Joe Mr Google Eyes August - Life Can Be A Hard Road To Travel - Blues and Jumpin' R&B 1949-1961 [CD]

Cat. no: JASMCD3259
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988325928
Release Date: 04 Aug 2023
Genre: Blues

Joseph Charles Augustus, from New Orleans - known as "Google Eyes", as he had an enthusiastic eye for the ladies - was a popular Blues singer between the late 40s and early 60s

He recorded prolifcally between 1949-61, for ten different record labels, including Coleman, Columbia, OKeh, DeLuxe, Duke and nstant.

Although he never quite registered a national hit, Joe enjoyed signifcant regional successes with sides like 'Poppa Stoppa's Be Bop Blues', 'No Wine, No Women', 'Rock My Soul', 'Oh What A Fool' and 'Lead Us On' (the latter two recorded with The Johnny Otis Band), and was also a hugely popular live performer.

This is the frst compilation of August's work in the CD era, and much of this material is impossible to fnd elsewhere in the digital format. 

Tracks: Young Boy / Poppa Stoppa's Be Bop Blues / Rough And Rocky Road / No Wine, No Women / For You My Love / Rough And Rocky Road / I'm Glad You're Comin' Home / No Wine, No Women / Love Me / Life Can Be A Hard Road To Travel / Cryin' For You / Rock My Soul / Japoline / Bad Nerves / I Cried / Just To Be Home With You / My Old Love / Whose Little Who Are You? / O What A Fool / Play The Game / Lead Us On / Oh, Ho Doodle Lu / Strange Things Happening In The Dark / Boogie With Calypso / Everything Happens At Night / Tell Me