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- Date Released: January 1, 1992
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Chicago Blues
- Label: Document Records / The Orchard
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We Say...
From Arkansas and St. Louis, Sykes came up barrelhousing in the lumber camps. His career took him to Chicago and New Orleans, with his joyful boogie woogie style evolving accordingly. A crucial rural-to-urban transition figure who stayed active into the '60s, he's unjustly overlooked today. He played with precision, right down to the jazzy fills, even though he sounded abandoned; his timing and melodic sense were impeccable, and he squeezed the most out of a limited voice. Sykes made standards out of "44 Blues" (his rough-hewn debut single), "Driving Wheel," Sweet Home Chicago" and "The Honeydripper" (his 1945 cover of Joe Liggins, not the song of the same name he'd cut in 1936). He was also known for unabashed raunch like "Dirty Mother for You." And in 1933, he accompanied the unheralded Carl Rafferty on "Mr. Carl's Blues," apparently the first song containing the immortal line, "I do believe I'll dust my broom."
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They Say...
Document's Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5 (1937-1939) offers an exhaustive overview of a two-year period from Roosevelt Sykes' career. During that era, Sykes first recorded a raft of classics: "Night Time Is the Right Time," "Drunken Gambler," "Mistake in Life," and the double (or single) entendre classics "Ice Cream Freezer," "Let Me Hang My Stockings in Your Christmas Tree," and "Somebody's Been Ridin' My Black Gal." The novelties are delicious fun, though only completists will be interested in this lengthy compilation of exactingly sequenced recordings.
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| 01. |  |
Little And Low |
3:05 |
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| 02. | |
Night Time Is The Right Time |
2:49 |
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| 03. | |
Monte Carlo Blues |
2:55 |
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| 04. | |
She Squeezed My Lemon |
2:42 |
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| 05. | |
Somebody's Been Ridin' My Black Gal |
3:07 |
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| 06. | |
Bread Pan |
2:38 |
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| 07. | |
Ice Cream Freezer |
3:22 |
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| 08. | |
Drunken Gambler |
2:41 |
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| 09. | |
Hospital, Heaven Or Hell |
3:06 |
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| 10. | |
Love Lease Blues |
2:51 |
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| 11. | |
Hard Lead Pencil |
2:55 |
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| 12. | |
My Baby's Playground |
2:24 |
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| 13. | |
Night Gown Blues |
3:02 |
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| 14. | |
Sad Yas Yas Yas |
2:53 |
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| 15. | |
Let Me Hand Your Stockings In Your Christmas Tree |
2:56 |
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| 16. | |
MisTake In Life |
3:20 |
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| 17. | |
Night Time Is The Right Time, No. 2 |
3:03 |
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| 18. | |
The Dog In A Man |
2:51 |
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| 19. | |
She's Long Gone |
2:36 |
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| 20. | |
The Train Is Coming |
2:56 |
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| 21. | |
Down On My Knees |
2:52 |
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| 22. | |
Bitter Cup Blues |
3:24 |
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| 23. | |
Have You Seen Ida B? |
3:04 |
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| 24. | |
Journey From The Germs |
2:51 |
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| 25. | |
You Can't Fix It Back |
3:04 |
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25 Total Tracks, 73:27 Total Length
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Credits
- Roosevelt Sykes - Piano // Roosevelt Sykes - Piano // Roosevelt Sykes - Vocals // Roosevelt Sykes - Vocals // Roosevelt Sykes - Main Performer // Roosevelt Sykes - Main Performer // Big Sid Catlett - Drums // Johnny Parth - Producer // Johnny Parth - Compilation Producer // Odell Rand - Clarinet // Chris Smith - Liner Notes // McKay - Accordion // McKay - Vocals // McKay - Art Direction
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