King Biscuit Boy - Gooduns - 1971 (1986)

Richard Alfred Newell (March 9, 1944 - January 5, 2003), better known by his stage name King Biscuit Boy, was a Canadian blues musician. He was the first Canadian blues artist to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. King Biscuit Boy played with artists such as Muddy Waters, Joe Cocker, and Janis Joplin.

Track List

1 You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down Again
2 Boom, Boom Out Goes the Lights
3 Georgia Rag
4 Barefoot Rock
5 Boogie Walk, Pt. 1
6 Ranky Tanky
7 Twenty-Nine Ways to My Baby's Door
8 Bald Head Rhumba Boogie
9 Lord Pity Us All

(Note: Album directory shows 1970 in error)

After the success Official Music the year before, Gooduns was more of the same style with a few left over songs from the previous albums' sessions with Crowbar (although by this time they had officially parted company) and backing from some new musicians that included members of Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band, Seatrainand Canada's Dr. Music. For this album, Newell recorded on a couple of cover songs written by Dr. John,Little Walter and Willie Dixon but the album contained mainly original compositions by Newell. With a harder blues guitar sound and tighter band edge than the debut, "Gooduns" was supported by a successful tour of England in 1971 where King Biscuit Boy and The Real Gooduns Band were backed up by the British band The Idle Race