Chitarrista blues grintoso, Shorty è uno dei pochi neri a cui l'aggettivo blues rock calza a pennello. Elettrico, rauco, diretto, il suono di Shorty è spettacolare e mantiene in tutto e per tutto le sue radici texane. Tra le cose migliori di questo disco: Please Mr President, Too Hard to Love You, Slow Burn, Bad Memory e Temporary Man.
Research sources:
"Duke-Peacock-Backbeat Artist & Title File, 1952-1969" ledger;
"Blues Records 1943-1970, Volume Two, L To Z" [Record Information Services] by Mike Leadbitter, Leslie Fancourt & Paul Pelletier.
Special Thanks To:
Roger Armstrong and Ace Records, Bruce Bromberg & Steven Lasker.
On tracks 1-3, personnel other than Junior Parker, Bill Johnson and Pat Hare are unknown.
On track 6, drummer is listed as John "Jabo" Starks or Sonny Freeman.
On tracks 7-11, personnel other than Junior Parker are unknown.
On tracks 13 & 14, personnel other than Junior Parker and John "Jabo" Starks are unknown.
On track 15-17, all personnel are listed as "probably", and guitarists are listed as Wayne Bennett or Johnny Brown.
On tracks 18-20, personnel other than Junior Parker and Wayne Bennett are unknown.
Recorded October 30, 1967
#3, 5, 8 Previously Unissued
Raccolta di brani blues contemporanei nella metà anni novanta dell'area relativa allo stato del New Jersey.
? 1996 Taxim Records
© 1966 Taxim Records
La storia del blues di Chicago in 18 canzoni: tutti classici.
La musica dei Juke Joints: sordido blues infettato dai fumi dell'alcol e dai pruriti del sesso.
Registrazioni effettuate al Festival di Newport dal 1959 al 1965 con John Lee Hooker, Son House, Spleepy John Estes, Skip James e molti altri.
Tracks 1 to 5 recorded on the riverboat "President" 4/9/1976.
Tracks 8, 9, 12 to 14 & 17 to 21 recorded at the New Orleans Fairgrounds 4/11/1976.
Tracks 6, 7, 15 & 16 recorded at Sea-Saint Recording Studio, Inc. 9/11/1976.
Tracks 10 & 11 reorded at Sea-Saint Recording Studio, Inc. 9/26/1976.
Remixed at Sea-Saint Recording Studio, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
© 1989 Rhino Records Inc.
Released in a standard jewel case with 4-page booklet.
Specialisti della tecnica slide da Robert Johnson a Jo Ann Kelly.
Le musiche della serie televisiva trasmessa da PBS.
