Roy Milton - Rocks [CD]

BEAR FAMILY (CODE 7)

£16.81

Cat. no: BCD17712
Format: CD
Barcode: 4000127177124
Release Date: 25 Aug 2023
Genre: Blues

A brimful CD compilation dedicated to the important R&B pioneer Roy Milton in the continuously updated 'Rocks' series on Bear Family Records®

Milton is considered one of the originators of the jump blues genre on the US West Coast. The album features his rockin'est, fast numbers recorded with his great band between 1946 and '63 for such record labels as Specialty, DooTone, King, Warwick, Cenco and Thunderbird.

Musical highlights include Red Light, Milton's Boogie, Hop, Skip And Jump, Junior Jives, You Got Me Reeling And Rocking and Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu.

His 1955 Specialty single What Can I Do is reissued here for the frst time on CD. Johnny 'Junior' Rogers, Roy Gaines and Roy Montrell are three of the outstanding guitarists.

Expertly narrated by Bill Dahl, plus lots of photos and illustrations in the substantial booklet and recordings carefully remastered for this edition.

Tracks: You Got Me Reeling And Rocking / Wakin' Up Baby / Oh Babe / Hop, Skip And Jump (Cenco version) / Succotash / My Blue Heaven / Baby Don't Do That To Me / Little Boy Blue / I Want To Go Home / Rocking Pnemonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu / That's The One For Me (feat / Baby Don't You Know / It's Later Than You Think / Bam--A- Lam (feat / Junior Jumps / One Zippy Zam / Train Blues / Milton's Boogie / Fools Are Getting Scarcer / Tell It Like It Is / A Bird In The Hand / Red Light / Hop, Skip And Jump (Specialty) / I'm A Woman (feat / Big Fat Mama / Playboy Blues / Junior Jives / Driveway Blues / When I Grow Too Old To Dream / Baby I'm Gone / What Can I Do