Smokin' Willie [Import]

Product Description
Reissue of 1970 rarity originally issued in a private pressing of 500 copies. There's lots of Hammond, up-front fuzz guitar, a truly thunderous rhythm section, & howling vocals. Six tracks including the trio blasting through covers of 'Whiter Shade Of Pale', 'Evil Ways', 'Get Ready', & an unbelievable 'House Of The Rising Sun'. Radioactive. 2004.

Smokin' Willie,Smokin' Willie,Radioactive,Rock,Rock/Pop

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Essential Texas Blues - House of Blues (2 Cd Set) Kim Wilson , Smokin' Joe Kubek , Johhny Copeland , Albert Collins , Anson Funderberg & The Rockets , Lou Ann Barton , T-Bone Walker , Zuzu Bollin , Long John Hunter , and Freddie King Manufacturer: Platinum ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bird Nest on the Ground The Road to Escondido ASIN: B000ELSMCI

Product Description

2 Cd SET - Essential Texas Blues - House Of The Blues // Disc 1: 1. Baby Please Don't Lie To Me - Kim Wilson 2. Comin' Home Today - Smokin' Joe Kubek 3. Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me - Johhny Copeland 4. Frosty - Albert Collins 5. Changing Neighborhoods - Anson Funderberg & The Rockets 6. Stop These Teardrops - Lou Ann Barton 7. I Want A Little Girl - T-Bone Walker 8. Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night? - Zuzu Bollin 9. Nasty Ways - Long John Hunter 10. Love Her With A Feeling - Freddie King 11. Little School Girl - Smokey Hogg 12. There is Something On Your Mind - Grady Gaines 13. Kidney Stew Blues - Eddie Vinson 14. The Cows - Robert Shaw 15. Chicken Stuff - Hop Wilson Disc 2: 1. It's My Life, Baby - Johnny Winter 2. Go On - Angela Strehli 3. It's Been A Mistake - Tutu Jones 4. Why Do Things Happen To Me? - W.C Clarke 5. Ball N' Chain - Willie Mae Thornton 6. Ella Speed - Mance Lipscomb 7. Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson 8. Texas Hop - Pee Wee Crayton 9. How Do You Spell Love? - The Fabulous Thunderbirds 10. Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty - Omar & The Howlers 11. Change It - Doyle Bramhall 12. Going Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner 13. My Time Is Expensive - Gatemouth Brown 14. If You Want To See The Blues - Joe 'Guitar' Hughes 15. I Feel So Good - Ivory Joe Hunter 16. Tom Moore Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins

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Greenville Smokin' Willie Love And His Three Aces Manufacturer: Cleopatra ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004RJ2X Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

1. Take It Easy, Baby
2. Little Car Blues
3. Everybody's Fishing
4. My Own Boogie
5. Fallin' Rain
6. Feed My Body To The Fishes
7. Vanity Dresser Boogie
8. 74 Blues
9. 21 Minutes To Nine
10. Shady Lane Blues
11. Nelson Street Blues
12. V-8 Ford
13. Shout Brother Shout
14. Worried Blues
15. Lonesome World Blues
16. Wonderful Baby
17. Willie Mae
18. Way Back

Average customer rating: Heartfelt, if not particulary accomplished, music...

Smokin' Willie Smokin' Willie Manufacturer: Radioactive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0006BI11S Release Date: 2006-03-31

Tracks:

1. Hot Blooded Mama
2. Whiter Shade Of Pale
3. Evil Ways
4. Get Ready
5. House Fo The Risin' Sun
6. Vehicle

Album Description

Reissue of 1970 rarity originally issued in a private pressing of 500 copies. There's lots of Hammond, up-front fuzz guitar, a truly thunderous rhythm section, & howling vocals. Six tracks including the trio blasting through covers of 'Whiter Shade Of Pale', 'Evil Ways', 'Get Ready', & an unbelievable 'House Of The Rising Sun'. Radioactive. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Heartfelt, if not particulary accomplished, music..........2006-09-29

Part of the Radioactive Records catalog occupies its own special niche in the "CD reissue" world, that of the extremely obscure "private release only" LP. On their offerings "Crash Coffin" and "Sidetrack," what we get for artwork are simply photographs of the record labels in their tattered plain white sleeves. To be sure, in a music economy where the undiscovered gem may be worth considerably more than proven art, this is fair ground to mine.
With Smokin' Willie, we do get liner notes. They say that the record includes "the same 3 performers that appear in the shows - no extra musicians." I can only imagine that this record was made for an audience in close proximity to Smokin' Willie and his local performances.
Sometimes Radioactive succeeds in bringing us raw toe-tapping CCR style rock. Or swirling psychedelia. Sometimes they fall a little short of that. Remember the old cynical saying "It's good and original. But what's good about it isn't original and what's original about it isn't good"? Smokin' Willie is not very original (5 of 6 songs are covers) or very accomplished. But it is very heartfelt. The photos let you know that Willie was serious about the effort. Radioactive should be praised and encouraged for seeking out this kind of music. For listeners like me, it's like rummaging through a huge pile of old records without having to do the real work.

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