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Sticks McGhee / John Lee Hooker : Highway Of Blues
Year Of Release: 1959/1988 Label: King/Audio Lab  Format : Flac   Granville Henry McGhee, also known as Stick (or Sticks) McGhee,[2] (March 23, 1917 – August 15, 1961) was an African-American jump blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his blues song, "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee". He may have not been as prolific or celebrated as his brother Brownie, but guitarist Stick McGhee cut some great boozy blues and R&B from 1947 to 1960 -- including the immortal "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (a tune that Jerry Lee Lewis, for one, picked up on early in life and has revived often since). Young Granville McGhee earned his nickname by pushing his polio-stricken older brother Brownie through the streets of Kingsport, TN, on a cart that he propelled with a stick. McGhee was inspired to pen "Drinkin' Wine" while in Army boot camp during World War II; it was apparently a ribald military chant that the McGhees cleaned up for public consumption later on. McGhee's first recorded version of the tune for J. Mayo Williams's Harlem logo made little impression in 1947, but a rollicking 1949 remake for Atlantic (as Stick McGhee & His Buddies) proved a massive R&B hit (brother Brownie chiming in on guitar and harmony vocal). The tune has attracted countless covers over the years -- everyone from Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Burnette to Wynonie Harris and Larry Dale has taken a sip from this particular wine flask. After one more smash for Atlantic, 1951's "Tennessee Waltz Blues," McGhee moved along to Essex, King (where he waxed some more great booze numbers from 1953 to 1955 -- "Whiskey Women and Loaded Dice," "Head Happy With Wine," "Jungle Juice," "Six to Eight," "Double Crossin' Liquor"), Savoy, and Herald, where he made his last 45 in 1960 before lung cancer cut him down the following year.  John Lee Hooker was beloved worldwide as the king of the endless boogie, a genuine blues superstar whose droning, hypnotic one-chord grooves were at once both ultra-primitive and timeless. But John Lee Hooker recorded in a great many more styles than that over a career that stretched across more than half a century. But Hooker never, ever let something as meaningless as a contract stop him for making recordings for other labels. His early catalog is stretched across a road map of diskeries so complex that it's nearly impossible to fully comprehend (a vast array of recording aliases don't make things any easier). Along with Modern, Hooker recorded for King (as the geographically challenged Texas Slim), Regent (as Delta John, a far more accurate handle), Savoy (as the wonderfully surreal Birmingham Sam & His Magic Guitar), Danceland (as the downright delicious Little Pork Chops), Staff (as Johnny Williams), Sensation (for whom he scored a national hit in 1950 with "Huckle Up, Baby"), Gotham, Regal, Swing Time, Federal, Gone (as John Lee Booker), Chess, Acorn (as the Boogie Man), Chance, DeLuxe (as Johnny Lee), JVB, Chart, and Specialty; before finally settling down at Vee-Jay in 1955 under his own name. Tracklist: 01. Sticks McGhee - Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice 02:43 02. Sticks McGhee - Sad, Bad, Glad 03:00 03. Sticks McGhee - Head Happy With Wine 02:30 04. Sticks McGhee - Dealin' From The Bottom 02:44 05. Sticks McGhee - Get Your Mind Out Of The Gutter 02:47 06. Sticks McGhee - Jungle Juice 02:26 07. John Lee Hooker - Nightmare Blues 02:59 08. John Lee Hooker - Moaning Blues 03:05 09. John Lee Hooker - Don't Go Baby 03:18 10. John Lee Hooker - Thinking Blues 03:03 11. John Lee Hooker - Late Last Night 03:03 12. John Lee Hooker - Devil's Jump 02:52 Track 1, 3 Recorded January 1953 Sticks McHee guitar vocals Charles Rawlins tenor sax Maxwell Lucas tenor sax Ed Wanderveer trumpet Douglas Blackman piano Clifford Bryan bass George Ward on drums. Tracks 2, 5 Recorded February 1955. Sticks McHee guitar vocals Jimmy Wright tenor sax Duke Parham piano Prince Babb bass Gene Brooks drums Tracks 4, 6 Recorded New York on September 2, 1953 Sticks McHee guitar vocals James Buchanan tenor sax Sir Charles Thompson piano Mickey Baker guitar Carl Pruitt bass Specs Powell drums Track 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 John Lee Hooker guitar vocals Note Track 12 was released as Texas Slim Recorded Detroit Aug 1949 Track 10 John Lee Hooker guitar vocals Recorded : Detroit Aug 1950 Sharing Widget |
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