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Johnny Shines: Johnny Shines (LP, 180g Vinyl)

(Advent Productions) 11 tracks - Re-issue of the original 1974 LP album

The fact that Johnny Shines is one of the few remaining bluesmen who sing and play in the classic Mississippi Delta blues style is, in itself, of great note. That he is equally at home with the most modern of urban blues stylings is quite remarkable. That nearly all the songs he sings are his own composition, and he brings to them a marvelously powerful and flexible voice and a lucid guitar style, point to him as being quite unique.

Born in Frazier, Tennessee in 1915, he acquired his musical upbringing in Mississippi and Arkansas where he knew the best of them — Charlie Patton, Howling Wolf and the legendary Robert Johnson. Johnny travelled extensively with Robert, and Robert's personality and music left an indelible impression on him. In fact it was his interpretation of Johnson's Walking Blues that he recorded for the small Chic-ago company J.O.B. in 1952, that eventually brought him to the attention of blues lovers when the worldwide appreciation of blues began in the early 60's.

That record was so remarkable in its recreation of Johnson's style that attempts were made to locate the performer. Johnny had made his home in Chicago in the 40's, but no one knew of his whereabouts and some even thought he might be dead. For-tunately he was very much alive. He had quit music after having become rather disgruntled with not really getting anywhere
and after some rather dishearting experiences with some of the small Chicago record companies. He made his living as a construction worker and earned some money on the side as a photographer at blues clubs. It was while photographing patrons at Sylvios, the club where Howling Wolf used to play, that he was eventually rediscovered and encouraged to return to the music field.

His initial return to music was somewhat tentative. His guitar playing was rather rusty after years of inactivity and for a long while he acceeded to his audience's requests for one Robert Johnson song after another. But Johnny Shines is a very proud and intelligent man and was not content to live in anyone's shadow, even someone like Robert Johnson, who he admired so greatly. He steadily worked at perfecting his own songs and improving and diversifying his guitar playing so that by the end of the 60's he could hardly be recognized as the same performer who had been found in the mid sixties.

He is now, as when this album was recorded, at the zenith of his talents. He is continually writing new songs and working on new guitar phrasings and, with rare exceptions, sings only his own songs. As he points out, singing other people's songs hinders his own writing. Whether he is singing country or urban blues his songs have a unique urgency and personal quality to them.

On this album we hear Johnny in a variety of settings. The solo performances echo his Delta past with just a hint of Rob-ert Johnson still lingering on ... but Johnny pursues his own ineluctable path. The performances with a band cover the spectrum from downhome Chicago club settings to modern blues ballads. On these cuts he is accompanied by one of Los Angeles' finest blues bands, featuring the stunning guitar playing of Phillip Walker, a great new blues discovery. Johnny is now 58 — still quite young as blues singers go — and has many years of exciting and creative music making ahead of him. Frank Scott. January 1974

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Interpret: Johnny Shines
Album titlle: Johnny Shines (LP, 180g Vinyl)
Genre Blues
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Vinyl weight 180g Vinyl
Artikelart LP
Label Advent Productions
EAN: 9992606105191
weight in Kg 0.3

Shines, Johnny - Johnny Shines (LP, 180g Vinyl) LP 1
01	Give My Heart A Break	Johnny Shines
02	Too Lazy	Johnny Shines
03	Moaning And Groaning	Johnny Shines
04	Just A Little Tenderness	Johnny Shines
05	I Know The Winds Are Blowing	Johnny Shines
06	Just Call Me	Johnny Shines
07	My Love Can't Hide	Johnny Shines
08	Skull And Crossbones	Johnny Shines
09	Vallie Lee	Johnny Shines
10	Can't Get Along Without You	Johnny Shines
11	Have To Pay The Cost	Johnny Shines

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"Johnny Shines"

Johnny Shines

Evening Sun

(John Shines-Joe Brown)

J.O.B. 1010

Die Interaktion zwischen Johnny Shines' draufgängerischen Boogie-Gitarrenläufen und Big Walter Hortons spektakulärer, verstärkter Mundharmonika auf Evening Sun ist geradezu überwältigend. Nur mit dem Bassisten Al Smith als Unterstützung gehen sie ab wie verrückt, wobei Shines' voll ausgefahrene, Shouter-Stimme durchweg mit der mächtigen musikalischen Kulisse mithalten kann. Shines war eines der ganz großen Bluestalente seiner Zeit, konnte sich aber im Wettbewerb der Chicagoer Bluesszene nicht ganz so durchsetzen wie manch anderer seiner ebenfalls aus dem Süden stammenden Kollegen.

Shines wurde am 26. April 1915 in Frayser, Tennessee (ganz in der Nähe von Memphis) geboren und verbrachte seine Kindheit abwechselnd in Memphis und dem ländlichen Arkansas, wo er mit dem Gitarrespielen begann und schließlich in Hughes, Arkansas unter den Einfluss von Howlin' Wolf kam, bevor er wieder nach Memphis zurückkehrte. Dort lernte Shines Mitte der 30er-Jahre seinen zukünftigen Mitspieler Horton kennen; zur selben Zeit traf er auch den legendären Robert Johnson in Helena. Die beiden spielten eine kurze Zeit zusammen, in der Johnson großen stilistischen Einfluss auf Shines hatte.

Der Gitarrist kam 1941 in Chicago an und wollte unbedingt Schallplatten machen. Dadurch kam er zwangsläufig mit Lester Melrose zusammen und spielte 1946 für den Chicago-Blues-Aufnahmepapst eine Session, die für Jahrzehnte in den Columbia-Archiven verschwand. Seine Pechsträhne setzte sich 1950 fort, als seine Chess-Single Joliet Blues kurz vor der Veröffentlichung zurückgezogen wurde, angeblich weil Leonard Chess glaubte, Johnny klinge zu sehr nach Muddy (das Label wollte ihn auf der Platte aus unerfindlichen Gründen Shoe Shine Johnny nennen). Shines war also gut vorbereitet, als Joe Brown Interesse zeigte, ihn für seine lokale Firma J.O.B. Records aufzunehmen. Seine erste Session für das Label im April 1952 produzierte Johnnys Klassiker Rambling und Cool Driver. Aus einer Aufnahmesitzung im Januar 1953 im Universal Recording Studio resultierten das kochende Evening Sun und die Rückseite Brutal Hearted Woman.

Shines war so entmutigt von der lokalen Bluesszene, dass er die Gitarre für sieben oder acht Jahre an den Nagel hing und sich erst Ende 1965 wieder aus dem musikalischen Ruhestand herauslocken ließ, um einer der Protagonisten von Teil 3 der Vanguard-LP-Serie 'Chicago/The Blues/Today!' zu werden. Es folgten Alben für Testament, Blue Horizon, Adelphi und Advent, und Shines machte außerdem Aufnahmen und Tourneen mit Willie Dixon, Horton und anderen renommierten Veteranen unter dem Namen Chicago Blues All Stars. Anfang der 80er-Jahre tat er sich mit einem weiteren Schüler von Robert Johnson zusammen, Robert Jr. Lockwood. Er nahm mit ihm zwei LPs für Rounder auf, aber schon auf der zweiten schränkten die Folgen eines Schlaganfalls seine Fähigkeiten als Gitarrist ein. Shines starb am 20. April 1992 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

- Bill Dahl -
Chicago, Illinois

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