Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2000/2025
Time:64:26
Size:147,9 MB
Label:Stony Plain Records
Styles:Memphis Blues/R&B
Art:Front
Year:2000/2025
Time:64:26
Size:147,9 MB
Label:Stony Plain Records
Styles:Memphis Blues/R&B
Art:Front
Tracks Listing:
1. Memphis, Tennessee - 2:56
2. Sit Right Here - 4:38
3. Bad Dream - 2:59
4. It Takes A Lot Of Lovin' - 3:51
5. No More Doggin' - 3:06
6. Now You're Gone - 4:49
7. Just A Little Bit - 3:01
8. Let's Get High - 3:24
9. Jelly Jelly - 5:49
10. Tell Me I'm The One - 4:30
11. Cheese And Crackers - 3:59
12. You Don't Care About Nothing - 3:54
13. Interview With Rosco Gordon - 17:23
1. Memphis, Tennessee - 2:56
2. Sit Right Here - 4:38
3. Bad Dream - 2:59
4. It Takes A Lot Of Lovin' - 3:51
5. No More Doggin' - 3:06
6. Now You're Gone - 4:49
7. Just A Little Bit - 3:01
8. Let's Get High - 3:24
9. Jelly Jelly - 5:49
10. Tell Me I'm The One - 4:30
11. Cheese And Crackers - 3:59
12. You Don't Care About Nothing - 3:54
13. Interview With Rosco Gordon - 17:23
Musicians:
Rosco Gordon - Vocals;
Duke Robillard -Guitar;
John Packer -Bass;
Drums – Jeffery McAllister;
Matt McCabe, Rosco Gordon (tracks: 6, 9, 10 and 12) - Piano;
Doug James (3), Sax Gordon - Saxophone.
Rosco Gordon - Vocals;
Duke Robillard -Guitar;
John Packer -Bass;
Drums – Jeffery McAllister;
Matt McCabe, Rosco Gordon (tracks: 6, 9, 10 and 12) - Piano;
Doug James (3), Sax Gordon - Saxophone.
Rosco N. Gordon III (April 10, 1928 – July 11, 2002), the youngest of eight children, was an American blues and rhythm and blues singer, pianist, and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee, renowned for his distinctive "Rosco Rhythm"—an offbeat piano shuffle that emphasized the upbeats and profoundly influenced early rock 'n' roll as well as Jamaican ska and reggae music.
A self-taught pianist who learned from his sister and drew inspiration from blues crooners like Charles Brown and Percy Mayfield, Gordon emerged on Memphis's vibrant Beale Street scene in the late 1940s as part of the loose collective known as the Beale Street Boys (later Beale Streeters), alongside future stars such as B.B. King, Bobby Bland, and Johnny Ace. In 1950, he won a talent contest at the Palace Theatre, which led to his first recordings in 1951 with pioneering producer Sam Phillips at his Memphis Recording Service (later Sun Records), where Gordon's laid-back, shuffling style helped bridge jump blues and the emerging rock sound.
Gordon's breakthrough came in 1952 with the "#1 R&B hit Booted," followed closely by the "#2 R&B single No More Doggin'," both released on the RPM label (a Chess Records subsidiary) and featuring his signature eccentric vocals and piano work, often backed by musicians like Ike Turner on guitar.[3][2] Additional 1950s successes included "The Chicken," the latter sparking a short-lived dance craze, while his 1960 Vee-Jay release "Just a Little Bit" became a blues standard covered by over 50 artists and reportedly sold more than four million copies in various versions. Despite persistent contract disputes with labels like Chess, Modern, and Duke—leading to legal battles over royalties—Gordon's Caribbean tours in the 1950s and early 1960s exported his rhythm to Jamaica, where it inspired sound system DJs and artists like Theophilus Beckford, laying groundwork for ska's "afterbeat" emphasis as noted by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.
In the early 1960s, Gordon retired from full-time music to raise their three sons and operate a laundry business in Queens, New York, though he occasionally performed and launched his own Bab-Roc label in 1969 for sporadic releases. A late-career resurgence began in 1981 with renewed touring, culminating in the 2000 album Memphis, Tennessee on the Stony Plain label, which earned him a nomination for a W.C. Handy Award for his contributions to blues heritage; he appeared in the 2002 PBS documentary The Road to Memphis before succumbing to a heart attack on July 11, 2002, at age 74.
A self-taught pianist who learned from his sister and drew inspiration from blues crooners like Charles Brown and Percy Mayfield, Gordon emerged on Memphis's vibrant Beale Street scene in the late 1940s as part of the loose collective known as the Beale Street Boys (later Beale Streeters), alongside future stars such as B.B. King, Bobby Bland, and Johnny Ace. In 1950, he won a talent contest at the Palace Theatre, which led to his first recordings in 1951 with pioneering producer Sam Phillips at his Memphis Recording Service (later Sun Records), where Gordon's laid-back, shuffling style helped bridge jump blues and the emerging rock sound.
Gordon's breakthrough came in 1952 with the "#1 R&B hit Booted," followed closely by the "#2 R&B single No More Doggin'," both released on the RPM label (a Chess Records subsidiary) and featuring his signature eccentric vocals and piano work, often backed by musicians like Ike Turner on guitar.[3][2] Additional 1950s successes included "The Chicken," the latter sparking a short-lived dance craze, while his 1960 Vee-Jay release "Just a Little Bit" became a blues standard covered by over 50 artists and reportedly sold more than four million copies in various versions. Despite persistent contract disputes with labels like Chess, Modern, and Duke—leading to legal battles over royalties—Gordon's Caribbean tours in the 1950s and early 1960s exported his rhythm to Jamaica, where it inspired sound system DJs and artists like Theophilus Beckford, laying groundwork for ska's "afterbeat" emphasis as noted by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.
In the early 1960s, Gordon retired from full-time music to raise their three sons and operate a laundry business in Queens, New York, though he occasionally performed and launched his own Bab-Roc label in 1969 for sporadic releases. A late-career resurgence began in 1981 with renewed touring, culminating in the 2000 album Memphis, Tennessee on the Stony Plain label, which earned him a nomination for a W.C. Handy Award for his contributions to blues heritage; he appeared in the 2002 PBS documentary The Road to Memphis before succumbing to a heart attack on July 11, 2002, at age 74.
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