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(Blues Boy Records) 16 tracks, gatefold cover The combination of Texas, the late 1940s and the...more

Goree Carter: Rock Awhile (LP)

(Blues Boy Records) 16 tracks, gatefold cover

The combination of Texas, the late 1940s and the influence of T-Bone Walker produced a lot of exciting guitar blues. In fact, the influence of hot Texas blues bands on modern blues tastes is now at a peak not seen since Johnny Winter's 1968 breakthrough. Gatemouth Brown, Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland are getting work and much praise, while the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan are at the forefront of a whole wave of young white Texas bands bringing the blues to the public. Left in the dust of history are many excellent recordings that were only available on 78 rpm by outstanding artists like Clarence Garlow, Roy Gaines and Zuzu Br'. Surprisingly, very few reissues of the lesser known Texas Jump Blues have appeared since the glory days 35 years ago. Most Texas reissues of the postwar era were either down home and featured performers like Lightnin' Hopkins or his contemporary artists on guitar and piano, or they spotlighted more famous artists like T-Bone. Gate, or Arno Milburn. More recently, Krazy Kat Records in England has released a series of albums focusing on Houston's postwar scene. Peppermint Harris is the star among American and European reissues, and now Blues Boy has issued this first full LP by one of the most exciting, deserving, and unfortunately still obscure Texas artists: guitarist and singer Goree Carter.

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  • Interpret: Goree Carter

  • Album titlle: Rock Awhile (LP)

  • Genre R&B, Soul

  • Label BLUES BOY

  • Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
  • Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
  • Record Grading Mint (M)
  • Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
  • Artikelart LP

  • EAN: 4000127716668

  • weight in Kg 0.21
Carter, Goree - Rock Awhile (LP) LP 1
01Rock AwhileGoree Carter
02Back Home BluesGoree Carter
03I'll Send YouGoree Carter
04How Can You Love MeGoree Carter
05My Love Is Coming DownGoree Carter
06Hoy HoyGoree Carter
07I Just Thought Of YouGoree Carter
08Working With My BabyGoree Carter
09SerenadeGoree Carter
10She's Just Old FashionedGoree Carter
11Is It TrueGoree Carter
12What A Friend Will DoGoree Carter
13Come On Let's BoogieGoree Carter
14Tell Me Is There Still A ChanceGoree Carter
15I've Got News For YouGoree Carter
16Bullcorn BluesGoree Carter
17I'm Just Another FoolGoree Carter
Goree Carter and His Hepcats Hier ist ein weiterer von T-Bones Jüngern, der es... more
"Goree Carter"

Goree Carter and His Hepcats

Hier ist ein weiterer von T-Bones Jüngern, der es schaffte: Goree Carter war gerade mal 18 Jahre alt, als er im April 1949 seine jumpende Hymne Rock Awhile in Houston für das Freedom-Label einspielte. Das schneidende Gitarren-Intro klingt wie ein Vorläufer von Chuck Berrys unvergessener Einleitung zu Johnny B. Goode. Carters Hepcats (Nelson Mills/Trompete, Conrad Johnson/Altsaxofon, Sam Williams/Tenorsax, Lonnie Lyons/Klavier, Nunu Pitts/Bass und Allison Tucker/ Schlagzeug) geben dermaßen Gas, als könnten sie das Aufkommen des Rock'n'Roll nicht erwarten.

Carter wurde am 31. Dezember 1930 in Houston geboren. Sein Vater war Bluespianist und seine musikbegeisterten älteren Schwestern luden manchmal die Saxofonisten Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson und Arnett Cobb zum Jammen in den Garten der Familie ein. Eine dieser hippen jungen Damen brachte Goree aus dem Bronze Peacock ein paar 78er von T-Bone mit, in der Hoffnung, ihr kleiner Bruder würde in Walkers Fußstapfen treten. Goree, der mit 13 auf der Gitarre begann, machte genau dies – und genau wie für Amos Milburn und Lightnin' Hopkins übernahm Lola Anne Cullum Gorees Management.

Gorees erste 78er kam auf Miltone unter dem Pseudonym Little T-Bone heraus, doch danach erschienen seine Platten auf dem Houstoner Freedom-Label von Solomon Kahal. Angeblich hat sich Goree Rock Awhile direkt im Studio ausgedacht; die Nummer machte auf lokaler Ebene von sich reden, ohne sich jedoch national durchzusetzen. Der Einfluss von T-Bone blieb auch bei Carters folgenden Freedom-Singles sehr stark, darunter das jumpende Hoy-Hoy und Come On Let's Boogie. Freedom versuchte es noch etliche Male, bevor Goree zu Imperial, Sittin' in With, Modern, Jade (als Rocky Thompson) und Coral weiterzog – alles vor Ende 1951.

Eine unveröffentlichte Session für Peacock 1954 beendete Carters Aufnahmekarriere, bevor er seinen 24. Geburtstag feiern konnte. Er starb am 29. Dezember 1990 nach vielen Jahrzehnten in Vergessenheit.

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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