Juke Joint Boogie [Import]

Track Listings

 
1. Juke Joint Boogie
2. Whole Hog or None
3. Loose Talk
4. From Canada to Tennessee
5. Please Don't Tell Her
6. Heart Trouble [#]
7. Caught at Last
8. Snatch It and Grab It
9. Dig Boy Dig
10. Drink Up and Go Home
11. Extra!
12. On the Prowl
13. Dance and Sing [#]
14. Blue
15. Baby Don't Leave
16. Heaven Only Knows
17. Say No More
18. From a Boy to a Man [#]
19. Loving in Vain [#]
20. I'm No Angel
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Juke Joint Jump: Boogie Woogie Celebration
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A Boogie Woogie Showcase
 Juke Joint Jump: Boogie Woogie Celebration
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000002AEP
Release Date: 1996-10-08

Tracks:

  1. Panic Street - Memphis Slim
  2. Down The Road A Piece - FREDDIE SLACK
  3. Baby Boogie Woogie - Curley Weaver
  4. Soon This Morning No. 2 - Charlie Spand
  5. Boogie Woogie Prayer (Part 1) - The Boogie Woogie Boys
  6. Boogie Woogie Prayer (Part 2) - The Boogie Woogie Boys
  7. Mister Boogie - Sir Charles Thompson
  8. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Red Saunders & His Orchestra
  9. Roll 'Em Pete - Pete Johnson
  10. Dupree Shake Dance - Champion Jack Dupree
  11. Boo Woo - Harry James & The Boogie Woogie Trio
  12. Shout For Joy - Albert Ammons
  13. Boogie Woogie - Calvin Frazier
  14. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Adrian Rollini Trio
  15. Old Quaker Blues - Jimmy Yancey
  16. I Love You Baby Boogie - Willie 'Long Time' Smith
  17. Boogie Woogie - Pete Johnson
  18. Tatum Pole Boogie - Art Tatum

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Boogie Woogie Showcase.......2000-08-13

I wanted to get a birthday present for one of my best friends. I sought a fine boogie woogie collection in the pattern of Black and Blue's "Boogie Woogie Masters". Juke Joint Jump does fill that bill. It has cuts by titans of the art: Memphis Slim plays "Panic Street", Art Tatum plays "Tatum Pole Boogie", Champion Jack Dupree plays "Dupree Shake Dance", Pete Johnson plays "Boogie Woogie" and others. Freddie Slack's "Down the Road a Piece" is an infectious tune that lingers. There are 18 cuts in all, none of them bad, and some of them very very good.

--- Seven years later ... ---
[ I initially wrote this text as a comment, but eventually found a suitable clickable button, but I still don't know how to bump the stars ]

I just now read through my review of Juke Joint Jump a Boogie Woogie Celebration. I thought to edit it but couldn't find an appropriate button to click. Anyway, I've listened to this cd a couple hundred times since I wrote that review (7 years ago (the thud you may have heard was the sound of my dropping jaw banging on the desk)!). I'd bump my review to 5 stars if I could. I love this cd.
Boogie Disease
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Dr. Ross is still the harmonica boss
 Boogie Disease
Doctor Ross
Manufacturer: Arhoolie Records
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ASIN: B0000001IN
Release Date: 1993-01-05

Tracks:

  1. Boogie Disease (Take 5)
  2. Going To The River
  3. Good Thing Blues
  4. Turkey Leg Woman
  5. Country Clown
  6. My Bebop Gal
  7. Memphis Boggie (Juke Box Boogie-Take 1)
  8. Shake 'Em On Down
  9. Down South Blues
  10. Shake A My Hand
  11. Little Soldier Boy
  12. Mississippi Blues (Cat Squireel)
  13. Going Back South
  14. Dr. Ross (Chicago) Break Down (Take 2)
  15. Taylor Mae
  16. Texas Hop
  17. Chicago Breakdown (Take 3)
  18. Juke Box Boggie (Take 2)
  19. Feel So Sad
  20. Polly Put Your Kettle On
  21. Industrial Avenue Boggie
  22. Downtown Boogie

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Dr. Ross is still the harmonica boss.......2000-08-26

Dr. Isiah Ross recording for Sam Phillips on Sun Records before there was an Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. If this album contained only The Boogie Disease, is would be well worth having. Dr. Ross was the last of the one-man bands, finally passing away in Flint, Michigan, where he worked at the GM plant. This CD contains most of great Sun recordings, including Chicago Breakdown and Juke Box Boogie. Some rock historians might recall when CREAM recorded Cat Squirrel in the late 1960's. The writer was none other than Dr. Ross. The orginal record is contained here. This CD also includes a number of traditional blues numbers, such as Break 'Em On Down and Feel So Sad. But most of the recordings here are rare, hard to find sides. Dr. Ross was a clear, distinctive voice who found brief popularity in the 1970's during Blues Revival shows. On some sides he performs drums, guitar and harmonica unaccompanied, hence the name: the last of the one man bands. If you are interested in a genuine original, and are weary of the over amped blues clones, Dr. Ross' Boogie Disease just might be for you. "Thought I'd boogie to the doctor, boogie to the nurse; Gonna keep on boogiein' till they put me in the hearse." And that's exactly what Dr. Ross did.
Cincinnati Stomp
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • True-Blues....with a hint of southern rock....Excellent!
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Big Joe Duskin
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ASIN: B0000001KE
Release Date: 1995-08-10

Tracks:

  1. Mean Old Frisco
  2. Roll 'Em Pete
  3. Stormin' In Texas
  4. Cincinnati Stomp
  5. Little Red Rooster
  6. The Tribute
  7. Down The Road Apiece
  8. Well, Well Baby
  9. Honky Tonk Train
  10. Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar
  11. Tender Hearted Woman
  12. Stoop Down Baby
  13. Betty And Dupree
  14. Yancey Special
  15. Slidell Blues
  16. Dollar Bill Boogie
  17. I Met A Girl Named Martha
  18. Boogie Woogie Prayer

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars True-Blues....with a hint of southern rock....Excellent!.......1999-03-06

I was fortunate to meet Big Joe in a club in Cinncinnatti back in the early 70's. I must say that Joes' heart is as big as his boogie-woogie hands, which get a real work-out on this cd! If you love true blues... you've got to love this cd! Even though this is compiled and partially recorded in his home....the quality is good and full of blues grit! Crank it up and enjoy! Take it from a musician and real music lover.....you won't be disappointed! Skip from Ohio
Juke Joint Boogie
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Juke Joint Boogie
 Juke Joint Boogie
Freddie Hart
Manufacturer: Bear Family
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ASIN: B0002T8CLI
Release Date: 2004-09-06

Tracks:

  1. Juke Joint Boogie
  2. Whole Hog or None
  3. Loose Talk
  4. From Canada to Tennessee
  5. Please Don't Tell Her
  6. Heart Trouble [#]
  7. Caught at Last
  8. Snatch It and Grab It
  9. Dig Boy Dig
  10. Drink Up and Go Home
  11. Extra!
  12. On the Prowl
  13. Dance and Sing [#]
  14. Blue
  15. Baby Don't Leave
  16. Heaven Only Knows
  17. Say No More
  18. From a Boy to a Man [#]
  19. Loving in Vain [#]
  20. I'm No Angel
  21. Farther Than My Eyes Can See
  22. I'm Gonna Live for Today [#]
  23. Chain Gang
  24. Mr. Fool
  25. Key's in the Mailbox
  26. My Last Dime
  27. Careful [#]
  28. Do My Heart a Favor [#]
  29. Lyin' Again
  30. Some Do, Some Don't, Some Will, Some Won't
  31. Heart Attack
  32. Midnight Date
  33. Wall

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Juke Joint Boogie.......2004-10-04


Freddie Hart had been recording for almost twenty years before his 1971 hit `Easy Loving' climbed the charts to number one and gave him Song Of The Year in 1971 and `72. This collection brings together his very early catalog of Capitol and Columbia recordings from 1953-1961 including his first major hit 'The Wall' from 1959. Also included is Freddie's composition `Loose Talk' that was a hit for Carl Smith in 1955 and was also recorded in 1961 by Buck Owens and Rose Maddox. Among Freddie's country material are two rockabilly sides `Dig Boy Dig' and `Snatch It And Grab It' recorded in 1956. Sadly they didn't catch on at the time, but highly praised by collectors making them rockabilly classics. This is the same year that he recorded `Blue` & `Drink Up And Go Home' a great catchy classic honky-tonk. The bluesy 'Baby Don't Leave' has such a unique guitar solo, would have been a great song for Elvis. Freddie's version of Harlan Howard's `Chain Gang' is fantastic and was recorded a few years before Johnny Cash's version from his "Blood Sweat And Tears" LP. Freddie's songs were recorded by Patsy Cline, Lefty Frizzell, George Jones, Bob Luman, and Kenny Rodgers just to many to mention here.

Many previously un-issued songs like `Dance And Sing', `From A Boy To A Man', `Loving In Vain', `I'm Gonna Live For Today', `Do My Hear A Favor'. The title track `Juke Joint Boogie' and `Heart Trouble' were released prior on LP, but they were in electronic stereo in the 1970's. Here we have them straight from the excellent original mono masters. Why `Careful' was left in the vaults is beyond me, such a tender performance. The un-issued tracks have the same high quality of the released material.
There is star power in the musicianship on this release which includes Wesley Tuttle, Cliffe Stone, Joe Maphis, Jimmy Byrant, Merle Travis, Johnny Bond, Floyd Cramer, Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Bob Moore and Hargus "Pig" Robbins!

Freddie Hart is a legendary Country writer and recording artist with an amazing story. This is a great example of the classic releases that Bear Family Records put out there for the fans. It's wonderful that they recognize Freddie early talents.
I Am The Blues
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Willie KIng is the BLUES!!
  • I Am The Blues, my review from Barcelona
  • The Real Deal
  • Real deal blues is alive and well
 I Am The Blues
Willie King
Manufacturer: Willie King/RMA
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000C8XLA
Release Date: 2003-08-01

Tracks:

  1. Strolling with Willie
  2. Betty's Place
  3. I Am The Blues
  4. Crawlin'
  5. All Tied Up
  6. Shake It
  7. You're Going To Worry
  8. The Wolf Is Back
  9. Willie's Testament

Album Description

Blues Artist of the Year Willie King's self-produced masterpiece is a groovin', jumpin', juke boogie blast. The hypnotic grooves and outspoken lyrics make this CD a modern blues classic.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Willie KIng is the BLUES!!.......2007-07-18

When I got into the blues 2 years ago, I had no idea I would be flying back to Alabama to attend Freedom Creek Blues Festival, Willie King's homage to the blues!! But, I saw a snippet of his work in Martin Scorcese's The Blues DVD set, and I said to my husband, "I have to go to Alabama and see Willie King." Unexplicable! Two weeks later, I was there.

I can't say enough good things about this music. But first about Willie: he's a decent guy who tries to do good things. He greets his fans with such love and devotion: his fans are his kids. He's approachable and loves the contact with his fans.

Willy is serious when it comes to "lovin' one another" and models it beautifully. He laughed when a few of us missed the sexual overtones of some of his lyrics, but tackfully explained them. He writes 99% of his music as well. Great lyrics and creative, intense playing.

King's band, The Liberators: Rick on keyboard and harp, Debbie on bass guitar and singer, and Willie James on drums are professionals to the core. They help make Willie look even better: it's an extraordinary team. Willie James gave me a drum lesson at Freedom Creek and,trust me when I say, it is HARD! But, we howelled with laughter at my attempts. I was happy I could entertain Willie James for a few minutes instead of him always mesmorizing me with his playing song after song after song.

Willie's energy is contagious. I can't match it, but I always enjoy it. It's my plan never to miss another Freedom Creek! I bought all of his CD's and I find them all exceptional for different reasons. By the last two and go from there! You won't be sorry. You'll be rockin' down the road.
Oh, and check out the new DVD documentary called Willie King "Down in the Woods." A couple came over from Europe to take 'down' Willie's life and they did an excellent job. It's not easy getting 'heart and soul' on film, yet I think this couple rose to the occasion and did it!

4 out of 5 stars I Am The Blues, my review from Barcelona.......2007-07-02

I like Willie King in all its multiple facets -great voice in certain moments very similar to Howlin Wolf- good guitar playing and better compositions. I know him musically through his records: 2000's FREEDOM CREEK and 2002's LIVING ROOM IN TO NEW WORLD, both with very good themes. Willie King is an authentic Chicago Bluesman with occasional funky reminiscences. Because of the poverty, racism and oppression that he has suffered, he divides his music between sweet and struggling Blues. This I AM THE BLUES follows these guidelines and is of course a great Blues record. The opening track, the instrumental "Strolling with Willie" which carries the flavour of the well-known Otis Rush's "All your love I miss loving", contains some rhythmic and harmonic clashes between King and the band but things settle down in the rest of the record. He pays homage to HOWLIN' WOLF with "You' re going to worry", "The wolf is back" and the song which gives title to the record, "I am the Blues", which makes you think of Wolf's "Smokestack lightnin'". All other songs are also superb. I recommend this CD and I give it 4 stars.

5 out of 5 stars The Real Deal.......2004-10-05

I know Willie, and when he sings, I am the blues," it's not just a song title or a lyric, it's the real deal. Willie is as honest and gritty and rolicking and real as it gets. He is the blues.

5 out of 5 stars Real deal blues is alive and well.......2003-08-29

I first heard Willie King play live at his festival in Freedom Creek, deep in Alabama, where this music arises from the harsh realities of rural life. This CD is the blues as it is lived today - a soul-filled expression full of joy and misery, catharsis and dance to lighten the soul. Willie King has a great blues voice and plays some mean guitar, backed up by a rock-steady band who never overplay the groove. If you like blues in the style of R. L. Burnside, John Lee Hooker or Howlin' Wolf you will love this album.
Blues and Boogie from Detroit
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    Doctor Ross
    Manufacturer: Chrisly (Ger)
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    ASIN: B000028BC3
    Release Date: 2000-12-12

    Tracks:

    1. Chicago Breakdown
    2. 30:20 Blues
    3. Got Somethin' to Tell
    4. Mama Blues
    5. Hobo Blues
    6. Boogie Disease No. 3
    7. Trouble, Trouble
    8. Sweet Black Angel
    9. China Blues
    10. Little School Girl
    11. Biscuit Bakin' Woman
    King of the Boogie
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      		King of the Boogie
      John Lee Hooker
      Manufacturer: Drive Archive
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      ASIN: B000005OA0
      Release Date: 1994-05-10

      Tracks:

      1. Boom Boom
      2. Good Rockin' Mama
      3. Big Legs, Tight Skirt
      4. Boogie Chillun
      5. Crawlin' King Snake
      6. Mama You Got A Daughter
      7. Dimples
      8. What Do You Say
      9. House Rent Boogie
      10. Hobo Blues
      11. Hard-Headed Woman
      12. I Like To See You Walk
      13. Baby Lee
      14. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
      Juke Joint Boogie
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Juke Joint Boogie
        Freddie Hart
        Manufacturer: Bear Family
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B0006FFS6K
        Release Date: 2004-08-17

        Tracks:

        1. Juke Joint Boogie
        2. Whole Hog or None
        3. Loose Talk
        4. From Canada to Tennessee
        5. Please Don't Tell Her
        6. Heart Trouble [#]
        7. Caught at Last
        8. Snatch It and Grab It
        9. Dig Boy Dig
        10. Drink Up and Go Home
        11. Extra!
        12. On the Prowl
        13. Dance and Sing [#]
        14. Blue
        15. Baby Don't Leave
        16. Heaven Only Knows
        17. Say No More
        18. From a Boy to a Man [#]
        19. Loving in Vain [#]
        20. I'm No Angel
        21. Farther Than My Eyes Can See
        22. I'm Gonna Live for Today [#]
        23. Chain Gang
        24. Mr. Fool
        25. Key's in the Mailbox
        26. My Last Dime
        27. Careful [#]
        28. Do My Heart a Favor [#]
        29. Lyin' Again
        30. Some Do, Some Don't, Some Will, Some Won't
        31. Heart Attack
        32. Midnight Date
        33. Wall
        Boogie Chillun
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • Dirty and beautiful
        • Intimate John Lee...
        • Good old blues, great stuff!!
        • This is The Real John Lee Hooker!
        • Incredibly primitive (bad) guitar playing, but good vocals
        		 Boogie Chillun
        John Lee Hooker
        Manufacturer: Charly UK
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        ASIN: B0000240FM
        Release Date: 1999-07-01

        Tracks:

        1. I'm Going Upstairs
        2. Boom Boom
        3. I'm in the Mood
        4. Dimples
        5. I'm Mad Again
        6. Baby Lee
        7. Boogie Chillun'
        8. Let's Make It
        9. Bottle up and Go
        10. Unfriendly Woman
        11. Hard Headed Woman
        12. Crawlin' King Snake

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Dirty and beautiful.......2006-11-25

        Blues music at its best, when it is raw and simple, sorrowful and mean. Hooker's "inept" or "bad" guitar playing is perfect here. It is ragged and unusual, and his little mistakes add to the broken feeling of the songs. He sounds like a broken-hearted witch doctor. It's amazing. Good grief, how boring and criminal would this album be if it was John Lee singing over somebody playing perfect, totally predictable blues guitar? It makes no sense, and anyone who longs for that doesn't get John Lee Hooker, or the blues for that matter. Why don't you ask Keith Richards? He got a huge amount of his rhythm guitar style from John Lee. Of course if you think John Lee is inept then you probably think Keith Richards is sloppy and that Mick Jagger can't sing, so nevermind. It's people who like clean, overproduced, safe, boring blues music who have nearly killed the blues as an artform, and made it something for middle-aged suburbanites to go see on their Honda Goldwings on Friday nights at some restaurant near a mall. Get this album and turn it up and and experience some real blues, raw and nasty and completely profound.

        5 out of 5 stars Intimate John Lee..........2005-10-20

        This CD is one that I always end up coming back to when the hard times hit. John Lee bares his soul on this one and his vocals are delivered with conviction and pure emotion. The CD consists of 19 tracks and are just Hooker and his electric guitar. The setting sounds like a small club or coffee house (every once in a while you can hear dishes or glasses clink) and the applause is sometimes edited out at the end of some songs, making it seem as if Hooker is playing without an audience. John Lee really knows how to deliver when it comes to singing about a relationship gone bad. Songs like "I'm Gonna Keep On Walking" and "You Gonna Miss Me" perfectly articulate feelings on lost love. He also sings of the effects of depression on "I Just Can't Hold On Much Longer". Although it sounds bleak, this is John Lee Hooker at his most intimate. With the exception of a few faster songs, the majority of the music is mellow blues with soulful vocals, actually pretty relaxing. Overall, the amount that I've played this disc in the years since I bought it has made this a worthwhile purchase, and to me it remains one of the best examples of the incredible blues of John Lee Hooker.

        4 out of 5 stars Good old blues, great stuff!!.......2005-06-18

        This is a great "mood" blues cd. That guy below talking about how bad the guitar playing is doesn't get it. It's not how hard something is to play, it's what the songs do for you. I can't stand these technical snobs always talking about how hard and fast they can play....they only play with there brains, this comes from the heart.

        5 out of 5 stars This is The Real John Lee Hooker!.......2005-05-13

        I don't know what the previous reviewer is talking about!Primitive! You don't understand the true relationship between the African music culture and Delta Blues if you don't get this!Hooker is at HIS BEST WHEN HE'S ALONE! This is the stuff that makes him a legend;not his band CD's. This is one of John Lee Hooker's greatest Cd's,EVER!If you don't feel this, you got a Hole in your Soul!

        3 out of 5 stars Incredibly primitive (bad) guitar playing, but good vocals.......2004-11-03

        I'm afraid the guitar playing is way too primitive for me. To call it rudimentary would be very complementary, I mean its just bad. What else would call playing in which the guitarist randomly hits open strings on his guitar without any thought to harmony? A first year guitar student could play as well. Which is a shame as much of this music is very emotional, Hookers vocals and storytelling are both strong. That's why I gave this CD 3 stars rather than one. But personally I'd rather listen to Elmore James, Lightnin' Hopkins, Charlie Patton or Robert Johnson before solo Hooker, at least at this stage of his career. Those guys can write a tune AND play, expecially Johnson. In later years Hooker became a much better and unique guitar player and on his earlier 50's recordings when he plays with a band, he sounds fine. But on Boogie Chillun his guitar playing is wanting, so I'd avoid Boogie Chillun unless you're a Hooker completist.

        Update/rebutal to the reviewers above me: Hey its not about the guitar technique but the fact that Hooker can BARELY play at all. His voice is marvelous and if this was an accapella album it would have been a heck of a lot more enjoyable. In fact the only kind of blues I can enjoy is the primitive hence my reference to Charlie Patton or Lightning Hopkins guys who either NEVER played with bands or did it very seldom, but there's a difference between primative and completely inept. I never said Hooker was better in a band context, just that at this stage his guitar bugged me. His vocals are amazing and as I said in my original review emotional. Like Louis Armstrong once said there's only two kinds of music: good and bad. This falls in the good catagorie.
        Basil's Bar Blues
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Basil's Bar Blues
          Steve Big Man Clayton
          Manufacturer: Milan Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B00009PJRV
          Release Date: 2003-07-01

          Tracks:

          1. Big Fat Mama - Big Jay McNeely
          2. Big Legged Woman - Larry Garner
          3. Flip, Flop & Fly - Steve 'Big Man' Clayton
          4. Up Your Sleeve - Dana Gillespie
          5. Catfish Blues - Big Joe Louis
          6. Mannish Boy - Ian Siegal
          7. Prison Of Love - Matt Schefield
          8. Tough Love - Dana Gillespie
          9. Sugar Coated Love - Earl Green
          10. Ten Ton Blocks - Dana Gillespie
          11. Got My Mojo Working - Ian Siegal
          12. No One - Dana Gillespie
          13. Don't Give Me No Whiskey - Larry Garner
          14. Get Up And Boogie - Big Jay McNeely

          Music Album:

          1. Legend of Charlie Poole, Vol. 3
          2. Live at the Britt Festival [Import] [Live]
          3. Live from Robert's [EP] [Live]
          4. Long About That Time
          5. Lots & Lots of Trucks
          6. Love Stories [Import]
          7. Moonlight Becomes You
          8. Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots
          9. My Maria/Calabasas [Import]
          10. Naked

          Music Album

          Music Album