In the book: "Blues With A Feeling" the author lists a session the Doo Wap group the "Coronets" had in the Chess Studio. Among those contributing to the cut "Corbella" is Little Walter. I've found a non down loadable link to this song and Walters solo is over the top heavy. Does anyone here know where: (A)I can find a down loadable link (B) purchase this song?
Some time in the 80’s Rod Piazza and I were talking about some unreleased and alternate takes of Little Walter cuts that had recently surfaced. He played me a few songs that someone had sent to him. Shortly after that a record company based in Canada called Le Roi Du Blues started releasing some of this unreleased Little Walter stuff. The first record in the series was called - Blue And Lonesome - Le Roi du Blues 33.2007. The second one was called - Southern Feeling- Le Roi du Blues 33.2012. The third and last one in the series was called - Blue Midnight - Le Roi du Blues 33.2017. The cuts by the Coronets were on Southern Feeling. The first cut Beggin’ And Pleadin’ has Walter just doing fills but Cobella has him doing a two chorus over the top solo. These records were like Crack to those of us that started playing professionally in the 70’s and I know that I personally bought two copies of each one of them that I still own. All of the cuts that were on the three records have been reissued on various Chess releases or the Charley Little Walter box set and almost all of them are on the Hip-O Select - The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) [Box set] As far as I know the only place to get the Coronets side are on that record. These records as far as I know were Bootlegs at the time of issue and as such I am sure no royalties were paid to the original label or artist. I did a Google search for Southern Feeling by Little Walter and you can find it. I am not sure what the legalities are involved in this case but the mp3’s that were converted from an LP copy of Southern Feeling- Le Roi du Blues 33.2012 can be downloaded. ---------- Thanks, Albey Scholl The Shadows Blind Willies Blues Club Atlanta, GA http://www.blindwilliesblues.com/
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I have all of those old Le Roi du Blues LP's that Albey mentions in his post and got them when they came out in the late 70's-early 80's and harp players couldn't buy them fast enough. Several tunes on those LP's, I heard in 1975 while I was hanging out with Muddy Waters and his band in the dressing room at the long defunct Paul's Mall in Boston, MA. Those LP's were Canadian bootlegs, if I remember correctly. I still have several recordings on either LP's OR 45's that were bootlegged and then later in the 70's or 80's on legitmate releases or as part of an old UK Chess Genesis LP box series.
The vocals on that Cornonets session LW played on has a few vocal flubs on them, which was why they weren't released (it would be some 50 years later when Auto Tune would be invented and used and this tune would've been perfect for that use). ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
I have the LP southern feeling where little walter backs the coronets-IMHO its just not his cup of tea he was a sessions player who came and did his job and got out-I think little walter just wanted to play blues
LW actually prided himself on being able to do more than the average player could and he took pride in his ability to play polkas, something many harp players don't do well. In a conversation I had with one of his old guitar players, Louis Myers, who WAS also a great harp player in his own right as well, he told me they never got to record a tenth of the stuff they did live, and a lot of of was NOT blues at all, including tunes like Canadian Sunset. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
@Zadozica -- I'm currently in the process of getting a newer website, but also considering a new domain name as well.
@Groyster1 -- During the time that was recorded, LW was often on the road and so he could only do a very limited amount of session work and being a session player is often far different than doing a live gig.
A lot of blues players I've met over the years could do other stuff besides blues but they played what they felt most from their heart. Gatemouth Brown often played country music as did Earl Hooker. Also Louis Myers often did some jazz gigs as well.
When you're a session player, you have to be ready for anything and so you need a wider range of knowledge than the average player in most clubs and even more so, than the jammers do because the demands are TOTALLY different. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
I've always thought that Walter sounded good - not ill at ease at all - on The Coronets' session. Having his band there helped a lot, no doubt. I love Walter's solo on 'Cobella'. He sounds like a sax player, not for the first or last time.
That's an interesting point regarding whether Walter wanted to be part of rock & roll or not. I imagine that he greatly enjoyed being part of the Alan Freed package tours with Bo Diddley and recording with Bo, a recripocal deal as you know. I think that it's a pity that Len Chess never paired him with Chuck Berry for a side or two.
It's a shame that these two cuts aren't on CD or available to download but such is life it seems.
I note that there's a link to The Coronets' 'Nadine' here: I don't care for that song but I do like their 'I'm All Alone' which has, shall I say a deep connection to B.B.King's 'Woke Up This Morning'...
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