Shakey Jake: Call Me When You Need Me: The Vocal & Harmonica Blues Of Shakey Jake - Two Original Albums Plus Bonus Tracks - COMPACT DISCS

Shakey Jake: Call Me When You Need Me: The Vocal & Harmonica Blues Of Shakey Jake - Two Original Albums Plus Bonus Tracks - COMPACT DISCS

Shakey Jake SKU: 42359159
Price
Save
/
Title:

Call Me When You Need Me: The Vocal & Harmonica Blues Of Shakey Jake - Two Original Albums Plus Bonus Tracks

Artist:

Shakey Jake

Label:

Jasmine Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

604988318227

Genre:

Blues

Release Date:

2022-01-28

Number of Discs:

1

Additional Details:

UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT, BONUS TRACKS

Harmonica player/singer/semi-professional gambler James D. "SHAKEY JAKE" Harris remains one of The Blues' shadowy, "Great Unknown" figures. His name came from his awesome ability to shoot dice; by all accounts, fellow-gamblers would call "Shake 'Em, Jake" at him. This compilation comprises his two rare-as-hens-teeth LPs, "Good Times" (1960) and "Mouth Harp Blues" (1961), both recorded for Prestige/Bluesville, plus an earlier, one-off 45rpm for Artistic (1958), a subsidiary label of Cobra Records. On his Artistic 45rpm he was backed by the Willie Dixon Band, whose personnel included guitarists Magic Sam (who was Shakey Jake's nephew) and Freddie King. His Prestige/Bluesville LPs feature sidemen like guitarists Bill Jennings and Jimmy Lee Robinson, organist Brother Jack McDuff, pianist Robert Banks, bassist Leonard Gaskin and drummer Junior Blackman. This material is impossible to find elsewhere on CD.

Found in

More from Shakey Jake
Recently viewed