Men Are Like Street Cars...: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969

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Compilation producers: Mary Katherine Aldin, Andy McKaie. Includes liner notes by Mary Katherine Aldin. Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California). Personnel: Mattie Delaney, Memphis Minnie, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (vocals, guitar); Georgia White, Katie Webster (vocals, piano); Dinah Washington, Donna Hightower, Ella Johnson, Etta James, Gwen Johnson, Helen Humes, Irma Thomas, Gladys Hill, Jenny Pope, Lavelle White, Lillian Offitt, Alberta Adams, Alberta Hunter, Lovey Lewis, Mabel Scott, Margie Day, Marie Adams, Mildred Jones, Nora Lee King, Rosetta Howard, Rosetta Perry, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Tina Turner, Trixie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Bertha "Chippie" Hill, Betty James, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holiday, Koko Taylor, Blue Lu Barker, Esther Phillips (vocals); Ike Turner (guitar, piano); Chuck Norris , Charlie McCoy, Danny Barker , Jimmy Johnson , Ernest Lawlars, Floyd Smith , Kansas Joe McCoy, Johnny Copeland, Les Paul, Albert Collins , Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Mickey Baker, Pete Lewis, Tampa Red, Teddy Bunn, Mundell Lowe, Billy Mackel, Jimmy McLin, Buddy Guy (guitar); Little Walter (harmonica); Eddie Barefield (clarinet, alto saxophone); Odell Rand, Jimmy Hamilton, Sidney Bechet, Barney Bigard, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Donald Hankins, Gene Barge (saxophone); Freddie Simon (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Pete Brown , Frank Dominguez, Herbie Fields, Ted Smith, Porter Kilbert, Al Robinson, Rudy Powell, Riley Hampton, George Dorsey (alto saxophone); Leon Washington, Bumps Myers, Kenneth Hollon, David Van Dyke, James Von Streeter, Johnny Board, Noble "Thin Man" Watts, Arnett Cobb, Bill Harvey, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Palmer Williams, Fred Ford, Sol Moore, Teddy "Cherokee" Conyers (baritone saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie, Emmett Berry, Willis Nelson, Joe Scott , Don Johnson, John Anderson , Frankie Newton, Frank Royal, Andrew Wood , Gail Brockman, Henry "Red" Allen, Jimmy Brown, Wendell Culley, Jimmy Nottingham, Dick Vance, Buck Clayton, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Dicky Wells, William Harrison, George Washington , Bernard Archer, Al Grey, George Matthews (trombone); Devonia Williams, Georgia Tom, Gerald Wiggins , Horace Malcolm, Horace Henderson, R.J. Jones, Freddie Johnson, Paul Monday, John Mehegan, John Young , Lafayette Leake, Lil Armstrong, Sam Price, Sammy Benskin, Sonny White (piano); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); John Lindsay, Richard "Dick" Fullbright, Wellman Braud (double bass); Chico Hamilton, Elga Edmunds, Eddie Dougherty, Fred Below, Fred Flynn, George Jones, Leard Bell, Emmanuel Simms, Jimmy Crawford , Al Duncan , Paul Barbarin, Roger Hawkins, Shadow Wilson, Big Sid Catlett, Belton Evans (drums); Willie Dixon (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Mary Katherine Aldin. Recording information: Chicago, IL (1928-1969); Crowley, LA (1928-1969); Houston, TX (1928-1969); Los Angeles, CA (1928-1969); Memphis, TN (1928-1969); Muscle (1928-1969); Nashville, TN (1928-1969); New York, NY (1928-1969). Director: Buster Harding. Illustrator: Mike Fink. Photographers: Norman Seeff; Michael Wilson . Unknown Contributor Roles: Jo Ann Frederick; Charles Drayton. Men Are Like Street Cars is far from last word on female blues singers -- how could it be without anything by Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ida Cox, Ma Rainey, Lucille Bogan, or Sippie Wallace? But then, MCA never claimed that it was, and one can state without a moment's hesitation that this two-CD, 46-song collection covers a lot of ground, and that MCA put a great deal of time and effort into assembling it. Spanning 1928-1969, Street Cars starts out with some late-'20s recordings by classic blues singers Jenny Pope and Bertha "Chippie" Hill before treating us to the country blues of Memphis Minnie (who is heard on 1930's "Bumble Bee" and 1952's "Me and My Chauffeur Blues"), the jump blues of Big Mama Thornton and the blues-influenced swing or swing-influenced blues of Billie Holiday (who is rep to be continued...
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