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- Date Released: June 14, 2005
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Chicago Blues
- Label: Document Records / The Orchard
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Another 23 sides, covering the years 1938 through 1940. The sound on these records is much more jazz than blues, especially in the guitar and clarinet playing, and it sold, "Big Leg Woman" being a major hit and "Mississippi Woman's Blues" repeating the same melody. By the end of the decade, Temple would be working with Lonnie Johnson, one of the jazziest of blues guitarists, and jazz legend clarinetist Buster Bailey, and doing his most mainstream popular music, in terms of sound. The raunchiness of his material was still pronounced and delightful, however, from "Big Leg Woman" and "Grinding Mill" (another musical metaphor for impotence) to "Jelly Roll Bert" (featuring some delightful guitar/voice call-and-response work between Temple and axman Teddy Bunn), "Mississippi Woman's Blues," and "Better Not Let My Good Gal Catch You Here"--it's all surprisingly sophisticated, however, especially with the echo-y piano back-up, and more evocative of a Chicago club than any roadhouse. Temple's guitar playing may have lacked the jazz inflections that his recording manager was looking for, but his voice was one of the best in blues, alternately mournful and leering, with a surprising amount of power and expressiveness.
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| 01. |  |
When The Breath Bids Your Girl Friend's Body Goodbye |
2:42 |  |
| 02. | |
Big Leg Woman |
2:54 | |
| 03. | |
What A Fool I've Been |
2:46 | |
| 04. | |
Grinding Mill |
2:48 | |
| 05. | |
Between Midnight And Dawn |
2:56 | |
| 06. | |
Mississippi Woman's Blues (Walkin' Blues) |
2:59 | |
| 07. | |
Jelly Roll Bert |
2:53 | |
| 08. | |
Up Today And Down Tomorrow |
3:05 | |
| 09. | |
Getting Old Blues (Take A) |
3:02 | |
| 10. | |
Getting Old Blues (Take B) |
3:02 | |
| 11. | |
The Sun Goes Down In Blood |
3:00 | |
| 12. | |
Better Not Let My Good Gal Catch You Here |
3:00 | |
| 13. | |
If I Could Holler (Take A) |
2:49 | |
| 14. | |
If I Could Holler (Take B) |
2:49 | |
| 15. | |
Streamline Blues |
3:07 | |
| 16. | |
Good Suzie (Rusty Knees) |
2:58 | |
| 17. | |
Down In Mississippi |
2:47 | |
| 18. | |
Evil Bad Woman |
2:51 | |
| 19. | |
Cherry Ball |
3:06 | |
| 20. | |
Let's Get Together |
3:03 | |
| 21. | |
Good Woman Blues |
2:45 | |
| 22. | |
Skin And Bones Woman (Take A) |
3:12 | |
| 23. | |
Skin And Bones Woman (Take B) |
3:06 | |
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Credits
- Lonnie Johnson - Guitar // Lonnie Johnson - Guitar // Johnnie "Geechie" Temple - Guitar // Johnnie "Geechie" Temple - Accordion // Johnnie "Geechie" Temple - Vocals // Johnnie "Geechie" Temple - Main Performer // Buster Bailey - Clarinet // Teddy Bunn - Guitar // Joshua Altheimer - Piano // John Lindsay - Standup Bass // Johnny Parth - Producer // Johnny Parth - Compilation // Odell Rand - Clarinet // Dr. David Evans - Liner Notes // Gerhard Wessely - Remastering // Sam Price - Piano // John Robinson - Clarinet // Al Casey - Guitar // Marina Bokelman - Photography
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