45 rpm
He didn’t cut his next record until he was 25.
records). In a short span of time three
different friends told him they had
Roy’s dad liked to sing in the style
of Billy Eckstine, his mother like Sa-
each released an album and they wondered when he was going to do one.
rah Vaughn. They loved to duet on
“Passing Strangers.” With that ex-
Roy decided to follow a different
track than the path he was one with
posure, Roy learned to mimic many
styles and singers.
his first singles -- he decided he
would record an album that *he*
While all the other kids were listening to the Beatles, Roy was lis-
liked, with songs he liked, the way
he liked, and that he would play all
tening to Count Basie, Ella
Fitzgerald and Fats Domino.
the instruments as well, as far as he
could. He would also produce and
Loved that music all the time he
was growing up, then moved on to
Roy Hamilton & Heather Haywood
mix it himself.
That album contained his first
soul with Eddie Floyd and Otis
Redding, Wilson Pickett, and later
They had a bit of fun along the way.
As three young black men perform-
major Shag song, “I’m In Heaven
When I’m With You.” There looks
Nat King Cole [synchronicity was at
work the weekend we conducted this
ing as the Hat Pack, they named
themselves Sammy, Davis, and Jun-
to be more on the horizon with at
least two from his new album Good
interview, Roy got to meet Eddie
ior.
Loving.
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time
ummer
ens & SSummer
Stev
ummertime
Owens
tevee Ow
We heard Summertime over the July 4th holiday,
four hours down the road from a four-hour gig they did
earlier in the day! That’s eight hours on stage, with a
four-hour ‘break’ driving the band and equipment to
the Spanish Galleon in North Myrtle Beach, where it
took in excess of another 1-2 hours to set up and get the
sound checks finished in time for the next show.
And they knocked it out of the park!
Congratulations to Steve and Summertime for their
win at the Carolina Beach Music Awards Show in
November -- best New Group of the Year.
1.
2.
You’re So Young, But You’re So True
Recapture the Magic
3.
4.
5.
Greatest Love Ever Known
Working On A Big Chill
When the Moment Comes
6.
7.
I’d Give Up Everything for You
Second Chance
8.
9.
I Dig Everything About You
Do You Love Me Like That
10.
11.
Dance With My Father
A Much Better Place
12.
Getaway Car
Steve Owens and Summertime includes Roy
Davis, Bryan Castro, Dave Owens, Steve Owens,
John Downing, Ben Shaw, Robin Woodard, and Joey
Tucker -- and there are rumors of some exciting new
additions!
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2012 NARNBDJs Association Awards
John Hall with the National Association of Rhythm and Blues DJs
announced January 7th the winners
of the two yearly awards given by
the NARBDJ association.
From John, “The Tom Polzin
Blue Note Award for excellence in
promoting, preserving, and perpetuation of R&B music with distinction goes to Mr. Ron Moody!”
“Ron’s continuing work within
the music industry as an artist and
Ron Moody
Willie C
tributor on the Beach Music
Just last year, ‘Lulu’s Chicken Shack’
scene. His ‘Willie C’s RnB Beach
was on every DJ’s playlist.”
“After speaking with Ron, I’m Music Cafe’ on the internet at
even more impressed with his desire www.beachmusiccafe.com, has been
for, and dedication to, R&B. Thank a staple on Live365 and in the forefront of breaking some of the biggest
you, Ron, and congratulations.”
“For 2012, our Rufus Oates R&B and Beach hits. Also, Willie
Award, an internal award designed to C. is one of the few with a 100%
honor one of our members for their participation in our Top Ten lists.”
“Thank you, Willie C, and conoutstanding contribution and
achievement, goes to William “Willie gratulations.”
C.” Swanke!”
“Willie C has long been a conmusic professional can hardly be
equaled. From the 1960s until
present he has given us his best in
every song, every album, every time.
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30th Anniversary Contest will be held in OD
The National Shag Dance Championships have announced that their
30th competition will be held at the
Spanish Galleon in North Myrtle
Beach. The preliminaries were held
January 25 th and 26 th (including
“Shagging with the Stars” on Friday
rd
and the 3 National Collegiate
Championship on Saturday) with
the finals on March 7th, 8th and 9th
Mistress of Ceremony will be television personality, Diane DeVaughn
– Stokes for her twenty-fifth year of
hosting and returning from Atlanta
disc jockey for the dancers will be
Dee Jay Hall of Famer, Tom
Hamrick.
Renowned Nascar artist, Stephen
Balok will design the cover of the official 30 th Nationals program. Mr.
2013.
This is the second time the Span-
Balok is also the first entry as one of
the 2013 “Shagging with the Stars”
ish Galleon has been the site of the
contest. In its thirty year history six
contestants for January.
The contest during its tenure has
locations have been used including
the Myrtle Beach Pavilion and
received much recognition including
two California-based awards naming
Studebakers. Over $17,000.00 in
cash and prizes will be awarded to
it the “Best Swing Event in the
USA”. Their dance team has won
the participants.
over twenty competitions awards
from Los Angeles to New York. Celebrities who attended, entertained
or presented awards include: Academy Award winner Robert DuVall,
50’s singing sensation Fabian, and
the legendary “Shirells”, Entertainment tonight’s Nancy Humphries
Odell, “Shag the Movie’s” actors
Annabeth Gish and Tyrone Power Jr.,
America’s Got Talent’s “All That” and
Steve Gatlin of the “Gatlin Brothers”.
The 30th contest will be sponsored
by: Kathryn and Eddie Monsour,
Camille and Bruce Morgan, The
Shaggers Hall of Fame, South Atlantic Bank, State Farm Insurance –
Bobby Kelly, WMBF News and RE/
MAX Ocean Forest.
NSDC 2013 CONTEST
ANT
S
CONTESTANT
ANTS
PR
OFESSIONAL DIVISION
PROFESSIONAL
1. Myers and Matthew Floyd of El Paso, TX
2. Leslie Melton Jennings of Efland, NC and Sam West of Hamlet, NC
3. Jessica McAlhany of N. Charleston, SC and Brennar Goree of Garner, NC
4. Autumn Jones of N. Myrtle Beach, SC and Jeff Hargett of Myrtle Beach, SC
5. Kristal Taylor of Sophia, NC and Brad Kinard of Kernersville, NC
6. Joan McKinney of Springfield, VA and Tom Edwards of Smithfield, VA
7. Tobitha and Ashley Stewart of China Grove, NC
SENIORS
1. Lyn and Joe Honeycutt of N. Myrtle Beach, SC
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2. Beverly Turner of N. Myrtle Beach, SC and Tom Josam of Cary, NC
3. Patricia and Archer Joyce of Greensboro, NC
4. Alma and Andrew Hill of Trinity, NC
5. Susan and John Leggett of Cary, NC
6. Brenda and Bill Barber of Murrells Inlet, SC
7. Marsha and Les Rose of Greensboro, NC
8. Renee Scott and Jesse Bradshaw of N. Myrtle Beach, SC
9. Sheila and Bill Seymour of N. Myrtle Beach, SC
JUNIOR I DIVISION
1. Mary Elizabeth Jacobs of Kannapolis, NC and Noah Veon of Surfside Beach, SC
2. Kaylee Bravo of Charlotte, NC and Kolten Ellis of Gaffney, SC
3. Allison Pittman of Raleigh, NC and Parker Wade of Rock Hill, SC
4. Isley Turner of Burlington, NC and Trey Henley of Elon, NC
5. Karsyn Folds of Little River, SC and Ethan Alban of Florence, SC
6. Adriana Liggins of Clayton, NC and Cody Morgan of Siler City, NC
JUNIOR II DIVISION
1. Kalin Ellis of Gaffney, SC and Kyler Byrum of Concord, NC
2. Claire Collins and Win Underwood of N. Myrtle Beach, SC
3. Anna Victoria Jacobs of Kannapolis, NC and Zachary Burroughs of Salisbury, NC
4. Haleigh Brown of S. Chesterfield, VA and River Harmon of Myrtle Beach, SC
5. Olivia Hildreth of Charlotte, NC and Isaiah Burroughs of Salisbury, NC
6. Kayla Henley of Elon, NC and Jeremy Webb of Lexington, SC
7. Chase Forrester of Greenwood, SC and Cody Edwards of Summerville, SC
8. Taylor Perkinson of Colonial Heights, VA and Justin Burroughs of Salisbury, NC
9. Torri Smith of Murrieta, CA and Garrett Spencer of Raleigh, NC
NON-PRO
NON-PR
O DIVISION
1. Ann Jones of Evans, GA and Larry Milton of Augusta, GA
2. Cathy Metcalf of Lorton, VA and Vaughn Royal of Alexandria, VA
3. Linda and Rick Bivins of Hillsborough, NC
4. Jo Patrick-Simokat of Summerville, SC and Goodson Dudley of Mt. Pleasant, SC
5. Karen Workman and Roger Carr of Inman, SC
6. Dale and Jim Hern of Beaver, WV
7. Mikki and Bruce Sager of Chapel Hill, NC
8. Darlene Hejl of Surfside Beach, SC and Frank Capaldo of Myrtle Beach, SC
9. Crystal and Tripp Turner of Burlington, NC
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Don’t you wish this was real and current??? The Swallows played Gregory’s Ballroom on Hull Street in South
Richmond, Virginia June 19, 1953. They were Eddie Rich, Herman “Jr.” Denby, Earl Hurley, Fred Johnson, and
Norris Mack. “Bicycle Tillie” was a fine fas’ dance tune at the time. They’d already hit the jukeboxes with “It Ain’t
The Meat” in 1951 and “Please Baby Please” along with “Roll, Roll Pretty Baby” in 1952. ***
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Did Dick Clark Integrate American Bandstand?
Inspired by his mother who was a
huge fan of Clark and Bandstand,
Since Dick Clark’s death last year,
a lot has been written about his ‘pioneering’ efforts, especially in regard
Delmont decided in graduate school
that he wanted to write a book which
to race, on the American Bandstand
Show.
showed the difference between
Northern segregation and the more
As many know, American Bandstand started in 1952, Dick didn’t
overt segregational strategies in the
South.
join until 1956 after the show’s host
had been arrested and charged with
In a manner of speaking, Delmont
was right. Bandstand’s racism tac-
drunk driving as well as a string of
morals charges.
Clark’s Bandstand had to jump
through a lot of hoops, some less suc-
tics weren’t overt. There wasn’t a sign
outside the 46th and Market Street
Molly Eichel with the Daily
News in Philadelphia wrote an ex-
studio which said “African-American
Teens Not Wanted.”
pose a few months ago that shed new
light on one of Clark’s latter day
Instead, the Bandstand folks set
up a ‘dress code’ which, according to
then rejoin it later -- didn’t work,
not for the teen fans of the show.
claims which doesn’t seem to stand
up to contrary evident.
According to Eichel, a Professor
Delmont’s research, the black teens
never seemed to match when they
Probably the biggest bullet Clark
dodged were the Payola hearings in
Matthew Delmont decided to write
about how “American Bandstand”
1959. Allen Freed’s playhouse was
burned down during those hearings,
was an integrated icon of 50s and 60s
pop culture, where Philadelphia’s
but then Allen was known to be a
hothead and I guess he thought he
black and white teens mixed and
danced together on TV while the rest
could take on congress. Didn’t work.
He died broke, defamed, and de-
of the country was train wrecked by
racial strife.
pressed.
Dick Clark did a fast shuffle dur-
It wasn’t long before he learned
his notion was dead-wrong.
ing the hearings, selling off all his
holdings in various music publish-
From his subsequent research experiences, Delmont, an assistant pro-
ing companies so that he could say
to the congressmen that he didn’t
fessor of American studies at Scripps
College in Claremont, California,
own anything that would be considered a conflicting interest. Yes, he
published The Nicest Kids in Town,
describing how “American Band-
had owned some in the past, but
when he learned that there could be
stand” kept African-American teens
off the show, and away from the
conflicts he divested those holdings,
Sir! Dick Clark knew when and how
Bandstand cameras despite host Dick
Clark’s later statements to the con-
to be obsequious if he had to.
trary.
cessful than others. Some affiliates
had other shows they preferred to
run in the Bandstand time slot, so
they would bail out of Bandstand,
showed up to be part of the show.
“Bandstand” used a core of 10 to
20 dancers. If other teens wanted to
get on the show, they had to write in
and request passes. The Producers
simply practiced a little 50s/60s style
profiling; screening ticket applications for ethnic names, kids with Polish, Irish and Italian names who they
assumed were white.
Walter Palmer, who lived in West
Philly in the “Bandstand” years told
Delmont. “There were white kids
from all of the Catholic schools, but
no black kids. West Catholic was on
46th, and they were always there; our
school [West Philadelphia High School]
was on 47th [and we could not go].”
Palmer and his friends started a
subtle protest movement. They
wrote in for passes with different
Polish, Italian, and Irish last names
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Did Dick Clark Integrate American Bandstand?
is his refusal to acknowledge that the
show was not fully integrated.
“If he had just said, ‘In Philadelphia, there was a lot of racism there
and there was a lot of racism in television and they couldn’t integrate.’
That would be factually true,”
Delmont said.
According to Delmont, Clark
didn’t start asserting that “Bandstand” was integrated until it was financially convenient.
“It wasn’t until Don Cornelius
created ‘Soul Train’ and offered up a
competitor for ‘American Bandstand’
in the ’70s that Clark tried to say
‘Bandstand’ was down with black
Fans of Bobby Brooks
music and down with civil rights
from the get-go,” Delmont said.
For more information, visit http:/
/nicestkids.com.
/nicestkids.com
Thanks to Molly Eichel for much
so they could get passes.
Iona Stroman and her friends also
launched a “Bandstand” protest.
Delmont related that story in his
book too, “There was a singer named
Bobby Brooks, an African-American
teen singer from South Philadelphia
who was their favorite singer. They
were the Bobby Brooks fan club. He
was going to be on ‘Bandstand’ and
they wanted to go see him.
“They protested and they were
actually able to get in because a reporter from the Philadelphia Tribune
was there and he threatened to blow
up the story. What she told me was
they didn’t set out to make history,
but it was her way of protesting some-
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thing that mattered to her.”
The irony of the show’s exclusionary tactics is that West Philadelphia
was a relatively integrated neighborhood at the time. Pictures from West
Philadelphia High School show it
was in an integrated neighborhood
only five or six blocks away [from
where ‘Bandstand’ was filmed].
In March of his last year, when he
was interviewed by the New York
Times, Dick Clark claimed that
“Bandstand” became integrated when
he took over as host in 1957.
Delmont’s research shows otherwise.
Delmont said one of his main
complaints about the way Clark
handled the legacy of “Bandstand”
of this story. Thanks to Matthew
Delmont for the book.
There were several Teen dance
shows in the Carolinas and Virginia.
We’ll be sharing stories and pictures
on them in future issues of DOTEN.
If you have a fond memory or
memories you’d like to share, please
send
along
johnhook@mindspring.com
to
We were inspired to follow this
thread of entertainment after the Fans
of Kilgo’s Canteen get-together at
Lynn’s in Charlotte a couple of weeks
ago. There was one fan there who
had been on Kilgo’s Canteen the first
year 1956, another who was on the
show in 1957. ***
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In the Grooves and On the Charts
There were critics who said
Angel’s last CD, Nu Soul Stew,
I heard these guys at the Carolina
Bistro in Indianland, SC two years
should have been called Classic rather
than Nu (or Neo). This CD may
ago and ‘bout begged Bill for a CD.
Now I’d like another and another.
fall somewhere between the two. I
count six good cuts. “Fine Wine” is
This is a humble band, that is anything but humble with their Jump
on the chart, “Open the Door to Your
Heart” is great. Darlene Love is here,
Blues onstage. I got to hear Bill with
Lawyers, Guns and Money in Win-
Eddie Brigati of Young Rascals, and
of course Angel Rissoff. ***
ston Salem one night -- liked him all
the more.***
I may sound a little biased when
Only the second CD for this trio
I say this, but this CD doesn’t sound
like it was produced in Eden, NC.
but don’t let that fool you. Blasters
bassman John Bazz is here, high-oc-
The #1 song on the Roadhouse
Blues and Boogie Top 40 comes from
Every Calabash Blues and Boogie
Band CD sounds like it came from
tane rockabilly drummer Jerry Angel rocks ‘em, Ike Turner guests on
Uptown, Major Urban Center, USA.
Doug and Taylor Rorrer, Keth
piano on one of his last recordings,
Scotty Moore (Elvis’s!), Cesar Rosas,
McMannes, Barry Parker, and Ken
Jones along with the Par-Kayes nailed
founder of Los Lobos and Kid Ramos
formerly
of
the
Fabulous
it again. Six out of 12 very strong
cuts here for jump blues fans. ***
Thunderbirds unleash the beat on 5
of the 13 cuts on this new CD. ***
This CD is loaded four ways to
Chicago. Anson Funderburgh, Big
Joe Maher, Kevin McKendree, and
Steve Mackey are the recently formed
4 Jacks. (Anson and Big Joe will perform at the upcoming DJ
Throwdown the last week of Feb).
Joe Maher’s “Bobcat Woman” is
already moving up the charts. ***
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this CD.
I sometimes wonder if there’s anyone in the Blues world that Bob
Corritore hasn’t played with, produced, at at least know.
Tail Dragger left Arkansas for Chicago in 1966 and never looked back.
Five strong tunes by two strong
dudes here. ***
In the Grooves and On the Charts
Bryan Freeze and Jim Ashworth
are Dr. Wu in more than one way.
Yes, they front the band, but they
also model themselves after the
source of their namesake, Steely
Dan’s song “Dr. Wu.” Steely Dan is
comprised of Donald Fagen and
Michael Becker, songwriter musicians like Bryan and Jim.
So much for the back story!
They’re joined by the Buddy
Whittington Band on at least six out
of 15 butt-kickin’ tunes here.
“Boogie in the Rain,” “High
Maintenance Baby,” “I Wanna Love
You,” “That Ain’t Right,” and “I
Don’t Care Blues” all rank high on
my home Top 100. ***
James Montgomery’s last three
CDs, First Time Out, The Oven Is
On, and Bring It on Home, brought
him moderate acknowledgement but
nothing to crow about. Critics considered him to be a standard, competent Saturday Night Blues man.
His new label, Vizztone, seems to
be a lot prouder of his work.
Montgomery formed his band in
Boston in the late 60s against folks
like the J. Geils Band and Aerosmith.
He’s racked up eight albums, spent
four years with Johnny Winter, recorded with Kid Rock and Uncle
Kracker, and toured with several of
the giants like Allman Brothers, Steve
Miller, B.B. King, James Cotton, Jr.
Wells, & John Lee Hooker. ***
The top two downloads at
Lil Ronnie Owens has been part
of the blues revival scene since his
teens, backing folks like John Lee
Hooker, Taj Mahal, and John Mayall.
Must’ve worked well for him, he
earned a Hohner harmonica endorsement for his efforts and those don’t
grow on trees.
His first lineup of Grand Dukes
recorded Too Fast for Conditions in
1999. Since then he’s added Young
and Evil, Do What Cha Do, and now
Gotta Strange Feeling to his archive.
The new CD has three good tunes
for fas’ steppers, “Can’t Buy My
Love,” “She’s Bad Bad News,” and
“Buzz Me”--an old Louis Jordan
chestnut, the other two written by
Ronnie and Ivan Appelrouth. ***
The Top 5 CD Baby downloads for
CD Baby after the Friends CD
was released were “Keep On
the last two months are:
“Friends”
Breeze
Pushing Love” by Josh and
Daniel Stone with Roger Smith
“Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You”
Gary Lowder
of the Poor Souls. Plus, Ken
Knox and Company (Ken Knox
“Do You Love Me Like That”
Steve Owens
and the Chairmen of the Board
at the time of its release) with
“For Your Love”
“You.”
“Been There Done That”
Memories
Jackie & Terri Gore
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Rev
ubba D. Liv
erance & Cor
nhole P
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Bubba
Liverance
Cornhole
Prrophets
Bubba D. Liv
erance as a member of The K
eys, befor
ed “R
ev
er
end
Liverance
Keys,
beforee he acquir
acquired
“Rev
ever
erend
end”” status.
When a man breaks the heart of the woman who holds
If you don’t know the difference between a soul
him in her heart--witholding the adoration she deserves, singer and a soulful singer, check out Bubba D.
the friendship she desires, and the unrestricted love which Liverance. (Listen for this: a soul singer sings songs
should adorn her day and night--he’s left with few choices. by black artists -- a soulful singer makes you hurt,
He can stand on stage and sorrowfully sing an old laugh, cry, sigh, or feel like you’re gonna die when
he sings).
Mississippi Blues, which she’ll find pathetic.
Soulful singers can sing simple things like that
Or he can admit his errors, suck up his pride, cover it
in humility, and offer his heart to her to a good Shag beat. and make statues weep while May Day celebrants
That’s the way Reverend Bubba D. Liverance does it, dance obliviously between them.
singing for all of us from that secret place inside where
honesty and remorse struggle to strike a balance.
It’s that place at the core of compassion, where
heartbreak knocks strong men to their knees and only
soulsingers and
souldancers can
rise from the ashes
with their heads
held high and ask
sincerely for one
more
That’s
chance.
where
you’ll find the
Rev....
***
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JELLY BELLY
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Fantastic Shakers
EVERMORE
C.T.C. The Music Lives On
92
Real Love
128
2012
KHP 1105
2012
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I WILL NEVER
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22
31
16
23
Kelly, R.
DON’T WAIT AROUND
Write Me Back
2012
2012
11
25
24
McDaniel, Rhonda
FINE WINE
Meet the Queens of Southern Soul KHP 1092
95
2012
KHP 1107
2011
8
26
25
Rissoff, Angel
I’M BACK
Nu Soul Stories
104
Delta Goove
2012
8
29
26
Scott, Billy
CAN’T BUY MY LOVE
98
27
Lil Ronnie & Grand Dukes
ONE MORE NIGHT AT THE BEACH
3
27
4
4
Glee Cast
MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE (FOREVER) 127
21
5
5
Gore, Jackie & Original Members
CATCH THAT TEARDROP
Nothin’ But A Party
127
19
6
6
Hanck, Terry
STILL STROKIN’
Look Out!
117
7
Ms. Jody
PRIVATE NUMBER
Blues Mix 9
108
8
Morgan, Marsha Band w Gary Lowder Keep On Getting’ It On
BROWN EYES & BIG THIGHS
152
KHP 1108
2002
5
30
28
Fantasy
SHAGGIN’ DOWN IN CAROLINA
9
Williams, Jody
WOO
Evidence
2012
30
27
29
Carr, Barbara & Roy Roberts
THINK IT OVER
24
20
31
9
11
8
10
11
Lowder, Gary
FEELIN’ SINGLE
Coastin’
108
KHP
2012
Kelly, R.
I’M GOIN’ BACK
Write Me Back
RCA
2012
5
Ray, Donnie
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
Lakeside Drive Band
I’m Goin’ Back
Ecko 1139
2012
4
12
17
12
13
14
HARLEM SHUFFLE
Woolard, Craig Band
Toast to the Coast
109
Can’t Control Myself
12
20
15
BEFORE THE NIGHT IS THROUGH
Sicilia, Gina
21
14
16
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
Memories
14
12
17
18
29
10
13
15
Ecko 2013
2012
Woolard, Craig Band
COASTIN’
33
12
Return of A Legend
110
17
18
FOR YOUR LOVE
Gore, Terri and Jackie
GOOD LOVIN’
Hamilton, Roy
106
Good Lovin’
98
100 Miles from Memphis
14
19
19
SIGN YOUR NAME
Crow, Sheryl
12
21
20
OLD FRIENDS
Wilson, Phil & Jackie Gore
Stepping Out Tonight
Fletcher, Kirk
Summerdaze
Carne, Jean
Dee, Jesse & Rachael Price
McNeir, Ronnie
Brooks, Danny
Cherry B & Soundmakers
Lindsey, Al
Bridges, Eugene “Hideaway”
Hall, Daryl
Black, Tommy Band
Oates, John Band
Harris, Paula
Brown, Chris & Justin Bieber
Russell, Rene
Little Big Town
Bonds, Gary U.S.
Tobacco Road
2012
RCA
2012
angelmusic.com
2012
2012
115
2011
One for Me, The
KHP 1099
119
2012
8
31
30
Sea Cruz - Allie, Butch, Dino
OVERNIGHT
C.T.C. The Music Lives On
4
32
31
Brown, Zac Band
YOU’RE SO YOUNG BUT YOU’RE SO TRUE
2012
33
32
Owens, Steve & Summertime
I’M HUNGOVER
KHP
2013
34
33
Hudson, Lisa & Rick Strickland
IN BETWEEN DISASTERS
34
Uncle Kracker
ROCKA BY
2012
Midnight Special
Welk Music
2013
2
2011
Vizztone
4
37
35
Sugar Bees w/ Mary Vella
WHAT’S UP WITH THAT
2012
2
39
36
Clark, Tim Band
GROOVY LITTLE SUMMER SONG
37
Otto, James
KICK BACK, RELAX & SMILE
38
Pharr, Gene & the Continentals
BOBCAT WOMAN
114
Deal With It
105
From Detroit…to the Delta
131
15
38
Bradley House
1
2010
Polydor
1
39
4 Jacks
I DON’T WANT TO HAVE A HEART
2011
KHP 1102
1
40
Montgomery, James Band
I AIN’T COMIN’ BACK
Eldred, Mike Trio
98
2010
Shake What God Gave Ya
2011
Hatman Prodns
SECOND CHANCE
SMOOTH STEPPIN’ PAPA
SOMETHING YOU GOT
STEP ON BY
STEPPIN’ WITH YOU
STRANGE TIMES
VOODOO WOMAN
KHP 1105
Steve Owens & Summertime
2012
Sisbro
1999
Forevermore Rec’s
Top Picks--Bubbling Under
AIN’T NO WAY
FOOLISH HEART
FREE LOVE
FROM THE START
GYPSY WOMAN
HARD WORKIN’ MAN
I WANT TO GIVE YOU
KEEP ON GETTING’ IT ON
LEARN HOW TO LET YOU GO
LIFETIME OF LOVE
LUCKY ME
MISSISSIPPI MILE
MR. RIGHT FOR A NIGHT
NEXT TO YOU
OUT OF MY MIND
PONTOON
POUR ME
22
Judie’s Patio Party
It Don’t Get Better Than This
2008
24
3
17
Take a Little Ocean Drive
110
7
22
7
126
Fabulous Daddy-O’s
SHARE MY LOVE
Shaw, Ryan
BOOGIE SHOES
17
Year
Record Co. & #
Warner Bros
2012
2013
Eller Soul 121201
2013
61/49
Open E 063
2013
Rip Cat 1113
Carolina Breakers
Night Move Band
Oates, John Band
Kelly, Winzell
Lee, Andre
Hamilton, Roy
Blue Iyed Soul f. Bratton, Tho
The Beach Music CD Top 10
40 1 1 STEVE OWENS & SUMMERTIME
Owens, Steve & Summertime
KHP 1103
46 8 2 AIN’T NO MIDNIGHT TRAIN
40 2 3 WHERE THE BOYS ARE
Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
McDaniel, Rhonda
Flyin’ Cloud 60
KHP 1101
48 4 4 STEPPING OUT TONIGHT
59 3 5 SWEET WONDERFUL YOU
various
Hudson, Lesa
KHP 1102
SRS 0711
78 6 6 MEET THE QUEENS OF SOUTHERN SOUL various
39 7 7 RECESSION SESSIONS, THE
Reverend Bubba D. Liverance
KHP
25 5 8 CTC-THE MUSIC LIVES ON
12 9 9 GOOD LOVIN’
various
Hamilton, Roy
KHP 1105
Hatman Prodns
40 10 10 HANGIN’ OUT
Strickland, Rick
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BIRTHDAY BLUES
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Taildragger & Bob Corritore
JUST ONE MORE TIME
2012
3
Hanck, Terry
I WANNA LOVE YOU
Greasy Soul’ Rockin’ Blues Delta Groove 146
2012
An Evening w Dr Wu Live fm Texas
4
Dr. Wu & Friends
I LOVE THE LIFE I LIVE
A Few Days In Pianoland
5
Bogart, Deanna
CAN’T BUY MY LOVE
Gotta Strange Feeling
6
Lil Ronnie & Grand Dukes
CLEANIN’ HOUSE
7
James, Nikki & the Flamethrowers Blues Band
YOU CAN HAVE MY HUSBAND
8
Morgan, Marsha Band
YOU DOGGED ME
Double Dynamite
9
Mannish Boys
DRIVING WHEEL
Ain’t No Midnight Train
10
Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
OLSEN RANCH SHUFFLE tk 2
Flyin’ Cloud 60
2011
Blue & Instrumental
11
Appelrouth, Ivan
I MIGHT JUST CHANGE MY MIND
EllerSoul 1101
2012
Right Here Right Now
12
Crownover, Sunny
LET’S GET HAMMERED
I Can Make that Happen
13
Bassett, Johnnie
SOLID GOLD CADILLAC
Blues Beyond Borders
14
Woods, Mitch & Rocket 88s
CATCH THAT TEARDROP
15
Hanck, Terry
Look Out!
ROCKIN’ ALL DAY (REELIN’ & ROCKIN’)
Rockin’ All Day
16
Gruenling, Dennis
POISON IVY
What’s It Gonna Take
17
Deming, Doug & Jewel Tones
VOODOO WOMAN
Freaky for the First Time
18
Blue Iyed Soul
LIVIN’ THE BLUES
The Blues Broads
19
Blues Broads, The
LITTLE JUKE JOINT
Delta Groove
2012
Show of Strength
20
Burks, Michael I‘ ron Man’
SHE’S SPREADIN’ RUMORS
Alligator 4951
2012
Longtime Friends in the Blues
2012
2012
2012
Shining Stone 0001
2012
2012
Club 88 Rec 8812
2011
Delta Groove
2012
VizzTone 711
2012
VizzTone 2583
2012
2012
Sorin, Ron & Blue Coast Band
Juke Joints
Sharpe, Jill
Juke Joints
BOOGIE MAN
BUILT FOR COMFORT
Omar & the Howlers
Omar & the Howlers
20 Years of Bop & Blues
7
7
Salgado, Curtis
Juke Joints
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUESGoudreau, Michael/Boppin’ Blues Band
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Three Jacks and A Jill
2010
LIP SERVICE & LIES
Sugar Blue
Raw Sugar Blue Live
I SING THE BLUES
Copeland, Shemekia
33 1/3
LOOK-A HERE BABY
Mississippi Heat
Delta Bound
MORGAN COUNTY JAIL
Malone, J.J. & Backroad Blues
And the Band Played On
2001
Blues Express
BAD BOY
Magic Slim & Teardrops
Bad Boy
2012
Bliind Pig 5147
HEART SHAKIN’ MAMA
Guitar Mikey & the Real Thing
Out of the Box
KOKO’S SONG
Kight, E.G.
Lip Service
LOST AGAIN
Margolin, Bob & Mike Sponza Band
Blues Around the World
I WON’T FORGET ABOUT YOU
Dee, Jesse
On My Mind, In My Heart
2012
Alligator 4952
FROM THE START
Dee, Jesse w/ Rachael Price
On My Mind, In My Heart
2012
Alligator 4952
STAY STRONG
Dee, Jesse
On My Mind, In My Heart
2012
Alligator 4952
TOO MUCH
Omar & the Howlers
Too Much is Not Enough
2012
BGM 1202
BOBCAT WOMAN
4 Jacks
Deal With It
I AIN’T COMIN’ BACK
Eldred, Mike Trio
61/49
I DON’T WANT TO HAVE A HEART
Montgomery, James Band
From Detroit…to the Delta
SHE AIN’T WORTH A DIME
4 Jacks
Deal With It
LOOKIE HERE
Eldred, Mike Trio
61/49
2013
Rip Cat 1113
RIGHT MAN
Lee, Lisa
My Turn
2013
Rip Cat 1112
I’M HEADIN’ OUT THE DOOR Goudreau, Michael/Boppin’ Blues Band
I’M READY
Miller, Bill Band
SNAKE RHYTHM ROCK
SUGAR DITCH
IT’S HARD
JAILBAIT
TEARS LIKE RAIN
TEMPERATURE 110
Big Walker
Piper, Anni
Omar & the Howlers
Brooks, Danny Band
Beckie Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies
Salgado, Curtis
Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
Goudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band
MISS YOU
MY BABY WANTS TO BOOGIE
Sugar Blue
Brown, Mel & Snooky Pryor
NEVER MAKE YOUR MOVE TOO SOON
2012
Beeble 803
2012
Telarc
2012
Delmark
2012
Earwig
2012
Blues South/Vizztone
2012
Vizztone
2013
Eller Soul 121201
2013
Rip Cat 1113
2013
Open E 063
2013
Eller Soul 121201
LEARN HOW TO LET YOU GO
Bridges, Eugene H
‘ ideaway’
SEE SEE BABY
SEND FOR ME
MATCHBOX
MEAN OLD MAN
Year
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THIRD RAIL
McKeen, Nancy Bluz Machine
I’LL BE ON MY WAY Goudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band
I’LL BE ON YOUR SIDE Goudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band
JUST YOUR FOOL
LOVE MAN
Bottoms Up Blues Gang
Miller, Bill Band
23
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NO MORE DOGGIN’
OVER YONDER WALL
DON’T START ME TALKING
DOWN IN THE BOTTOM
Calabash Blues & Boogie Band
Hilton, James Band
22
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Title
Artist
I DON’T CARE BLUES
Dr. Wu & Friends
I NEED MONEY
Theessink, Hans / Terry Evans & Ry Cooder
JIMMY REED HIGHWAY
JUBILEE
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
GOING TO CHICAGO
7
PMG 13
DELTA TIME
Theessink, Hans / Terry Evans & Ry Cooder
DON’T PLAY THAT SONG
Moore, Sam & Bekka Bramlett
EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES
EVERYTHING GONNA BE ALRIGHT
21
20
Eller Soul Records
2012
BubblingUnder
BIG WHITE CADILLAC
BLUES HAD A BABY
Blind Pig 5148
2012
7
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Goudreau, Michael & Boppin’ Blues Band
7 YEARS
BAD LUCK
Delta Groove 150
2011
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Martens, Jessy
THERE IT IS
TOO FAR GONE
Smith, Holland K.
Bluesmasters f. Mickey Thomas
Solon Fishbone f Alice Azam
National Debonaires
Omar & the Howlers
Omar & the Howlers
Omar & the Howlers
Rhodes, Bill & Party Kings
Magness, Janiva
Shelley, David & Bluestone
TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN’
TRYING TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU
TWO CAN PLAY YOUR GAME
WATERMELON TEA
Hanck, Terry
Big James
Knox, Marquis
Retro Deluxe
WHAT YOU GONNA DO?
YOU MADE ME LAUGH
Salgado, Curtis
Omar & the Howlers
YOUR KINDA LOVE
Davies, Mary Bridget
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