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Monday, June 25, 2012
FPR News June 2012
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behind in my car filming on my iPhone laughing...almost
crying....calling out...."Jorma, slow down!". I was a wreck! She was
undaunted by the whole experience....in fact, when they pulled back into
the driveway and I expressed my excitement....she just rolled her eyes
at me. I tend to gush...I can't help myself. I am in awe of the space
she inhabits and in awe of Jorma as she bends his will. I am not really
sure how Jorma's fans see him. I have an idea of how his music moves
them....but do they look at him and see the great Dad that he has
become? Jorma didn't spend much time with his son Zach when he was
young...just the way the universe played that hand, but they are very
close today and Jorma really shines in his presence. To Jorma's
delight....Zack loves to ride motorcycles! 
Well.....we've
talked about doing one of these for a long time now and we're finally
gonna do it. We're planning a 2013 Fur Peace Ranch Calendar and you can
be a part of it. We'll be making a very cool Fur Peace calendar for
next year and we're going to be holding a Cooperative Calendar Photo
Contest in conjunction with the making of the calendar. The Fur Peace
Ranch will be looking for photos to be a part of our 2013 calendar and
we're offering prizes to those whose photos are selected for inclusion
in the calendar. We'll be selecting 12 photos to accompany each month
of the year. The photos we will be interested in should show scenes
from the Fur Peace Ranch that convey a sense of time, place and
happiness. They could be just landscape.......or maybe a
portrait.......or a "live action" shot from one of our concerts. All
photos will be considered, so be creative. Next year will be our 16th
season and over the years we have been given many wonderful photos from
students and other visitors to the Fur Peace.
My Tweet Twaat Twaat - The Za Zu Girl
Elton Island Spivey was born in Galveston, TX. on August 12, 1900. She was the elder sister of Victoria Spivey and also the sister of Addie "Sweet Pease" Spivey (pictured on the CD cover). Victoria and Addie both had lucrative recording careers, but Elton only had one recording session in 1937. Four songs were issued that gave her one 78 RPM record to her credit. This song was one of the cuts that wasn't issued, and due to to the lyrical content, you don't really have to wonder why. She had been a stage singer just like her sisters, but she retired from the music scene after this session. She moved to Detroit, MI. in the 1960's and later in the decade she relocated to North Bellmore, NY. Elton passed away from cancer at the Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow, NY. on June 25, 1971.
Elton Spivey Harris (The Za Zu Girl):Vocals
Blind John Davis:Piano
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Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton
Connie Curtis Crayton (December 18, 1914 – June 25, 1985), known as Pee Wee Crayton, was an American R&B and blues guitarist and singer.
Born in Rockdale, Texas, United States, there are several stories on how Crayton acquired the name Pee Wee. In a Living Blues article in the 1980s, he stated that friend and singer, Roy Brown, gave him the nickname. This makes sense since Brown had a way of making nicknames for many of his friends. It has also been said that his father gave him the nickname as a tribute to a local Texas piano player.
Crayton began playing guitar seriously after moving to California in 1935, and settling in San Francisco. While there he absorbed the music of T-Bone Walker, but developed his own unique approach. His aggressive playing contrasted with his smooth vocal style, and was copied by many later blues guitarists.
In 1948 he signed a recording contract with Modern Records. One of his first recordings was the instrumental, "Blues After Hours", which reached #1 in the Billboard R&B chart late that year. Its B-side, the pop ballad "I'm Still in Love With You", and the quicker "Texas Hop", were good examples of his work, but his style was of its time and Crayton found it difficult to progress.
He went on to record for many other record labels in the 1950s including Imperial in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jamie in Philadelphia and Vee-Jay in Chicago. It is thought he was the first blues guitarist to use a Fender Stratocaster, given to him by Leo Fender. Crayton largely faded from view until Vanguard unleashed his LP, Things I Used to Do, in 1971. After that his profile was raised somewhat; he toured and made a few more albums prior to his death.
A long time resident of Los Angeles, California, Crayton died there of a heart attack in 1985, and was interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery.
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Little Peter Blues Band
Hello mon nom est Little Peter je suis guitariste de Blues et j'ai un groupe " LITTLE PETER BLUES BAND ",nous sommes de Toulouse France! Batterie: Stephane Piquemal Basse: Pascal Briez Harmonica: Vaudou Guitare/Chant: Pierre Cayla
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Heart of Stone - Dan Patlansky
The word “legend” is loaded with meaning – especially when one thinks of Blues-legends. It conjures up images of seasoned older players that have been touched with a rare gift, and whose talent has been salted through the onslaught of years in the music business..
To achieve legend-status as a Blues-musician at the age of 30 is almost unheard of. Enter Dan Patlansky – an artist who shares the muse that touched Hendrix, Zeppelin and Stevie Ray Vaughan. What Dan Patlansky can do with a six-string Fender Stratocaster at the age of 30, most critically acclaimed guitarists will never quite achieve in a lifetime.
Dan Patlansky is a conglomerate of charisma, charm and musical genius - and all of this comes wrapped up in an unassuming, startlingly attractive package that bespeaks his Judeo-Spanish heritage. And yet, he doesn’t seem to realise the extent of his extremely tactile appeal – both on stage and in person. Humility suits him well and is as much an extension of his being as his Fender. There are no airs and graces here – just sincerity and an incredible musical talent.
In only a little over a decade on the music scene, Dan Patlansky has become one of the busiest and most respected blues artists to ever come out of South Africa. His music can best be described as vacillating between slick, soulful blues and the renegade psychedelic angst and raw emotion of Hendrix or Zeppelin – fire encased in ice...if you will.
After his debut, “Standing at the Station”, an independent album that amazed critics and garnered Dan a reputation as a Blues-phenomenon and his subsequent “Readers Choice” vote as “Best Blues Guitarist in Southern Africa” – Dan released a second album, “True Blues” which was produced and released by EMI on the famed “Blue Note label” in 2004. Dan is one of the only South Africans to ever achieve “Blue Note” status. And the accolades kept on coming.
In 2006 Fender Guitars recognised Dan’s fiery playing and offered him an endorsement deal to promote Fender Guitars and amps. Dan is one of only six Fender endorsed guitarists in South Africa.
In February 2005 and again in July 2006, Selwyn Miller, New Orleans based manager of David Gates and Bread, Randy Crawford, and Petula Clark amongst others, brought Dan to New Orleans to showcase this amazing talent. In his time living in the city of the Blues, Patlansky performed at legendary venues such as Maple Leaf, Rock & Bowl and Checkpoint Charlie with many Blues giants such as Henry Gray (Howlin’ Wolf’s Pianist), Snooks Eaglin, The Batiste Famil and Rockin Dopsie Jr.
Whilst abroad, Dan performed live on both television and WWOZ radio. What this South African boy achieved in a few months, and the following he built up, many thought would have taken years.
Touring was cut short due to Hurricane Katrina and he was deprived of the opportunity to play with legendary and world renowned slide guitarist, Sonny Landreth. During the evacuation of New Orleans, Dan was separated from “The Red,” probably his most prized possession. She is the 50 year-old Fender Stratocaster that Dan used to compose and play his music on. He had to leave her in New Orleans and he thought Katrina took her along with the greater part of the French Quarter…but fate stepped in. The American band that played with Dan in New Orleans were scheduled to play with him in South Africa a year later…when he met them at the airport, they were carrying “The Red”. It seems that the muse has not only touched Dan with an extraordinary gift, but she is looking out for him as well.
Dan followed his first two albums with two more releases Real (2007) and Move My Soul (2009), each garnering wider acclaim than the former – solidifying Dan’s status as a world-class Blues musician. He continues to perform all over the country and globe in the company of world-renowned musicians, including Guy Buttery, Albert Frost, Steve Fataar (ex Beach Boys / Flames), Cedric Sampson, Valiant Swart, The Late big voice Jack (who performed with Mango Groove and the Dave Mathews Band) and Alistair Coakley, to name only a few.
His epic talent as a Blues-musician aside, a little-known fact about the man is that he can sing…Dan’s voice has a gut-wrenching quality that compliments the renegade approach to the Blues. Imagine a young Tom Waits and Marianne Faithful (post-Lucy Jordan) producing a musical heir – and you’re close to understanding the emotive quality of Dan’s voice. When he grabs hold of his Fender he becomes a modern-day knight slaying dragons on stage and bemoaning the carnage all at once. He is one of those rare talents capable of whisking an audience into a netherworld of sonic orgasms.
David Batiste Sr. once said that “Dan Patlansky is one of the most renowned and fiery blues artists in the southern hemisphere and one of the greatest I’ve ever seen.” Anyone who hears him play will agree. Meanwhile, Dan Patlansky just carries on playing and blazing musical trails across South Africa and the world, as effortlessly as a summer breeze. One might call him an enigma. Perhaps. But would one call him a legend? For sure.
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Slippin' Into Darkness - War
War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid", "The World is a Ghetto", and "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. The band has sold over 50 million records to date.
Although War's lyrics are often socio-political in nature, their music usually had a laid-back, California funk vibe. A particular feature of War's sound is the use of harmonica and saxophone playing melody lines in unison, sounding like a single instrument, for example in the melody of "Low Rider". The music has been sampled and recorded by many singers and groups, ranging from R&B / pop singers such as Janet Jackson to nu metal band Korn and hip hop groups like TLC.
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Mighty Cash Cats Featured On German TV, Upcoming Live Shows, And More
Mighty Cash Cats
shown here during their June 20 taping for Germany's "RTL Punkd 12" television
show, which airs over that country's top-rated Channel RTL. Johnny Cash's music
is still huge in Europe - and now, because of their recent TV taping, so are the
Mighty Cash Cats!
BUZZ ON MIGHTY CASH CATS EXTENDS ALL THE WAY TO EUROPE AS BAND IS JUST FEATURED ON TOP-RATED GERMANY-BASED TV SHOW!
Perform@Summer Concert Series In Montalvo Square Sat. June 30
"Michael J Smith
leads the performance playing a black acoustic guitar. It is impossible not to
be drawn to the bass texture of his voice -- and his physical and aural
resemblance to Johnny Cash is practically eerie. The Mighty Cash Cats are purely
live entertainment for a live audience. They know how to talk to the crowd and
manuver their instruments and voice to create a body of sound for each song, no
matter the genre or mood. They closed with Cash's Orange Blossom Special to
raucous applause." MUSIC CONNECTION MAGAZINE
(VENTURA, CA)
- When top-rated German television reality program RTL Punkd 12 recently sought a live touring band in
the U.S. to profile, they looked no further than Ventura County's own Mighty Cash Cats. The German TV show had seen a
glowing live review of the 'Cats dead-on Johnny Cash tribute show, and with The
Man In Black still hugely popular throughout Europe, the Mighty Cash Cats were
an easy choice.
Come see what the
buzz is all about when Mighty Cash Cats
perform at the Montalvo Square Summer Concert Series, 1746 S. Victoria Ave.,
Ventura, this Saturday, June 30. 6-8 p.m. Free. Mighty Cash Cats will
perform their renowned 'Tribute To Johnny Cash with June Carter' as well as
their 'Tribute to the Women of Country Music and Rock 'N' Roll.' So its
basically two shows in one! Other upcoming MCC dates: Lab Brewing Company in
Agoura Hills, Sat., July 7; Norwood Library in El Monte, Sat., July 21; a
special "Johnny Cash Cruise" sailing out of Ventura Harbor
on Sat., July 28; headlining Sutter Creek Theater (just outside Sacramento) on
Sat., August 4; and an appearance at the always-popular Sonoma County Fair on Sun., August 5 (on the Park
Stage at 6:00, 7:15, and 8:15 p.m.).
Check out a live
Mighty Cash Cats performance of Johnny Cash favorite "Jackson:"
About Mighty Cash Cats
Mighty Cash Cats are a world-renowned tribute show honoring the music and spirit of the late, great rebel country rocker Johnny Cash, who would have turned 80 this year and for whom there remains an ever-growing and fiercely loyal and devoted fan base. During each show MCC front man/guitarist/vocalist (and Johnny Cash lookalike) Michael J goes behind the music and myth of the "Man in Black" and talks about the roots of Cash's music including the Carter family, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Sun Records. Michael J also tell stories about how Cash defied the Country Music establishment and wrote songs about the plight of Native Americans, prisoners, and the downtrodden giving a voice to the voiceless.
Mighty Cash Cats are a world-renowned tribute show honoring the music and spirit of the late, great rebel country rocker Johnny Cash, who would have turned 80 this year and for whom there remains an ever-growing and fiercely loyal and devoted fan base. During each show MCC front man/guitarist/vocalist (and Johnny Cash lookalike) Michael J goes behind the music and myth of the "Man in Black" and talks about the roots of Cash's music including the Carter family, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Sun Records. Michael J also tell stories about how Cash defied the Country Music establishment and wrote songs about the plight of Native Americans, prisoners, and the downtrodden giving a voice to the voiceless.
The Mighty Cash
Cats cover Johnny Cash's career from his early hits that audiences all know and
love to his final Rick Rubin-produced album "American Recordings" including fun
Johnny Cash and June Carter duets. The band also plays Hot New Country Music,
Rock 'N' Roll, and Blues. The band tours extensively in the USA, Las Vegas,
Europe, Ireland and Israel while performing at festivals, fairs, casinos, summer
concerts in the park, and corporate events.
L.A.-based music
publication All Access Magazine recently interviewed band
leader Michael Jay, read the full interview at http://allaccessmagazine.com/2012/05/24/mighty-cash-cats-righteously-keeping-the-music-of-the-man-in-black-alive/.
<<<<What
the Press Are Saying About Michael J & The Mighty Cash
Cats>>>>
"Thank you for
helping to keep my Dad's music and legacy alive!" - Cindy Cash
"The audience felt
that Johnny Cash returned to the bandstand." - Jerusalem Post
"The Mighty Cash
Cats is as close as you can get to the real thing." - Casper Star
"America's #1 Johnny
Cash Tribute." -
FNO
"They have awed
audiences across the country." - San Diego
Tribune
"Fantastic show!"
Jeff Shore, -
E! TV
"Michael J embodies
Johnny Cash in both voice and look and Letica Blumette does a spot-on June
Carter."
- LA Weekly
The band's
latest CD, "Americana Made," is available on CD Baby at this link: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8175031
MIGHTY CASH CATS
PROMO MATERIALS AND INTERVIEWS ON REQUEST.
CD Review BMANS BLUES REPORT
MUSIC CONNECTION Live Show Review
SAN BERNARDINO SUN Feature
ALL ACCESS MAGAZINE Interview
Underworld Records/Blind Raccoon artist: Tim "Too Slim" Langford - Broken Halo - New Release Review
I just received Broken Halo, the newest solo release from Tim Langford. Langford, best known as the guitar player with the Taildraggers, has put together a very interesting solo project using acoustic guitar, dobro, tenor Uke and harmonica along with electric bass and electronic drums. The recording opens with the very haunting La Llorona, an original song based upon a Hispanic legend of a woman who drowns her children to be with the man she loves, only to be rejected. She ultimately commits suicide and prevented from entering heaven, forced to walk the earth in search of her children. This is a great song.Particularly nice slide work. Shaking A Cup is a light acoustic boogie tribute to the homeless in the street. Cool guitar riffs throughout. You Hide It Well is a straight up acoustic blues tune with slide dobro. Princeville Serenade is another acoustic duet with uke and slide dobro. Langford seems to have a great formula for pulling strong melody and feeling from this pairing of instruments. North Dakota Girl is a cool blues along the lines of how David Bromberg plays the blues, with feeling and a touch of humor... and strong pickin'. Real nice tune. Long Tall Black Cat is possibly the most "authentic" (traditional) blues track on the cd. I like it quite well. Langford has a strong voice and has great control of his slide. This 11 track cd of original work is some of the strongest work that I have heard from Langford and a few of the tunes are classic keepers.
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Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
Eddie Lee Floyd (born June 25, 1937) is an American soul/R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s and the song "Knock on Wood".
Floyd was born in Montgomery, Alabama, but grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He founded The Falcons, which also featured Mack Rice. They were forerunners to future Detroit vocal groups such as The Temptations and The Four Tops. Their most successful songs included "You're So Fine" and later, when Wilson Pickett was recruited into the group as the lead singer, "I Found a Love". Pickett then embarked on a solo career, and The Falcons disbanded.
Floyd signed on with the Memphis based Stax Records as a songwriter in 1965. He wrote a hit song, "Comfort Me" recorded by Carla Thomas. He then teamed with Stax's guitarist Steve Cropper to write songs for Wilson Pickett, now signed to Atlantic Records. Atlantic distributed Stax and Jerry Wexler brought Pickett down from New York to work with Booker T. & the MGs. The Pickett sessions were successful, yielding several pop and R&B hits, including the Floyd co-written "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" and "634-5789 (Soulsville USA)".
In 1966, Floyd recorded a song intended for Otis Redding. Wexler convinced Stax president Jim Stewart to release Floyd's version. The Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd "Knock On Wood" launched Floyd's solo career, and has been cut by over a hundred different artists from David Bowie to Count Basie. It became a disco hit for Amii Stewart in 1979.
Floyd was one of Stax's most consistent and versatile artists. He scored several more hits on his own, including "I Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)" and "Raise Your Hand", which was covered by both Janis Joplin and Bruce Springsteen.
The song "Big Bird" (featuring Booker T. Jones on organ and guitar, Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, and Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass) was written while Floyd waited in a London airport for a plane back to the United States for Otis Redding's funeral. Although not a US hit, it became an underground favorite in the UK, was later covered by The Jam, and was featured on the video game, Test Drive Unlimited.
Floyd's career did not keep him from being one of the label's most productive writers. Virtually every Stax artist recorded Floyd material, often co-written with either Cropper or Jones, including Sam & Dave ("You Don't Know What You Mean to Me"), Rufus Thomas ("The Breakdown"), Otis Redding ("I Love You More Than Words Can Say"), and Johnnie Taylor's "Just the One (I've Been Looking For)". The latter played during the opening credits of director Harold Ramis's film, Bedazzled.
Floyd, in 1980, also released material on the UK record label I-Spy Records owned and created by the UK band Secret Affair. He joined old Stax collaborators Cropper and Dunn, and fronted The Blues Brothers Band on a series of world tours, and in 1998, Floyd and former Falcon Wilson Pickett appeared on screen dueting on "634-5789" in Blues Brothers 2000.
As well as singing with The Blues Brothers Band, Floyd has been the special guest with former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings on several dates in the US and the UK.
In 2008, Floyd returned to Stax Records which is now owned by Concord Music Group. His first new album in six years, Eddie Loves You So was released in July 2008
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I'm a Hog for You -Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 - December 12, 1987), a Creole French-speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, was an eminent performer and recording artist of Zydeco, which arose from Cajun and Creole music, with R&B, jazz, and blues influences. He played the accordion and won a Grammy Award in 1983. He also was recognized with a National Heritage Fellowship, and in 1989 was inducted posthumously into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Chenier began his recording career in 1954, when he signed with Elko Records and released Clifton's Blues, a regional success. His first hit record was soon followed by "Ay 'Tite Fille (Hey, Little Girl)" (a cover of Professor Longhair's song).This received some mainstream success. With the Zydeco Ramblers, Chenier toured extensively. He also toured in the early days with Clarence Garlow, billed as the 'Two Crazy Frenchmen'. Chenier was signed with Chess Records in Chicago, followed by the Arhoolie label.
In April 1966, Chenier appeared at the Berkeley Blues Festival on the University of California campus and was subsequently described by Ralph J. Gleason, Jazz critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, as "... one of the most surprising musicians I have heard in some time, with a marvelously moving style of playing the accordion .. blues accordion, that's right, blues accordion."
Chenier was the first act to play at Antone's, a blues club on Sixth Street in Austin, Texas. Later in 1976, he reached a national audience when he appeared on the premiere season of the PBS music program Austin City Limits. Three years later in 1979 he returned to the show with his Red Hot Louisiana Band.
Chenier's popularity peaked in the 1980s, and he was recognized with a Grammy Award in 1983 for his album I'm Here. It was the first Grammy for his new label Alligator Records. Chenier followed Queen Ida as the second Louisiana Creole to win a Grammy.
Chenier is credited with redesigning the wood and crimped tin washboard into the frottoir, an instrument that would easily hang from the shoulders. Cleveland Chenier, Clifton's older brother, also played in the Red Hot Louisiana Band. He found popularity for his ability to manipulate the distinctive sound of the frottoir by rubbing several bottle openers (held in each hand) along its ridges.
During their prime, Chenier and his band traveled throughout the world.
Chenier suffered from diabetes which eventually forced him to have a foot amputated and required dialysis because of associated kidney problems.
He died of diabetes-related kidney disease in December 1987 in Lafayette, Louisiana and was buried in All Souls Cemetery in Loreauville, Iberia Parish, Louisiana.
He was known as the 'King of Zydeco'
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Summertime - WALKER, CHARLES
Charles Walker was born in Nashville July 12th, 1940. He was nicknamed 'Wig' by his mother because of his full head of hair as a kid. Like so many others from Charles background his singing began in Church and school.His professional musical journey began in his hometown with his first recording 'Slave To Love' released in 1959 on the Nashville 'Champion' label. He relocated to New York shortly afterwards and met record entrepreneur Bobby Robinson who cut some demos with Charles for his 'Fury' label. Soon afterwards, a chance meeting with the J.C Davis Band, who had played the famed Apollo Theatre, opening for Jackie Wilson led to Charles becoming their lead singer. During his time with the L.C Davis band he toured the country opening for many of the greats of the era, including Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Etta James, Wilson Pickett, and Little Willie John. With Charles as lead singer they recorded 'Sweet Sweet Love' and 'The Chicken Scratch' for Chess records. These cuts never become hits at the time, but their quality has endured that over the years they have become highly collectable. By 1965 Charles had split with the J.C Davis band and taking some of the key players with him formed 'Little Charles and The Sidewinders' . Through the help of Lloyd Price the group recorded 8 sides for Decca, but they didn't chart. The Sidewinders continued to record for more outre labels with names like Botanic, Drum and Red Sands. At one time Charles even had his own label, P R Gallery. If that's an odd name for a record company it's because it was named after a New York art gallery which Charles owned in the eighties. The Sidewinders and a solo album recorded for Lloyd Price in the 70s remains unreleased. Throughout much of the 70s Charles' music career was on hold as he threw his efforts into his gallery, until he took a short stint as a songwriter for Motown in 1979. He then decided to relocate to Europe, with writing partner Barbara Perrie. Some of his earlier recordings had been reissued in Europe that created a demand for 'live appearances '. Charles spent most of the eighties in England and Spain with his career mostly in once again in limbo before returning to Nashville in 1993.Although reluctantly and not in the best of personal circumstances Charles found that he'd returned to a thriving blues/soul scene and quickly slipped back into the live circuit. Other legendary Nashville soul/blues recording artists were also making comebacks and Charles would often sit in on sessions with the likes of Earl Gaines, Roscoe Shelton, Johnny Jones, Al Garner appearing on Garner''s "Leavin' Tennessee" album on Black Magic; followed by his own disc for the label in 1999. It was picked up by Cannonball in early 2000 and retitled "Leavin' This Old Town".
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