sealed SMOKEY WILSON Sings The Blues RARE+ on LP 1978
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SMOKEY WILSON
Sings The Blues
1978 BIG TOWN BT-1006
STILL SEALED:
SIDE 1: BLUES FOR BIG TOWN/ I WONDER WHY STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO ME/
HONEY BEE/ I WISH I WAS SINGLE
SIDE 2: LOUDELLA/ SOMEONE, GUESS WHO/ IM NO FOOL I KNOW THE RULE/ I WANT YOU
Biography by Bill Dahl
When Los Angeles-based guitarist Smokey Wilson really got serious about setting a full-fledged career as a bluesman in motion, it didn't take him long to astound the aficionados with an incendiary 1993 set for Bullseye Blues, Smoke n' Fire, that conjured up echoes of the Mississippi Delta of his youth.
Robert Lee Wilson lived and played the blues with Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, Big Jack Johnson, Frank Frost, and other Mississippi stalwarts before relocating to L.A. in 1970 when he was 35 years old. But instead of grabbing for the gold as a touring entity, he opened the Pioneer Club in Watts, leading the house band while the club booked the very best in blues talent (all-star attractions at the fabled joint included Joe Turner, Percy Mayfield, Pee Wee Crayton, Albert Collins, and plenty more).
Wilson recorded sparingly at first, his LPs for Big Town not doing the man justice. A 1983 set for Murray Brothers (later reissued on Blind Pig) with harpist Rod Piazza and Hollywood Fats on rhythm guitar may have been the turning point; clearly, he was gearing up to leave his Mississippi mark on Southern California blues. Smoke n' Fire from 1993, its 1995 encore The Real Deal (a title now used for three contemporary blues albums in a year's time: John Primer and Buddy Guy have also claimed it), and 1997's The Man from Mars nominate Smokey Wilson as one of the hottest late bloomers in the blues business.
I AM PRESENTLY LISTING A LARGE NUMBER OF SEALED LPs FROM THE STORAGE OF A
85 YEAR OLD FORMER RECORD EXEC WHO WAS IN THE BUSINESS FOR 60 YEARS &
AMONG OTHER THINGS WAS A VICE PRESIDENT OF CAPITOL RECORDS
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NM (Near Mint): Record and cover appear virtually unmarked.
VG++: A hair under near mint may have just a very few visual marks that should not affect sound.
VG+ : A well cared for record. Should have only very slight if any audible imperfections.
VG : Many only surface lines or may have 1 or more small scratches .Background sound but still very enjoyable. Cover defects will be noted.
VG-: significant background sound from various defects but music always quite audible above it. Cover has some damage that will be noted.
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