The Roosevelt Sykes Collection 1929-47

by Roosevelt Sykes

Overview

A barrelhouse piano player whose approach to the blues was full of drive, bounce, and joy, Roosevelt Sykes recorded his signature tune, Lee Green's "44 Blues" (the lead track here), at his debut studio date in 1929, a session arranged for him by St. Louis record shop owner Jesse Johnson, and he never really stopped entertaining and spreading his own version of piano joy (anyone who feels that the blues is always sad and depressing really needs to hear this guy) until his death in 1983. This three-disc, 75-track set features sides Sykes did with the OKeh, Decca, and RCA Victor record labels between 1928 and 1947, some as a solo artist, some as part of a piano/drums duo, and some as part of small ensembles, all of which feature the trademark Roosevelt Sykes bounce and verve. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	08/12/2014
Label:	Acrobat Music
UPC:	0824046904029
Rank:	112645

Tracks

Disc 1

1. 44 Blues
2. Boot That Thing
3. Henry Ford Blues
4. Skeet and Garret
5. Roosevelt's Blues
6. Lost All I Had Blues
7. 32-20 Blues
8. 3-6 & 9
9. Kelly's Special
10. Nasty But It's Clean
11. Highway 61 Blues
12. Big Legs Ida Blues
13. D-B-A Blues
14. Dirty Mother for You (Don't You Know)
15. She Left Me Cold in Hand
16. Cannon Ball
17. Jet Black Snake
18. Driving Wheel Blues
19. Sister Kelly Blues
20. The Honey Dripper
21. Night Time Is the Right Time
22. Little and Low
23. Monte Carlo Blues
24. Hospital, Heaven or Hell
25. Drunken Gambler

Disc 2

26. Love Lease Blues
27. Hard Lead Pencil
28. Sad Yas Yas (You Fade Away Like Morning Dew)
29. The Road to Ruin
30. Mistake in Life
31. Night Time Is the Right Time [Version 2]
32. She's Long Gone
33. The Train Is Coming (No More Baby Talk)
34. Down on My Knees
35. Have You Seen Ida B.
36. 44 Blues
37. Bitter Cup Blues
38. Journey from the Germs
39. You Can't Fix It Back
40. Get Your Bow Out (Then You Will Understand)
41. Yellow Yam Blues
42. Right Now
43. Essie Mae Blues
44. She's Got What It Takes
45. Pistol Shootin' Blues
46. Eight Ball Blues
47. 47th Street Jive
48. Doin' the Sally Long (Flames of Evaporation)
49. Low as a Toad
50. Prison Gate Blues

Disc 3

51. K.M.A. Blues
52. Just Hanging Around
53. Pay Day Blues
54. 15¿¿ a Day
55. Roll on Blues
56. Keep Your Hands Off Her
57. Skin and Bone Blues
58. Let the Black Have His Way
59. Third Degree Blues
60. Training Camp Blues
61. Sugar Babe Blues
62. I Wonder
63. Love Has Something to Say
64. Tender Hearted Woman Blues (I'll Wear the Pants)
65. Don't Push Me Around
66. Date Bait
67. Tonight
68. Living in a Different World
69. Flames of Jive
70. Bop De Bip
71. Bobby Sox Blues
72. Walkin' and Drinkin'
73. Mama Mama
74. Booze Blues
75. Until the Cows Come Home

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roosevelt Sykes   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Willie Kelly   Primary Artist,Vocals,Piano
St. Louis Johnny   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
The Honey Dripper   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Roosevelt Skyes Trio   Primary Artist
Dobby Bragg   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Leon Washington   Sax (Tenor)
Willie Lacey   Guitar
Calmes Julian   Saxophone
Curtis Ferguson   Bass
Heywood Cowam   Drums
Johnny Walker   Clarinet
Lucius Henderson   Trumpet
Martin Rough   Saxophone
Walker Broadus   Sax (Tenor)
Big Sid Catlett   Drums,Featured Artist
Charles Saunders   Drums
Kokomo Arnold   Guitar,Featured Artist
John Frazier   Bass
Leonard Caston   Guitar
Sam Casimir   Guitar
Alfred Elkins   Bass
Big Bill Broonzy   Guitar,Featured Artist
Ernest "Big" Crawford   Bass
Judge Riley   Drums
Ransom Knowling   Bass
Armand Jump Jackson   Drums
Bill Casimir   Sax (Tenor)
Oett "Sax" Mallard   Sax (Alto)
Emanuel Sayles   Guitar
Oscar Carter   Guitar
W.B. Nelson   Drums
Johnny Morton   Trumpet
St. Louis Jimmy   Vocals

Technical Credits

William Davis   Composer
Armando Pena   Composer
J. Mayo Williams   Composer
Fleecie Moore   Composer
Charles Davenport   Composer
Leroy Carr   Composer
Roosevelt Sykes   Arranger,Composer
Pinetop Smith   Composer
Cecil Gant   Composer
James Oden   Composer
St. Louis Jimmy Oden   Composer
Dootsie Williams   Composer