I've been driving my missus's car to work over the last few weeks and it only has a cassette player in it to listen to music so I've pulled out a load of really old tapes to listen to. One of these tapes was given to me by my old harp teacher and it has nothing but "Big Joe Louis" written on it. There are about 6 songs on the tape and they feature some killer harp but I cannot find out who the harp player is or even who Big Joe Luois is. I'd love to get the cd of this album.
Now I've trawled the net for info and I've found out who it isn't....
It ISN'T Big Joe Louis from the UK who has a blues band.
It ISN'T (I don't think) Joe Louis Walker. The singer sounds different.
It's not Joe Louis the boxer...
What I have got are a couple of the track names.
"Don't you lie to me (baby)"
"We're gonna pitch a Boogie Woogie."
The Lyrics for Don't you lie to me are great...
"When I first met you baby, You told me you when on the Pill But I found out later that you gave me a dirty deal, Don't you lie to me baby You know the news is all over town, You know sooner or later baby I'm gonna have to put you down."
Well my Wife's in labour Baby, You are too, Now tell me little girl what in the world we gonna do Don't you lie to me...etc
Has anyone any idea who this is and who the harp player might be?
I promise you I have tried every website I can think of to find out this info so you guys are my last resort.
My teacher moved to Australia ...so I can't ask him.
My guess would be that one man band Joe Hill Louis. ---------- Sincerely, Barbeque Bob Maglinte Boston, MA http://www.barbequebob.com CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
It IS Big Joe Louis from the UK, these songs are from the Blues Kings second album, "Stars in the Sky", featuring Little George Sueref on harp & occasional vocals.
CD is widely available, also available as a 2 CD set with the 1st album.
The 3rd album, "Big Sixteen" is a must have for blues fans. I get withdrawal symptoms if I don't play it at least once a week.
He's an outstanding harp player - on the face of it, much of what he plays could be regarded by some as simple to play, but it has a terrific vocal quality and is always beautifully executed. If the object of music is to trigger an emotional response (note I said "if", it's a rhetorical question), George has it all down.
