Floyd Dixon - Wake Up And Live! (1996)
BAND/ARTIST: Floyd Dixon
- Title: Wake Up And Live!
- Year Of Release: 1996/2009
- Label: Alligator Records
- Genre: Blues
- Quality: mp3 320 kbps / flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 00:58:20
- Total Size: 135 / 351 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Hey, Bartender
02. My Song Is Don't Worry
03. You Know That'll Get It
04. A Long Time Ago
05. A Dream
06. You're The Only One For Me
07. 450 Pound Woman
08. Mean And Jealous Man
09. I Wanna Rock Now
10. Don't Send Me No Flowers In The Graveyard
11. Wake Up And Live
12. Livin' A Lie (Weak For A Woman)
13. Rockin' At Home
14. Got The Blues So Bad
15. Skeet's California Sunshine
16. Getting' Ready
There was a time when swing-oriented jazz, R&B and blues overlapped to form an accessible yet intelligent style of music. In the late '40s Louis Jordan, Charles Brown and Amos Milburn were popular figures and Floyd Dixon (although a bit in their shadow) was not far behind. When rock & roll suddenly took over pop music in the mid-'50s, the middle-aged black performers were tossed off the charts in favor of their younger white imitators and work began to become scarce. Fortunately Floyd Dixon survived the lean years and, as with Charles Brown, he made a "comeback." This CD is a definitive Floyd Dixon release, mixing together older hits (including his signature tune "Hey, Bartender") with newer originals; all 16 selections were written or co-composed by Dixon. Joined by a jumping band that features a liberal amount of solo space for guitarist Port Barlow, tenor saxophonist Eddie Synigal and the old-time styled trombone of Danny Weinstein (plus a couple of spots for Charles Owens' baritone), Dixon sounds in excellent shape. His voice had not aged much, his enthusiasm is very much intact and his piano playing (whether on slow blues, medium-tempo novelties or the closing instrumental blues "Gettin' Ready") is quite jazz-oriented. Chip Deffaa's liner notes are an added plus. Highly recommended.
01. Hey, Bartender
02. My Song Is Don't Worry
03. You Know That'll Get It
04. A Long Time Ago
05. A Dream
06. You're The Only One For Me
07. 450 Pound Woman
08. Mean And Jealous Man
09. I Wanna Rock Now
10. Don't Send Me No Flowers In The Graveyard
11. Wake Up And Live
12. Livin' A Lie (Weak For A Woman)
13. Rockin' At Home
14. Got The Blues So Bad
15. Skeet's California Sunshine
16. Getting' Ready
There was a time when swing-oriented jazz, R&B and blues overlapped to form an accessible yet intelligent style of music. In the late '40s Louis Jordan, Charles Brown and Amos Milburn were popular figures and Floyd Dixon (although a bit in their shadow) was not far behind. When rock & roll suddenly took over pop music in the mid-'50s, the middle-aged black performers were tossed off the charts in favor of their younger white imitators and work began to become scarce. Fortunately Floyd Dixon survived the lean years and, as with Charles Brown, he made a "comeback." This CD is a definitive Floyd Dixon release, mixing together older hits (including his signature tune "Hey, Bartender") with newer originals; all 16 selections were written or co-composed by Dixon. Joined by a jumping band that features a liberal amount of solo space for guitarist Port Barlow, tenor saxophonist Eddie Synigal and the old-time styled trombone of Danny Weinstein (plus a couple of spots for Charles Owens' baritone), Dixon sounds in excellent shape. His voice had not aged much, his enthusiasm is very much intact and his piano playing (whether on slow blues, medium-tempo novelties or the closing instrumental blues "Gettin' Ready") is quite jazz-oriented. Chip Deffaa's liner notes are an added plus. Highly recommended.
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