Arthur "Big Boy" CRUDUP - Cool Disposition 1999

Arthur "Big Boy" CRUDUP - Cool Disposition 1999

Blues

Well,It is all said before, so just enjoy it.
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Joe McCoy- Bass
Charles Sanders- Drums
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup- Guitar, Vocals, Main Performer
Melvin Draper- Drums
Ransom Knowling- String Bass
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01. Train Fare Blues 2:46
02. Black Pony Blues 3:21
03. Mean Old Frisco 2:36
04. Cry Your Blues Away 3:09
05. Shout, Sister, Shout 2:41
06. Give Me a 32-20 2:51
07. That's All Right 2:53
08. Death Valley Blues 3:13
09. Hey Mama, Everything's All Right 2:55
10. My Moma Don't Allow Me 3:08
11. Dirt Road Blues 3:06
12. Tired of Worry 2:44
13. Cool Disposition 3:08
14. Come Back Baby 2:36
15. Keep Your Arms Around Me 2:32
16. Gonna Be Some Changes Made 2:43
17. I Want My Lovin' 2:59
18. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane 2:44
19. Who's Been Foolin' You 3:15
20. That's Why I'm Lonesome 3:04
21. If I Get Lucky 3:05
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Arthur "Big Boy" CRUDUP - Mean Ol' Frisco 1962

Arthur "Big Boy" CRUDUP - Mean Ol' Frisco 1962

Blues

Arthur Crudup may well have been Elvis Presley's favorite bluesman. The swivel-hipped rock god recorded no less than three of "Big Boy's" Victor classics during his seminal rockabilly heyday: "That's All Right Mama" (Elvis' Sun debut in 1954), "So Glad You're Mine," and "My Baby Left Me." Often lost in all the hubbub surrounding Presley's classic covers are Crudup's own contributions to the blues lexicon. He didn't sound much like anyone else, and that makes him an innovator, albeit a rather rudimentary guitarist (he didn't even pick up the instrument until he was 30 years old).
By Bill Dahl, All Music Guide.
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A1. Mean Ole Frisco   2:31
A2. Look on Yonder Wall   2:16
A3. That's Alright   2:17
A4. Ethel Mae   2:19
A5. Too Much Competition   2:35
A6. Standing at My Window   2:12
B1. Rock Me, Mama   2:23
B2. Greyhound Bus   2:35
B3. Coal Black Mare   2:47
B4. Katie Mae   2:47
B5. Dig Myself a Hole   2:20
B6. So Glad You're Mine   2:45
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Arthur "Big Boy" CRUDUP - Roebuck Man (London Session) 1970

Arthur "Big Boy" CRUDUP - Roebuck Man (London Session) 1970

Blues   

Already 64 years old when he recorded this obscure and forgotten Blues album in early 1970, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup had cruelly seen 3 of his compositions covered by Elvis Presley (most famously "That's All Right"), but because of strange royalty arrangements - never saw any cash for them. But like Curtis Jones, Otis Spann, Muddy Waters and so many other black blues artists of the time (who all complained of being 'done' by industry types), they moved to Britain and Europe where their music was being listened to and appreciated by ecstatic white musicians and mixed audiences hungry for the real deal.

Working a small UK tour at the time, which was financed by The National Blues Federation of the USA, Crudup stopped into a London studio to record this album. Produced by CHRIS TRIMMING and RON WATTS and engineered by MICK TAUBER, the whole LP was recorded in one day, 26 February 1970 and released in July 1970 on the Stereo LP United Artists UAS 29092 in the UK. Sporting a fetching laminate front sleeve, the album title came from a pub in Putney (featured behind him on the sleeve) where he received a none-to-enlightened reception and famously included an acidic reaction to it in its title track. The album also included ex members of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Manfred Mann and the newly formed McGuinness Flint - who were all big fans.
It's immediately obvious that the band complimented his voice and songs - most are combo numbers, but "Blind Man Sees" is just him and guitar ala John Lee Hooker. The harsh "Roebuck Man" opens with "If you should have to come to England, please don't go to the Roebuck man..." but things get more Chicken Shack with the stunning "Room And Board" - thrilling guitar work and the band digging it (lyrics above).
"Corrina Corrina" (not the famous Joe Turner track Corrine, Corrina) is just Crudup and John Lewis on Piano and is wonderful blues - simple and sweet. It then ups a notch when the band joins them on the Jerry Lee Lewis sounding "Boogie In The Morning" - with piano rolls and great sax work from Dave Gelly. If you heard it in a pub, your foot would be pounding the floorboards in glee. He tells "Katy Mae" he loves her in "What Are You Trying To Do?" and the band just chugs along behind him to such sweet effect until he shouts "Take it!" and they start into blues rocking. "Burying Ground" is a dark closer about death and women dressed in red...nice!
So there you have it - a great little album.
Arthur Crudup died in early 1974, aged 68. Music historians often say that he gave a lot to the Blues and an incalculable donation to world karma via Elvis Presley and his 1st US 7" single on Sun Records in 1955 - Crudup's own "That's All Right" - thereby starting a rock'n'roll journey that many of us are still on to this day. It's just such a damn shame that the music business didn't return him the compliment.
By  Mark Barry.
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Arthur "BIG BOY" CRUDUP- Guitar & Vocals
Hughie FLINT- Drums
Benny GALLAGHER- Guitar, Bass & Vocals
Dave GELLY- Tenor Sax
John LEWIS- Piano
Tom McGUINNESS- Guitar
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01. I Don't Worry  Crudup  3:21
02. Needle Time  Crudup  3:28
03. Room and Board  Crudup  3:15
04. Blind Man Sees  Crudup  4:53
05. Long Curly Mane  Crudup  3:56
06. Roebuck Man  Crudup  5:02
07. Old and Grey  Crudup  4:10
08. Before You Go  Crudup  3:46
09. Korrina Korrina  Crudup  3:37
10. Boogie in the Morning  Crudup  2:34
11. Get You in My Arms  Crudup  3:49
12. What Are You Trying to Do?  Crudup  3:10
13. Burying Ground  Crudup  3:32
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Arthur "Big Boy" CRUDUP - Everything Alright 2002

Arthur CRUDUP - Everything Alright 2002
Label: Our World

Blues

Arthur Crudup may well have been Elvis Presley's favorite bluesman. The swivel-hipped rock god recorded no less than three of "Big Boy's" Victor classics during his seminal rockabilly heyday: "That's All Right Mama" (Elvis' Sun debut in 1954), "So Glad You're Mine," and "My Baby Left Me." Often lost in all the hubbub surrounding Presley's classic covers are Crudup's own contributions to the blues lexicon. He didn't sound much like anyone else, and that makes him an innovator, albeit a rather rudimentary guitarist (he didn't even pick up the instrument until he was 30 years old).

Around 1940, Crudup migrated to Chicago from Mississippi. Times were tough at first; he was playing for spare change on the streets and living in a packing crate underneath an elevated train track when powerful RCA/Bluebird producer Lester Melrose dropped a few coins in Crudup's hat. Melrose hired Crudup to play a party that 1941 night at Tampa Red's house attended by the cream of Melrose's stable: Big Bill Broonzy, Lonnie Johnson, Lil Green. A decidedly tough crowd to impress -- but Crudup overcame his nervousness with flying colors. By September of 1941, he was himself an RCA artist.

Crudup pierced the uppermost reaches of the R&B lists during the mid-'40s with "Rock Me Mama," "Who's Been Foolin' You," "Keep Your Arms Around Me," "So Glad You're Mine," and "Ethel Mae." He cut the original "That's All Right" in 1946 backed by his usual rhythm section of bassist Ransom Knowling and drummer Judge Riley, but it wasn't a national hit at the time. Crudup remained a loyal and prolific employee of Victor until 1954, when a lack of tangible rewards for his efforts soured Crudup on Nipper (he had already cut singles in 1952 for Trumpet disguised as Elmer James and for Checker as Percy Lee Crudup).

In 1961, Crudup surfaced after a long layoff with an album for Bobby Robinson's Harlem-based Fire logo dominated by remakes of his Bluebird hits. Another lengthy hiatus preceded Delmark boss Bob Koester's following the tip of Big Joe Williams to track down the elusive legend (Crudup had drifted into contract farm labor work in the interim). Happily, the guitarist's sound hadn't been dimmed by Father Time: his late-'60s work for Delmark rang true as he was reunited with Knowling (Willie Dixon also handled bass duties on some of his sides). Finally, Crudup began to make some decent money, playing various blues and folk festivals for appreciative crowds for a few years prior to his 1974 death.
By Bill Dahl, All Music Guide.
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01. Hey Mama, Everything's All Right  2:54
02. Ethel Mae  3:08
03. You Got to Reap  2:56
04. That's All Right  2:52
05. Train Far Blues  2:43
06. Katie May  3:03
07. So Glad You're Mine  2:46
08. Crudups After Hours  2:54
09. Crudups Vicksburg Blues  3:11
10. Just Like a Spider  3:14
11. Roberta Blues  2:45
12. That's Why I'm Lonesome  3:04
13. Dirt Road Blues  3:05
14. I Don't Know It  2:49
15. Chicago Blues  3:12 
16. I Want My Lovin'  2:54
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