JEROME Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/label/jerome/ Guerssen Records Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:17:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-isotip-32x32.png JEROME Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/label/jerome/ 32 32 Take Five https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/take-five/ Sun, 08 Dec 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/take-five/ Strictly limited edition of 250 copies.
Theodore "Hound Dog" Taylor was born on April 12, 1917, in Natchez, Mississippi. By day, he was a sharecropper; by night, he played the delta jukes. In 1942, following a dangerous encounter with the Ku Klux Klan, he high-tailed it out of the South to Chicago. There, he held a day job while building his reputation as a musician, performing in South and West Side blues clubs and on the streets. It wasn't until the late 50's that he became a full-time musician, playing regularly at the Expressway Lounge.Taylor developed a raw vocal style and blistering slide guitar technique, using a cheap Teisco Del Rey guitar powered through a Sears Roebuck amplifier. He also had a physical condition called polydactylism, which resulted in an extra finger on each hand.
Hound Dog Taylor first recorded in 1960 for Bea and Baby Records, and again in 1962 for the Firma label. The resulting 45s were his only releases during the 60's and these four tracks are included on this record.
As a bonus, we have added two tracks by Mississippi-born, long-time blues veteran Homesick James, who, after recording several 45s in the early 50's, didn't get another single released until 1962. Both numbers feature Taylor on guitar.
He died in December 1975, after releasing four albums on the Alligator label, leaving us his own epitaph: 'When I die, they'll say, 'He couldn't play shit, but he sure made it sound good!'

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Theodore “Hound Dog” Taylor was born on April 12, 1917, in Natchez, Mississippi. By day, he was a sharecropper; by night, he played the delta jukes. In 1942, following a dangerous encounter with the Ku Klux Klan, he high-tailed it out of the South to Chicago. There, he held a day job while building his reputation as a musician, performing in South and West Side blues clubs and on the streets. It wasn’t until the late 50’s that he became a full-time musician, playing regularly at the Expressway Lounge.Taylor developed a raw vocal style and blistering slide guitar technique, using a cheap Teisco Del Rey guitar powered through a Sears Roebuck amplifier. He also had a physical condition called polydactylism, which resulted in an extra finger on each hand.
Hound Dog Taylor first recorded in 1960 for Bea and Baby Records, and again in 1962 for the Firma label. The resulting 45s were his only releases during the 60’s and these four tracks are included on this record.
As a bonus, we have added two tracks by Mississippi-born, long-time blues veteran Homesick James, who, after recording several 45s in the early 50’s, didn’t get another single released until 1962. Both numbers feature Taylor on guitar.
He died in December 1975, after releasing four albums on the Alligator label, leaving us his own epitaph: ‘When I die, they’ll say, ‘He couldn’t play shit, but he sure made it sound good!’

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]]> Down and out. Ike Turner recordings 51-59 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/down-and-out-ike-turner-recordings-51-59/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/down-and-out/ Life's a bitch, and so is the world...for Ike Turner at least. Neither his late and absurd Hall of Fame induction nor the release of compilations like this one will ever do justice to one of the KEY characters in the birth and development of R&R. That is why any album underlining his historical importance and artistic talent deserves plenty of attention. "Down and Out" -available on vinyl only-- gathers the very best of Ike's output as a solo artist and as the leader of the Kings of Rhythm during the fifties. This feast of raw R&B includes "I'm Lonesome Baby", his legendary first 45, the killer instrumentals "Cuban Getaway" and "Cubano Jump", as well as "Box Top", the recording debut of a very young Tina.

 

Exquisite cover art, remastered sound, liner notes and discography by specialist Fred Rothwell, the man who is currently writing Ike Turner's biography.

 

I'm Lonesome Baby, You're Driving Me Insane, Cubano Jump, Troubles And Heartaches, Looking For My Baby, Cuban Getaway, I Wanna Make Love To You, Loosely, Boxtop, (I Know) You Don't Love Me, Go To It, Down & Out, Walking Down The Aisle, My Love.

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]]> Life’s a bitch, and so is the world…for Ike Turner at least. Neither his late and absurd Hall of Fame induction nor the release of compilations like this one will ever do justice to one of the KEY characters in the birth and development of R&R. That is why any album underlining his historical importance and artistic talent deserves plenty of attention. “Down and Out” -available on vinyl only– gathers the very best of Ike’s output as a solo artist and as the leader of the Kings of Rhythm during the fifties. This feast of raw R&B includes “I’m Lonesome Baby”, his legendary first 45, the killer instrumentals “Cuban Getaway” and “Cubano Jump”, as well as “Box Top”, the recording debut of a very young Tina.

Exquisite cover art, remastered sound, liner notes and discography by specialist Fred Rothwell, the man who is currently writing Ike Turner’s biography.

I’m Lonesome Baby, You’re Driving Me Insane, Cubano Jump, Troubles And Heartaches, Looking For My Baby, Cuban Getaway, I Wanna Make Love To You, Loosely, Boxtop, (I Know) You Don’t Love Me, Go To It, Down & Out, Walking Down The Aisle, My Love.

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