AllenLowe Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I heard about that - will wait anxiously - Dan - I like the Duke/Peaock's, there's just something special, almost innocent, about the Sun Recordings - and there's something about Hare - he's one of the most charismatic guitarist's I've ever heard, I find his playing just riveting - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 I heard about that - will wait anxiously - Dan - I like the Duke/Peaock's, there's just something special, almost innocent, about the Sun Recordings - and there's something about Hare - he's one of the most charismatic guitarist's I've ever heard, I find his playing just riveting - I think I heard Junior's "Mystery train" once on the radio in the sixties. Is his Sun material available? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 MG, the Sun R&B material has been reissued widely by Bear Family and Charly on vinyl, and I should think that they currently are available on CD too. It might pay looking through the Bear Family catalog. Check this, maybe it might lead to you what you are looking for: http://www.bear-family.de/tabel1/neuheit/serien/sun_e.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 MG, the Sun R&B material has been reissued widely by Bear Family and Charly on vinyl, and I should think that they currently are available on CD too. It might pay looking through the Bear Family catalog. Check this, maybe it might lead to you what you are looking for: http://www.bear-family.de/tabel1/neuheit/serien/sun_e.htm Nice. I think I had pretty well every one of those Jerry Lee Lewis 45s - except "Money". MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 there is a ROunder CD of Junior Parker which has all the best stuff plus some additional Cotton/Hare - essential - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 there is a ROunder CD of Junior Parker which has all the best stuff plus some additional Cotton/Hare - essential - That would be this one: which lists for $17 at Amazon but has used copies starting at $9. Having a different Junior Parker comp of the Sun sessions, I've held off on this but I really ought to go for it just to hear "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyStitt Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 A few years back a customer came into the store I was working at and wanted me to special order her "everything by Pat Hare." While writing up a special order card for Rounder comp we started talking and I found out her husband had worked as a prison guard where Pat Hare was an inmate. She said she had some interesting stories about Hare but I wasn't working when she picked up the order, so I was never able to hear any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 there is a ROunder CD of Junior Parker which has all the best stuff plus some additional Cotton/Hare - essential - That would be this one: which lists for $17 at Amazon but has used copies starting at $9. Having a different Junior Parker comp of the Sun sessions, I've held off on this but I really ought to go for it just to hear "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby". Thanks folks - looks like the one I should be getting. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldB3 Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 2) look out for the Sun/Memphis Junior Parker sides with Pat Hare - and the James Cotton sides with Pat Hare - if I had to name the single greatest bues guitarists, ridiculously subjective as it might seem, I would pick Hare - a slashing, burning player with great rhythmic imagination - the greatest - one of the few musicians I can listen to every day (and how can you go wrong with a guy who died in prison while doing time for the murder of his girlfriens AND a cop? sort of a two-fer) also - note that the Junior Parker Sun recordings are among the most signifcant of 1950s "blues" - really more rockabilly/hillbilly than anything else; thinking of Mystery Train and Love My Baby. More reason to check out the whole Memphis scene - Allan, Thanks for the post. This Junior Parker Sun Sessions is on emusic but it doesn't list who plays on it. Is it safe to assume Pat Hare would be on these? http://www.emusic.com/album/Little-Junior-...d/10932980.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 2) look out for the Sun/Memphis Junior Parker sides with Pat Hare - and the James Cotton sides with Pat Hare - if I had to name the single greatest bues guitarists, ridiculously subjective as it might seem, I would pick Hare - a slashing, burning player with great rhythmic imagination - the greatest - one of the few musicians I can listen to every day (and how can you go wrong with a guy who died in prison while doing time for the murder of his girlfriens AND a cop? sort of a two-fer) also - note that the Junior Parker Sun recordings are among the most signifcant of 1950s "blues" - really more rockabilly/hillbilly than anything else; thinking of Mystery Train and Love My Baby. More reason to check out the whole Memphis scene - Allan, Thanks for the post. This Junior Parker Sun Sessions is on emusic but it doesn't list who plays on it. Is it safe to assume Pat Hare would be on these? http://www.emusic.com/album/Little-Junior-...d/10932980.html According to the first Classics issue of Junior Parker's recorded work, the first two tunes listed do not have Hare, the remainder do. Floyd Murphy is the sole guitarist on "Feelin' Good" and "Fussin and fightin". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Paul Butterfield - Anthology: The Elektra Years Johnny Winter The Progressive Blues Experiment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=371 This is an excellent list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=371 This is an excellent list! Yup, sad that J.A.W. has left this place... not that I know much about blues, but I have a print out of that list somewhere, just in case I ever feel like exploring more of this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=371 This is an excellent list! This is an incredible list, a great reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldB3 Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 1) don't know if its been mentioned, but the Son House Paramounts are, to me, the Rosetta Stone of the modern blues - even more so than Robert Johnson - just my opinion - they are on Yazoo and Document, and other places - 2) look out for the Sun/Memphis Junior Parker sides with Pat Hare - and the James Cotton sides with Pat Hare - if I had to name the single greatest bues guitarists, ridiculously subjective as it might seem, I would pick Hare - a slashing, burning player with great rhythmic imagination - the greatest - one of the few musicians I can listen to every day (and how can you go wrong with a guy who died in prison while doing time for the murder of his girlfriens AND a cop? sort of a two-fer) also - note that the Junior Parker Sun recordings are among the most signifcant of 1950s "blues" - really more rockabilly/hillbilly than anything else; thinking of Mystery Train and Love My Baby. More reason to check out the whole Memphis scene - 3) and now my favorite - the Reverend Utah Smith - only made 5-6 sides, collected on a JSP and also a Document (great sound on the JSP) - a guitar-playing evangelist, sounds like Jimi Henddrix on one or two things, no kidding, important stuff - plays octaves, too, and a lot of black/white sounds, country-hillbilly and blues at the same time - 4) Goree Carter - though some will disagree, probably the true originator of Chuck Berry's signature riff (even more so than the guy who played with Louis Jordan - Carl Hogan?) 5) Any Wayne Bennett with Bobby Bland - a rhythm master - 6) Mike Bloomfield - the genius of rock/blues, could play anything from straight-on to ragtime/Travis picking - 7) Peter Green - get the Fleetwood Mac BBC recordings to hear how amazing he could be when not sucking on sugar cubes - 8) Frank Hutchison - great hillbilly blues man; JSP and Document - I am looking forward to the recordings from this list I don't already have. Thanks for putting this together. You know your stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-blake Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 Just listening to the first Paul Butterfield album on Elekra after many years. It's still great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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