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The Complete Recordings Vol.1: 1947-1952
Eddie Mack
Featuring: Cootie Williams, Willis Jackson, Bill Jennings, Bobby Smith, Haywood Henry
REFERENCE: BMCD 6026
BAR CODE: 00
Fine reissue featuring all the recordings by this obscure but very fine blues shouter. Eddie Mack (Mack Edmondson) was part of the Brooklyn blues scene in the late 40s and early 50s but his subsequent career is a mystery. He is featured here with various groups including Cootie Williams & His Orch. (he replaced Eddie Vinson), Lucky Millinder & His Orch and others. Sidemen include Willis Jackson, Bill Jennings, Bobby Smith, Haywood Henry, Rene Hall, Mickey Baker and others. Includes his intriguing qand fine covers of Tennessee Ernie Ford's “Shotgun Boogie” and Merle Travis's “Divorce Me C.O.D.”.
Tracklisting:
1. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
2. Mercenary Papa
3. Mercenary Papa
4. You Gotta Pay Those Dues
5. Kind Loving Daddy
6. Heart Throbbing Blues
7. How about That
8. Behind Closed Doors
9. Cool Mama
10. Hoot and Holler Saturday Night
11. Hoot and Holler Saturday Night
12. Lemonade
13. If You Want Me to Come Home Baby
14. Longtime
15. Shotgun Boogie
16. Divorce Me C.O.D.
17. Steam Roller Blues
18. Beauty Parlor Gossip
19. Please be Careful
20. Everybody Loves a Fat Man
21. Loud Mouth Lucy
22. Last Hour Blues
23. Seven Days Blues
24. Good Time Wooman
25. Keyhole Blues
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