Doc’s Juke Joint

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Pinetop Perkins & Wille Big Eyes Smith/Joined At the Hip/Telarc Blues

John Nemeth/Name The Day!/Blind Pig

The Mannish Boys/Shake For Me/Delta Groove

Cash Box Kings/I-94 Blues/Blue Bella

The Holmes Brothers/Feed My Soul/Alligator

The Kilbourn Alley Blues Band/Better Off Now/Blue Bella

Super Chikan/Chikadelic/BluesTown Records

Downchild/I Need A Hat/Linus

Harrison Kennedy/One Dog Barkin’/Electro-Fi

Travis “Moonchild” Haddix/A Dozen Times/Benevolent Blues

Magic Slim and the Teardrops/Raising the Bar/Blind Pig

Taildragger/Live At Rooster’s Lounge/Delmark

Bryan Lee/My Lady Don’t Love My Lady/Justin Time Records

Ray Bailey/Resurrection/Tonedef Records

Rob Stone/Back Around Here/Earwig

Chris James & Patrick Rynn/Gonna Boogie Anyway/Earwig

Ron Hacker and the Hacksaws/Burnin’/Blue Skunk

Mark Hummel/Retro-active/Electro-Fi Records

Alabama Slim/Blue & Lonesome/MusicMaker

Solomon Burke/Nothing’s Impossible/One World

Mavis Staples/You Are Not Alone/Anti

Robin Rogers/Back In the Fire/Blind Pig

Hosea Hargrove/Tex Golden Nuggest/Dialtone Records

The Chris O’Leary Band/Mr. Used To Be/Vizztone

Duke Robillard/Passport To The Blues/Stony Plain

James Cotton/Giant/Alligator

Matt Hill/On The Floor/Vizztone

Studebaker John’s Maxwell Street Kings/That’s The Way You Do/Delmark

Steve Grills/After Hours/Toogaloo Blues

Eli Paperboy Reed/Come and Get It/Capitol Records

Reissues, Unreleased & Best of Collections:

Junior Wells & The Aces/Live In Boston 1966/Delmark

Bob Corritore and Friends/Harmonica Blues/Delta Groove

Luther Allison/Songs From The Road/Ruf

Various Artists/Boogie Woogie Kings/Delmark

Magic Slim & the Teardrops/Rough Dried Woman/Wolf

Jeff Healy/Last Call/Stony Plain

The Doors/ Live In New York (Felt Forum) Boxset /Rhino

Koko Taylor/What It Takes/Geffen

Willie Buck/The Life I Love/Delmark

Cyril Neville/The Essential Cyril Neville/MC Records

Piano Red/The Lost Atlanta Tapes/Landslide Records

Various Artists/Treme/Geffen

Various Artists/Blues Piano-Rama/Electro Fi Records

Various Artists/Louisiana Swamp Stomp/Honeybee Entertainment

Otis Redding/Live On the Sunset Strip/Stax

Thank you to all of the artists and labels for the great music!!!! Doc

What if you could find a singer that can sound like B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf and Bobby “Blue” Bland? Delta Groove Music has found one and it looks like they are going to keep him around for awhile.  Bobby Jones has been singing the blues since he hit the Chicago Blues scene in 1959.  Fresh out of the Army Bobby hit the Windy City in search of fame, fortune and fun like so many other Louisiana farm boys who were attracted to the new electric sound.  Bobby Jones found success right away as he replaced Junior Wells in the legendary band The Aces, featuring the founders/guitarists Dave and Louis Myers.  Well the story starts out good but like so many Chicago Blues Musician fame doesn’t come to all.

Fortunately for us and for Bobby he was rediscovered in February 2007 and began recording as part of The Mannish Boys.  While recording his 2nd CD with The Mannish Boys, Jones laid down a solid 11 tracks of his own featuring the same musicians that were working on one of 2008′s best releases, The Mannish Boys “Lowdown Feelin.”  The new solo release by singer Bobby Jones is entitled “Comin’ Back Hard”(Delta Groove Music).  Just like the Mannish Boys release of 2008, every track is rock solid.  I could pretty much name them all but my favorite tracks are: Two Headed Woman (Willie Dixon, LP Weaver), Come In Out of The Rain (Tom Leavey), Three Handed Woman (Ben Raleigh, Hilda Taylor) and How Long Will It Last (Ike Turner).

Unfortunately the West Coast based Bobby Jones & The Mannish Boys haven’t hit the East Coast lately.  I keep hoping we see a nice summer tour from Bobby Jones and The Mannish Boys.  I hope someone is listening!!!  In the meantime we have these great releases to listen to.  Greg “Doc” Lefebre  Doc’s Juke Joint