Professor Longhair

No Buts, No Maybes - The 1949-1957 Recordings (600926)

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2021

No Buts, No Maybes - The 1949-1957 Recordings

Professor Longhair

Soul Jam

8436559469425

SOU 169587

600926

BLUES

1

CD 9,95 €

THE FATHER OF NEW ORLEANS R&B

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOKKLET

Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair (also known as “Baldhead” or “Fess”), remains one of the most recognizable piano talents to come out of Louisiana. He is often referred to as the father of New Orleans R&B. His funky, rumba-based piano style and delightfully deep and wildedged voice livened up nightclubs and festivals spanning four decades.

He made some of the most captivating songs the world has ever known – expressive music that is virtually unrivaled for its pure joy. If you’ve never heard him, you don’t know as much as you think you do.

This best-of collection gathers a variety of the great R&B recordings he made for different labels such as Atlantic, Mercury, Federal and Ebb Records between 1949 and 1957. These recordings also feature a virtual who’s who of fabulous musicians from the Crescent City scene, including Earl Palmer, Lee Allen, Alvin “Red” Tyler, Justin Adams and Charles “Hungry” Williams, among others.

PERSONNEL:

  • PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - (vocal, piano, on all tracks, plus:
  • Lee Allen, Alvin "red" Tyler, Robert Parker, Charles Burbank - (sax)
  • Albert Miller - (trumpet)
  • Justin Adams, Walter Nelson - (guitar)
  • Frank Fields, George Miller - (bass)
  • Earl Palmer, Charles"Hungry" Williams, Charles "Honeyboy" Otis, Louis Joseph - (drums)
  • among others

Recorded in New Orleans, between 1949 and 1957

TRACKS:

  • 01. ROCKIN’ WITH FESS
  • 02. IN THE NIGHT
  • 03. LOOK WHAT YOU’RE DOIN’ TO ME
  • 04. NO BUTS, NO MAYBES
  • 05. LOOKA NO HAIR
  • 06. BALL THE WALL
  • 07.TIPITINA
  • 08. BETWEEN THE NIGHT AND DAY
  • 09. MISERY
  • 10. BABY LET ME HOLD YOUR HAND
  • 11. MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS
  • 12. HEY NOW BABY
  • 13. HER MIND IS GONE
  • 14. SHE WALKS RIGHT IN
  • 15. OH WELL
  • 16. EAST ST. LOUIS BABY
  • 17. HADACOL BOUNCE
  • 18. GONE SO LONG
  • 19. CURLEY HAIRED BABY
  • 20. BALD HEAD
  • 21. BEEN FOOLIN’ AROUND
  • 22. BETWEEN THE NIGHT AND DAY (Alternate take)
  • 23. HER MIND IS GONE
  • 24. BOOGIE WOOGIE
  • 25. WHO’S BEEN FOOLIN’ YOU
  • 26. HEY NOW BABY
  • 27. WALK YOUR BLUES AWAY
  • 28. BABY LET ME HOLD YOUR