Playlist for December 17th, 2010

Catherine Deneuve with saxophone
Location, date, photographer unknown
(if you know, let me so I can properly credit)

Sax-y!!!

Our playlist for this Friday has lots of saxophone.  Some R & B shouters, some exotica from the '50's and '60's and some tunes that were played in "gentleman's clubs" during the same period.

There is some trashy weirdness contained in this one.  Enjoy!

Tall Grass and Tasty Trash

Playlist 17 December 2010

 1. Rock the Joint - Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians

Recorded in 1949.  R & B bandleader Jimmy Preston's original hit that was later recorded by Bill Haley.  The sax player is Danny Turner.

 2. Upsetter - The Upsetters

Not to be confused with Lee "Scratch" Perry's band from the '70's, the Upsetters backed Little Richard for a while in the late '50's.

 3. The Bonecracker - Johnny & the Debonaires

I can't find out anything about this band.  Great tune, though.

 4. The Strip - The Upsetters

See notes for Track 2.

 5. The Whip - The Frantics

The notes I find on All Music Guide say that this band eventually became the '60's great Moby Grape.  Don't know if it's true or not, but it was on the internets....

 6. Delilah Jones - The Thunderbirds

This band has a listing on All Music Guide, but no info.

 7. Rockin' with Joe - The Renaults

This band has a listing on All Music Guide, but no info.

 8. The Louisiana Twist - June Bug Bailey

This artist has a listing on All Music Guide, but no info.

 9. Jaguar - The Jaguars

The Jaguars were from Columbus, Ohio (according to AMG) and recorded several sides locally.  

10. Coesville - Johnny Zorro

I can't find out anything about this artist.

11. Here We Go - The Beau-Jives

This band has a listing on All Music Guide, but no info.

12. Stompin' - The Night Owls

This band has a listing on All Music Guide, but no info.

13. Beaver Shot - The Periscopes

I can't find out anything about this band, but this song is all kinds of awesome.  This one's for you, Reggie!!!

14. Groovy - Joe Dodo & the Groovers

The only thing I can find out about this one is that the song was on the charts in '58.  Nothing else.

15. Hand Clappin' - Red Prysock

Wilburt Prysock was born in 1926 in Greenboro, North Carolina.  Prysock played with many bands, including with Tiny Bradshaw, as well as with Tiny Grimes and his Rocking Highlanders.  He also played with Roy Milton and Cootie Williams.  In 1954, he signed with Mercury Records as a bandleader, and had his biggest hit, the R&B instrumental "Hand Clappin'" in 1955.

16. The Screwdriver - Earl Hooker

Born January 15th, 1929 in Quitman County, Mississippi, Earl Hooker went on to become one of the Chicago blues greats.  B.B. King called him the "best of modern guitarists. Period."  

17. Rimshot (Part 1) - The Roller Coasters

I can't find out anything about this band.

18. Firewater - The Premiers

The Premiers, famous for their cover of the Richard Berry song "Farmer John" (covered by, among others, Neil Young and Crazy Horse), were a "chicano" band from southern California.

According to AMG, the band broke up in part due to the draft occurring during the Vietnam War.  However, 30 years after their breakup, the band got back together for new recordings.

19. Oasis - The Majestics

One of many bands called the Majestics, this particular one hailed from Miami, Florida.   

20. Beatnik - The Champs

The Champs, more famous for their song "Tequila", recorded from the late '50's into the '60's, but never achieved the success of "Tequila".  The band eventually included a young Glen Campbell.

21. Taboo - Red Garrison & His Zodiacs

This band has a listing on All Music Guide, but no info.

22. Night Walk - The Swingers

I can't find out anything about this band, however, I do now know what comes up in Google when you type in "the swingers".

23. Bad - Cozy Cole

Cozy Cole was a jazz drummer, active in the music scene from the '20's into the '70's.  He worked with greats such as Jelly Roll Morton, Billy Holiday and one armed trumpeter Wingy Manone.

24. Strollin' After Dark - The Shades

I can't find any definitive information about this band, but what I can find leads me to think this might be the band Lou Reed was in (a long time) before his stint in the Velvet Underground.  Not for sure, but just something to know.

25. All Night Long - Robert Parker

Born October 14th, 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Parker played with many of the greats of the New Orleans scene, including Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, Irma Thomas and Ernie K-Doe.  He began recording in 1949 and stayed in the business until 1984.

26. Ala Carte - James "Red" Holloway

Born in Helena, Arkansas on May 31st, 1927.  In 1932, he and his mother moved to Chicago, where he graduated from DuSable High School.  

27. Sweet Little Pussycat - Andre Williams

Zephire Andre Williams was born in Bessemer, Alabama on November 1st, 1936.  Around the age of 16, Williams moved to Detroit, Michigan and began his singing career on the Fortune label.  His biggest hit, "Bacon Fat" reached #9 on the Billboard R & B charts in 1957.  Williams also wrote songs for Stevie Wonder, Parliament/Funkadelic, as well as Ike and Tina Turner.  In the 1980's, Williams was destitute due to drug addiction and, at one time, was homeless and begging for money on a bridge in Chicago.  After beating his addiction, Williams began recording again, including his 1998 release Silky, which some have called the "world's sleaziest album ever".  A pioneer in R & B, funk, blues and punk music, Williams continues to record and play live.


Tall Grass & Tasty Trash for December 17th, 2010