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Rufus Thomas: The Sun Years, plus (CD)

CD digipac with 68-page booklet, 29 tracks, playing time 85 mns.

29 tracks including all known surviving recordings from 1949 ' 1956, plus 2 recently discovered sides from his first recording session for Star Talent. All 8 original 78 rpm discs for Star Talent, Bullet, Chess, Sun, and Meteor. Some of these now for the first time ever from the first generation-tape. 3 recordings from the Memphis Recording Service, not originally issued and 2 original versions of songs Rufus Thomas covered (1 by Joe Hill Louis, 1 by Rosco Gordon; previously unissued). You'll also get the original version of Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton, and 2 bonus recordings by Rufus Thomas' fellow DJ,
Moohah Williams. Extras includce 2 extracts from Rufus Thomas on radio WDIA in the 1950s and a rare radio interview with Daddy Cool.And of course, mastered as only Bear Family can do it. A newly researched 68-page booklet by Martin Hawkins largely based on interviews by himself and Dave Booth, plus rare photos and adverts.

Rufus Thomas was a one-off: a larger than life character who made as great a contribution to the performance and style of American music as he did to the recording of it. He saw it all from black vaudeville to rap... and played a major role in the evolution of African American music. His earlier R&B recordings have been unjustly obscured by his later role in the development of Stax Records and his string of soul hits. But Rufus Thomas was ' though he always played it down ' a damn fine blues and R&B singer in the 1950s. And this is one of the best cross-sections of African American music you'll hear from the period.
Rufus Thomas sings with the Lionel Hampton band, several Memphis R&B dance bands, and with Sun studio session groups. And, in case we forget, he gave Sun Records its first hit, Bear Cat.

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  • Interpret: Rufus Thomas

  • Album titlle: The Sun Years, plus (CD)

  • Genre R&B, Soul

  • Label Bear Family Records

  • Preiscode AH
  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 4000127166951

  • weight in Kg 0.115
Thomas, Rufus - The Sun Years, plus (CD) CD 1
01I'll Be A Good BoyRufus Thomas
02I'm So WorriedRufus Thomas
03Who's That ChickRufus Thomas
04Double TroubleRufus Thomas
05Beer Bottle BoogieRufus Thomas
06Gonna Bring My Baby BackRufus Thomas
07Night Workin' BluesRufus Thomas
08Why Did You DeegeeRufus Thomas
09Crazy About You BabyRufus Thomas
10No More Dogging AroundRufus Thomas
11Decorate The CounterRufus Thomas
12Decorate The CounterRufus Thomas
13JuanitaRufus Thomas
14Married Woman û1Rufus Thomas
15Married Woman û2Rufus Thomas
16I'm Off That StuffRufus Thomas
17Hound DogRufus Thomas
18Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog)Rufus Thomas
19Walkin' In The RainRufus Thomas
20Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)Rufus Thomas
21Tiger Man (King of the Jungle)Rufus Thomas
22Save That MoneyRufus Thomas
23Intro patter to Sepia Swing ClubRufus Thomas
24Pink Pussycat WineRufus Thomas
25All Shook OutRufus Thomas
26CandyRufus Thomas
27The Easy Livin' PlanRufus Thomas
28I'm Steady Holdin' OnRufus Thomas
29Rufus Thomas on Daddy Cool showRufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas "I'm the only one of its kind." Rufus Thomas, Jr. Tiger Man (King Of... more
"Rufus Thomas"

Rufus Thomas

"I'm the only one of its kind."

Rufus Thomas, Jr.

Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)

(Joe Hill Louis-S. Burns)

Sun 188

Rufus Thomas konnte alles: singen, tanzen, Witze erzählen, ansagen – und Hits einfahren. Mehr als ein halbes Jahrhundert war er in Memphis künstlerisch präsent, ab 1951 als Discjockey bei WDIA.

 

Rufus wurde am 27. März 1917 in Cayce, Mississippi, geboren, wuchs aber seit  seinem ersten Lebensjahr in Memphis auf. Er ging zur Booker T. Washington High School, als sein Geschichtslehrer Professor Nat D. Williams ihn in seine Comedy-Aufführung im Palace Theater auf der Beale Street integrierte. "Ich hatte schon vorher Steptanz gelernt", sagte der 2001 verstorbene Thomas."Alles, was ich kann, habe ich mir selbst beigebracht. Es gab keine Schulen dieses Kalibers für Schwarze, also musste ich meine Sachen in den Seitenstraßen lernen, auf der Veranda tanzen."

Nach dem Schulabschluss ging Rufus mit den Rabbit Foot Minstrels auf Tournee. 1940 kam er nach Hause und übernahm die Rolle des Ansagers der Mittwochabend-Amateurshows im Palace, die er 11 Jahre lang mit seinem Comedy-Partner Robert 'Bones' Counts behielt. Singen konnte er schon immer. "Ich arbeitete in einem Club, und einer der Acts, ein Bluessänger, verließ die Show und ging auf Tournee", erinnerte er sich. "Ich bin einfach für ihn eingesprungen, es hat geklappt. Ich sang eins von Lonnie Johnsons Liedern, 'Jelly Roll Baker'."

Sogar Thomas' Fans im Palace hätten wohl nicht gewusst, dass er 1950 für Bullet eine Single eingespielt hatte: Sie erschien unter dem Pseudonym Mr. Swing. Aber I'll Be A Good Boy auf Star Talent kam als Rufus-Thomas-Platte raus. 1951 ging er zu Sam Phillips und nahm bei ihm drei Singles für Chess auf, bevor Sam sein eigenes Sun-Label gründete.

"Es waren eine Menge Schwarze im Studio",sagte er."Ich kam einfach dazu. Er wusste von mir, und ich ging ins Studio. Ich habe die erste Hitplatte mit Sam gemacht."Tatsächlich war sein Bear Catdie erste Chartplatzierung für Sun im Frühjahr 1953, obwohl der Peacock-Boss Don Robey Sam wegen Copyrightverletzung verklagte, weil er es für zu sehr an Big Mama Thorntons Smash Hound Dogangelehnt hielt. Joe Hill Louis komponierte Thomas' zweite Sun-Single Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle), die großartige Leadgitarre wird jedoch von Floyd Murphy gespielt. Die restliche Band bestand an jenem 30. Juni 1953 im Studio mit der Adresse 706 Union aus James Wheeler (Saxofon), Bill Johnson (Klavier), Kenneth Banks (Bass) und Houston Stokes am donnernden Schlagzeug (die Tarzan-Rufe stammen alle von Rufus).

"Es war für irgend jemand zum Aufnehmen da und ich hab’s gemacht", sagte Thomas. "Sam dachte, ich sei am besten geeignet, und da hab ich’s gemacht."Elvis spielte eine mitreißende Version von Tiger Man bei den Fernsehaufnahmen zu seinem 1968er Comeback-TV-Special. Rufus war längst nicht mehr bei Sun, als Elvis  dort ankam. Rufus sagte über Phillips: "Er war in Ordnung, aber er hat dir alles in Rechnung gestellt." 1956 machte Thomas eine Single für Les Biharis Meteor-Label, und das war’s für den Rest des Jahrzehnts. Als jedoch Stax Records seine Türen öffnete, war es mit der Schallplattenpause vorbei.

  • "We didn't make a lot of money but we had a damn good time."

Rufus Thomas was always quick to make sure that you knew he was a city man first and foremost. In one of his earliest in-depth interviews he told Peter Guralnick: "I was born in Mississippi just below Collierville, about five miles from the Tennessee line in a little place called Cayce; it's not on anybody's map. That was March 26 1917,[though his social security records say March 27]but I grew up in Memphis. I been here since I was a year old. I don't know anything about country life, to tell you the truth."

from booklet BCD16695 - Rufus Thomas The Sun Years, plus
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Tracklist
Thomas, Rufus - The Sun Years, plus (CD) CD 1
01 I'll Be A Good Boy
02 I'm So Worried
03 Who's That Chick
04 Double Trouble
05 Beer Bottle Boogie
06 Gonna Bring My Baby Back
07 Night Workin' Blues
08 Why Did You Deegee
09 Crazy About You Baby
10 No More Dogging Around
11 Decorate The Counter
12 Decorate The Counter
13 Juanita
14 Married Woman û1
15 Married Woman û2
16 I'm Off That Stuff
17 Hound Dog
18 Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog)
19 Walkin' In The Rain
20 Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)
21 Tiger Man (King of the Jungle)
22 Save That Money
23 Intro patter to Sepia Swing Club
24 Pink Pussycat Wine
25 All Shook Out
26 Candy
27 The Easy Livin' Plan
28 I'm Steady Holdin' On
29 Rufus Thomas on Daddy Cool show