late June 2021 bopping fortnigh’s favorites
Howdy folks ! This is the new selection of bopping fortnight’s favorites : no less than 11 or 12 tracks this time, trying to recapture all those 5 past months when bopping.org was sleeping and sick in the hospital .
We begin with
JAY McCOY
, and his « Everybody’s Lookin’ », a cheerful tune (not so often in bopping.org) was published as late as 1966 on the Nebraska Rebel label (# 5846).
Transfusion Blues
Everybody's Lookin'
CHUCK JOYCE (featured Early June for his Trepur 1006 side , « Milkman Blues » & Hollywoos Rhythm Wranglers, do come on Trepur 1009 with two songs, fronted on vocal by a Rusty Howard. « I’m Going To Do You Like You Are Doing To Me » : a fine Rocka-a-ballad with some harmonica ; the flip side, « Let’s Rock » , same vocalist, is a passable rocker – fine guitar anyway.
I'm going To Do You Like You Do To Me
On to Washington, D.C. for
L. C. SMITH
on the Wango label (1958). He does the great guitar/banjo led «
Radio Boogie
» and «
Honeymoon On A Rocket Ship
» (original by Hank Snow), already issued (1rst version) in 1952 or 1953 on the Tennessee Kingsport label # 108 aided by Ralph Mayo on banjo. Smith had other good discs on Wango, maybe for a future Fortnight.
Radio Boogie
» and «
Honeymoon On A Rocket Ship
» (original by Hank Snow), already issued (1rst version) in 1952 or 1953 on the Tennessee Kingsport label # 108 aided by Ralph Mayo on banjo. Smith had other good discs on Wango, maybe for a future Fortnight.
Honeymoon On A Rocket Ship
» (original by Hank Snow), already issued (1rst version) in 1952 or 1953 on the Tennessee Kingsport label # 108 aided by Ralph Mayo on banjo. Smith had other good discs on Wango, maybe for a future Fortnight.
Radio Boogie (first version)
Radio Boogie (2nd version)
Take It Or Leave It
We turn way up North on the Fortune label, out of Detroit, Michigan.
BOOTS GILBERT
(& Bob Sykes with Chuck Hatfield on steel) issued in 1955 on Fortune 176 «
Take It Or Leave It
», a fine track (call and response format). Fortune had in its catalog many other great discs. Label was owned by Deborah Brown and her husband Jack.
Take It Or Leave It
», a fine track (call and response format). Fortune had in its catalog many other great discs. Label was owned by Deborah Brown and her husband Jack.
Dark Hollow
West Va. born (1931)
BILL BROWNING
(and the Echo Valley Boys) had a fine string of Rockers and Country-rockers on the Ohio Island label, among them the classic «
Dark Hollow
» (1958), also done by Jimmie Skinner on Mercury. Browning was also on Enola 313 and Marbone 7026, and should not be confused with BILL « ZEKIE » BROWNING on Lucky.
Dark Hollow
» (1958), also done by Jimmie Skinner on Mercury. Browning was also on Enola 313 and Marbone 7026, and should not be confused with BILL « ZEKIE » BROWNING on Lucky.
Brother That's All
RED HADLEY
cut in 1955 the good «
Brother That’s All
» (Meteor 5017) and disappeared afterwards, leaving behind him some tracks cut for Sun, not issued before the ’70s.
Brother That’s All
» (Meteor 5017) and disappeared afterwards, leaving behind him some tracks cut for Sun, not issued before the ’70s.
We come to the end of this selection with two late ’50s or even 1969 tracks by Bill Monroe ex-sideman
JIMMY MARTIN
. First with the superior bopping bluegrass tune «
Hop, Skip And Wobble
» (Decca 30496) and «
Free Born Man
» (Decca 32378).
Hop, Skip And Wobble
» (Decca 30496) and «
Free Born Man
» (Decca 32378).
Free Born Man
» (Decca 32378).
Hop, kip And Wobble
Free Born Man
Just to add something different, a great piece of Boogie Woogie from 1929 by the pianist
WILL EZELL
and his «
Pitchin’ Boogie
»: fine piano and a demented cornet.
Pitchin’ Boogie
»: fine piano and a demented cornet.
Pitchin' Boogie
That’s it for this time, folks. Hope you enjoyed the selection ! If you did, please leave me a comment below.
Sources : many. Netherland’s Cees Klop for some tunes from « Rockabilly Hoodlums » series ; Wango sides, Chuck Joyce from Internet. The rest from my huge sound/labels collection.
arkansas 45s