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"ELKO BLUES" Vol. 1

Happy New Year To All Of You TwilightZone Visitors!The first of three CDs featuring recordings made in the 50s for eccentric West Coast producer J.R. Fullbright and issued on his Elko label plus some from his vaults that were never originally issued along with some that licensed to other labels. Fullbright was a real character and a hustler extraordinaire. This volume includes the first recordings of the great Clifton Chenier cut in Lake Charles, La in 1954, the first sides by the excellent West Coast singer/ guitarist Phillip Walker, three cuts by George Smith, Arkansas singer/ harmonica player Elmon Mickle, the excellent vocalist Jimmy Wilson with the Jimmy Nolen Band including hot guitar from Lafayette Thomas plus West Coast stalwarts Smokey Hogg and Jesse Fuller. (FS) (Roots & Rhythms)

trax:
1. Rockin' The Bop - Clifton Chenier 2. Tell Me - Clifton Chenier 3. Cliston's Blues - Clifton Chenier 4. Louisiana Stomp - Clifton Chenier 5. I Don't Know - George "Harmonica" Smith 6. Miss O'Malley's Rally - George "Harmonica" Smith 7. Hot Rolls - George "Harmonica" Smith 8. Flat Foot Sam - Elmon Mickle 9. Jackson Blues - Elmon Mickle 10. Short And Fat - Elmon Mickle & Ernie Pruitt 11. Lonesome Highway - Elmon Mickle 12. I Got To Get Some Money - Elmon Mickle 13. Strangest Blues - Jimmy Wilson & Jimmy Nolen Band 14. I Used To Love A Woman - Jimmy Wilson & Jimmy Nolen Band 15. Let's Try It Again - Jimmy Nolen Band 16. Mr. Engineer - Jesse Fuller 17. San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller 18. Hello My Darling - Phillip Walker 19. Playing In The Park - Phillip Walker 20. I Want You For Myself - Phillip Walker with Bea Walker 21. Louisiana Walk - Phillip Walker 22. Blue And Lonesome Blues - Smokey Hogg 23. Misery Is My Life - Smokey Hogg
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