Trouble Trouble: The Definitive Early Years Collection

Trouble Trouble: The Definitive Early Years Collection
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Trouble Trouble: The Definitive Early Years Collection. Lowell Fulson is not just a bluesman, he is a historic link between the blues of the 1930s and the blues-singing guitarists of the 1950s. In the late 1930s, he travelled with Texas Alexander, a bluesman who didn’t play an instrument, gaining inspiration from him for “River Blues”. A contemporary of T-Bone Walker, he helped to formulate the style of single-string soloing that became de rigueur for the likes of B.B. King, Pee Wee Crayton, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown and Albert Collins. A native Oklahoman, he nevertheless became associated with West Coast blues, with a series of 1940s hits, among them “Three O’Clock Blues” (which he passed on to B.B. King), “Everyday I Have The Blues”, “Blue Shadows” and the two-part “Lonesome Christmas”. From his 1946 debut for Big Town, he was a prolific recorder. In 1954 he scored for Checker with “Reconsider Baby”, which was later covered by Elvis Presley, and he continued to record for Kent and Jewel into the 1970s. His songs were always well-constructed and literate and sung with intimate precision. His guitar-playing was accomplished without indulging the excesses of some of his fellow instrumentalists. Compiled by blues authority and producer Neil Slaven, Trouble, Trouble covers Lowell Fulson’s recording career from his 1946 debut for Big Town, to his fifties and sixties sessions for Checker, via his many recordings for Down Beat and Swing Time as well as sides released on Scotty’s Radio, Trilon, Aladdin and Cava-Tone. Featuring his first nine R&B Hits, Trouble, Trouble is the definitive collection of the formative years of the influential singer, guitarist and songwriter, before his mid-sixties crossover into the pop charts, which peaked with “Tramp” in 1967. Track Listing: Disc 1: Crying Blues You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Gone Fulson Blues San Francisco Blues Miss Katy Lee Blues I Want to See My Baby Scotty's Blues The Train Is Leaving Jelly, Jelly 930 Shuffle Fulson Boogie Highway 99 Trying to Find My Baby Midnight Showers of Rain Black Cat Blues My Baby My Woman Can't Be Found Three O'clock Blues I'm Prison Bound Night and Day Double Trouble Blues Stormin' and Rainin' Western Union Blues River Blues, Pt 1 I Walked All Night Disc 2: Ain't Nobody's Business Jimmy's Blues Everyday I Have the Blues Rocking After Midnight Cold Hearted Woman Low Society Blues Blue Shadows Come Back, Baby Baby Won't You Jump with Me Sinner's Prayer Lonesome Christmas, Pt 1 Lonesome Christmas, Pt 2 I'm a Night Owl, Pt 1 Blues with a Feelin' Let Me Ride Your Little Automobile Fulson's Guitar Boogie The Day Is Slowly Passing On Best Wishes I've Been Mistreated Ride Until the Sun Goes Down The Blues Come Rollin' In My Daily Prayer Is Your Friend Really Your Friend Let Me Love You Baby Market Street Blues Disc 3: Don't Leave Me Baby Blues Never Fail Chuck with the Boys You've Gotta Reap Reconsider Baby I Believe Check Yourself Loving You Trouble, Trouble I Still Love You Baby It's a Long Time It's All Your Fault Baby (It's Your Own Fault Tollin' Bells (It Please Don't Go Don't Drive Me Baby You're Gonna Miss Me That's Alright Comin' Home Have You Changed Your Mind I'm Glad You Reconsidered I Want to Know, Pt 1 & 2 So Many Tears Hung Down Head Shed No Tears