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Description Ripped from original CD with Exact Audio Copy.  Art, cue sheet & Rip log included. All tracks are Properly tagged with art embedded in tag. Roosevelt Sykes - 1961 - The Honeydripper (1993 Remastered Reissue) [EAC FLAC]  Roosevelt Sykes  Wikipedia: Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983) was an American blues musician, also known as "The Honeydripper". Born in Elmar, Arkansas, Sykes grew up near Helena but at age 15, went on the road playing piano with a barrelhouse style of blues. Like many bluesmen of his time, he travelled around playing to all-male audiences in sawmill, turpentine and levee camps along the Mississippi River, gathering a repertoire of raw, sexually explicit material. His wanderings eventually brought him to St. Louis, Missouri, where he met St. Louis Jimmy Oden., author of the blues standard "Goin' Down Slow". In 1929 he was spotted by a talent scout and sent to New York City to record for Okeh Records. His first release was "'44' Blues" which became a blues standard and his trademark. He quickly began recording for multiple labels under various names including Easy Papa Johnson, Dobby Bragg and Willie Kelly. After he and Oden moved to Chicago he found his first period of fame when he signed with Decca Records in 1934. In 1943, he signed with Bluebird Records and recorded with The Honeydrippers. Sykes and Oden continued their musical friendship well into the 60s. In Chicago, Sykes began to display an increasing urbanity in his lyric-writing, using an eight-bar blues pop gospel structure instead of the traditional twelve-bar blues. However, despite the growing urbanity of his outlook, he gradually became less competitive in the post-World War II music scene. After his RCA Victor contract expired, he continued to record for smaller labels, such as United, until his opportunities ran out in the mid-1950s. Roosevelt left Chicago in 1954 for New Orleans as electric blues was taking over the Chicago blues clubs. When he returned to recording in the 1960s it was for labels such as Delmark, Bluesville, Storyville and Folkways that were documenting the quickly passing blues history. He lived out his final years in New Orleans, where he died from a heart attack on July 17, 1983. The Honeydripper (1993 Remastered Reissue)  Artist: Roosevelt Sykes Title: The Honeydripper Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered Release Date: September 15, 1993 Original Release Date: 1961 Recording Date: September 14, 1960 Label: Original Blues Classic ASIN: B000000XYX Genre: Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Piano Blues Duration: 34:38 AllMusic Review by Ron Wynn: Roosevelt Sykes expertly fit his classic, down-home piano riffs and style into a fabric that also contained elements of soul, funk, and R&B. The nine-cut date, recently reissued by Original Blues Classics, included such laments as "I Hate to Be Alone," "Lonely Day," and "She Ain't for Nobody," as well as the poignant "Yes Lawd," and less weighty "Satellite Baby" and "Jailbait." Besides Sykes' alternately bemused, ironic, and inviting vocals, there's superb tenor sax support from King Curtis, Robert Banks' tasty organ, and steady, nimble bass and drum assistance by Leonard Gaskin and drummer Belton Evans.  01. Miss Ida B. - 4:58 02. Mislead Mother - 3:15 03. Yes Lawd - 9:17 04. I Hate to be Alone - 2:02 05. Jailbait - 2:26 06. Lonely Day - 4:27 07. Satellite Baby - 2:48 08. Pocketful of Money - 2:34 09. She Ain't for Nobody - 2:46 Personnel : Roosevelt Sykes - Vocals and Piano King Curtis - Tenor Saxophone Robert Banks - Organ Leonard Gaskin - Double Bass Belton Evans - Drums Note: This is not my rip My thanks to the original uploader    ♪♬♫ ENJOY! ♪♬♫ Sharing Widget |