Messing With The Blues

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Personnel includes: James Brown (vocal, piano, organ); John R. (spoken vocals); Louis Shelton, Kenny Poole, Carl Lynch, Bobby Roach (guitar); Ernie Watts, Joe Romano (alto saxophone); Maceo Parker (alto & tenor saxophones); J.C. Davis, Pete Christlieb, Les Asch (tenor saxophone); Al "Brisco" Clark (baritone saxophone) Ernie Royal, Johnny Grimes, Al Aarons, Joe Newman (trumpet); Fred Wesley, Nick DiMaio (trombone); Frank Vincent, Sonny Thompson (piano); Bobby Byrd (piano, organ, background vocals); Fats Gonder (piano, organ); Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (keyboards); Fred Thomas, Al Lucas, Ray Brown, Bernard Odum (bass); David "Panama" Francis, Louie Bellson, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (drums); Johnny Griggs (congas, percussion). Producers: James Brown, King Records, Bud Hobgood. Compilation producer: Cliff White. Recorded between 1957 & 1975. Includes liner notes by Cliff White and Harry Weinger. MESSING WITH THE BLUES is a collection of Brown's blues and R&B covers, and includes many previously unreleased recordings; several tracks released for the first time without overdubbed applause; and two tracks in stereo for the first time. The package includes a 16-page booklet with rare photos. Personnel: James Brown (vocals, piano); Maretha Stewart (vocals); Wallace Richardson, Eddie Freeman, Bobby Roach, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin, Les Buie, Jimmy Nolen, Kenny Poole, Billy Butler, Bill Pitman, Louis Shelton, Carl Lynch (guitar); Cleveland Lowe, Haywood Henry, Seldon Powell (saxophone); Maceo Parker (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Ernie Watts, Jimmy Parker , Jimmy McGary, Al Corley, Joe Romano (alto saxophone); Les Asch, Clifford MacMillan, J.C. Davis , Pete Christlieb, St. Clair Pinckney, Buddy Collette (tenor saxophone); Al "Brisco" Clark, Dave Parkinson (baritone saxophone); Dicky Harris (trumpet, trombone); Waymon Reed, Dud Bascomb, Johnny Grimes , Ernie Royal, Isiah "Ike" Oakley, Lewis Hamlin, Roscoe Patrick, Joe Newman , Al Aarons, John Audino, Chuck Finley, Tommy Porello (trumpet); Fred Wesley, Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Nick Dimaio, Kenny Shroyer, Bill Tole (trombone); Lucas Fats Gonder (piano, organ); Frank Vincent, Sonny Thompson (piano); Bobby Byrd (organ); Pee Wee Ellis, Ernie Hayes (keyboards); Clayton Fillyau, John Starks, Louie Bellson, Panama Francis, Reginald Hall, William Bowman, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (drums); Jack Arnold , Johnny Griggs (percussion); Eugene Stallworth, Bobby Bennett (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Tim Rogers; Tom "Curly" Ruff; Harry Weinger; Dennis M. Drake. Liner Note Authors: Clifford White; Harry Weinger. Director: Lucas Fats Gonder. Unknown Contributor Roles: The Famous Flames; The James Brown Band; Billy Wright. Arranger: Oliver Nelson. This two-disc set makes an intriguing case for an aspect of James Brown's roots not always considered: blues. Brown is known as an architect of funk, with an R&B ancestry. But straight-ahead blues is often overlooked for the role it played in shaping all that touched its powerful orbit. Brown regularly recorded blues numbers throughout his career--especially in the first couple of decades--and this collection covers nearly thirty years, drawing primarily from the '60s. These thirty songs don't present what would normally be an expected or well-rounded James Brown album, but they're not meant to; rather this is a compelling reconsideration of his own genesis as an artist. It includes numbers written by a range of Brown's own musical reference points and inspirations (Chuck Willis, Memphis Slim, Little Willie John, Ivory Joe Hunter, and more).
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