Piano Red - Dr. Feelgood

Artist:

Piano Red

UPC:

038153074029

See Also:

King, B.B. Turner, Big Joe Sinatra, Frank Spann, Otis

Description:

Solo performer: Piano Red [a.k.a. Willie Perryman] (vocals, piano).
Recorded at GHB Studio, Atlanta, Georgia on July 25, 1976. Includes liner notes by John Bentley.
This is part of Delmark`s Euphonic series.
Personnel: Piano Red (vocals, piano).
Liner Note Author: John Bentley.
Recording information: GHB Studio, Atlanta, GA (07/25/1976).
Willie Perryman, younger brother of Rufus aka Speckled Red, is your basic, deliberate barrelhouse and honky tonk pianist whose percussive approach, stride inferences, and two-chord signatures are prevalent throughout this solo set. His singing is a bit rough and raggedy, but nonetheless sweet and tuneful. Piano Red also wrote the bulk of these twelve two+ minute tracks. The majority of the tunes are half-time 4/4, such as "Coochi" (actually pronounced "coocha"), the similar "I Know You Care for Me," the quintessential rent party blues "We`ll Have a Good Time Tonight," the fun take of the classic "Please Don`t Talk About Me When I`m Gone," and the beat of "Barrelhouse Boogie," whose 50/50 measured and strident/non-swinging pace is typical of this whole set. The variations are a slower honky tonk-type line on the title track, the most straight boogie-woogie with slowed down segments on the instrumental "Boogie Time," a straight 12-bar take of Leroy Carr`s "Low Down Dog Blues," and the pining "Let`s Fall In Love," not the well-known standard, but Red`s original. The rest are instrumentals, with an occasional yelp or whoop. A tonking "Jump, Man Jump," the simple song "Think She Ain`t," and the joyous two-chord line of "Comin` On" all sound fine without lyrics. Red is one of those unsung heroes in the lexicon of older jazz and blues piano stylings. This is a good CD, and should be available at a discount price due to the limited length, just short of 32 minutes total. ~ Michael G. Nastos

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Dr. Feelgood
2. Boogie Time
3. Low Down Dog Blues
4. Jump Man Jump
5. Coochi
6. I Know You Care for Me
7. Think She Ain`t
8. We`ll Have a Good Time Tonight
9. Please Don`t Talk About Me When I`m Gone
10. Comin` On
11. Let`s Fall in Love
12. Barrelhouse Boogie

Album Information

Release Date:

03/01/2000

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Piano

Label:

Delmark

Producer:

Paul E. Affeldt; Robert G. Koester

Catalog Number:

DD 740

Original Release Year:

1962

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

31 : 36

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