Jimmy McCrackin - The Original Blues Blasters 1945-1951 [2CD set]

JASMINE RECORDS

£14.02

Cat. no: JASMCD3280
Format: CD 2CD set
Barcode: 604988328028
Release Date: 31 May 2024
Genre: Blues

Legendary pianist/singer/songwriter Jimmy McCrackin covered a great many musical bases, but essentially taking in West Coast Blues, Jump Blues and R&B, regarded as the most important musician to have come out of the Bay Area in the post-WWII era, he went on to enjoy a long career, spanning seven decades

McCracklin formed the frst line-up of his celebrated Blues Blasters in 1946, with guitarist Robert Kelton, who was replaced by Lafayette Thomas in 1949. The band carved out a mighty reputation, upon which he built his subsequent career.

This compilation anthologises McCracklin's earliest recordings, between 1945-51, including pre-Blues Blasters sides, for a wide raft of different record labels. It is the prequel to another Jimmy McCracklin Jasmine 2- CD set, 'Hear My Story' (JASMCD3080), which picked up his recording career from 1952.

Tracks: Miss Mattie Left Me / Mean Mistreated Lover / Highway 101 / Baby Don't You Want To Go / Achin' Heart / Street Loafn' Woman / You Deceived Me / Ola May / She's A Wino / Rock And Rye (Part 1) / Rock And Rye (Part 2) / You Had Your Chance / Special For You / Rock And Rye / Miss Minnie Lee Blues / Bad Luck And Trouble / Railroad Blues / Jimmy's Blues / Playin' On Me / Big Foot Mama / When I'm Gone / South Side Mood (Inst) / Listen Woman / I Can't Understand Love / Bad Condition Blues / Blues Blasters Shufe (Inst) / Low Down Mood / She's My Baby / Love When It Rains / Your Heart Ain't Right / Just Won't Let Her Go / Rockin' All Day (Reelin' And Rockin') / I Think My Time Is Here / Deceivin' Blues / Beer Drinkin' Woman / Up And Down Blues / Gotta Cut Out / Bad Health Blues / You Deceived Me / Ragged As A Mop (Hamburger Joint) / Don't Mistreat Me (My Life Depends On You) / Gonna Find Another Woman / Looking For A Woman / You Don't Love Me / I'm Gonna Have My Fun / True Love Blues / Rockin' Man / What's Your Phone Number / That's Life / Blues For The People (Melancholy Evening) (Inst) / I Found That Woman (Blues For The People) / House Rockin' Blues / Movin' On Down The Line / I Am Tired