FRANK MOTLEY & HIS MOTLEY CREW "Honkin' At Midnight"

Honkin' at Midnight is a 30-track collection of recordings Frank Motley made in the '50s and '60s for labels such as DC and Quality. Motley's Motley Crew was a performing and recording ensemble similar to the Johnny Otis Show, with revolving vocalists and a small combo of instrumentalists who could rock like nobody's business. Motley's gimmick was that he could play two horns at once, as he did on searing instrumental cuts like "Motley Jump," and the classic "Honkin' at Midnight." Motley and singer Curley Bridges pulverized Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" on a mid-'50s recording called "New Hound Dog" that easily out-rocks Elvis Presley's version. "Any Other Way," sung by Jackie Shane, was a successful record in Canada, and Bridges' "What Can I Do" pushed the envelope by poignantly describing the end of an interracial relationship. Motley recorded for so many labels, and had so little commercial success, that it is unlikely that a comprehensive, legitimate anthology will appear, but his music has been reissued on a number of domestic and import collections.by Greg Adams, Allmusic

trax:
1. Honkin' At Midnight - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 2. A Bunch Of Bad Cats - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 3. Any Other Way - Frank Motley w/Jackie Shayne 4. Yeah, Let's Fly - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 5. Night Time Is The Right Time - Frank Motley w/Curley Bridges 6. Motley Jump - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 7. Have You Ever Had The Blues - Frank Motley w/Jackie Shane 8. Try Rock And Roll - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 9. What Can I Do - Frank Motley w/Curley Bridges 10. Boomerang Lover - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 11. Curley's Lament Aka Crying Crying - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 12. Don't Go - Frank Motley w/Curley Bridges 13. I Was Framed - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 14. New Hound Dog - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 15. Sticks And Stones - Frank Motley w/Jackie Shane 16. Hitchikin' - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 17. Alone In The Night - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 18. Good Good Lovin' - Frank Motley w/Curley Bridges 19. A Prayer Of Love - Frank Motley w/Curley Bridges 20. Diggin' In The Ground - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 21. Let Me In There Again - Frank Motley w/The Earls 22. Money - Frank Motley w/Jackie Shane 23. Red Light - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 24. Honey - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 25. I Love You Pretty Baby - Frank Motley w/Larry Ellis 26. I'm Gonna Rock My Baby - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 27. Snatch It - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 28. Three Blind Mice - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 29. That Ain't Right - Frank Motley & His Motley Crew 30. I'm Gonna Miss You - Frank Motley w/Calvin Ruffin
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