Roy Milton - Rocks / A brimful CD compilation dedicated to the important R&B pioneer Roy Milton in the continuously updated 'Rocks' series on Bear Family Recordsr. -Milton is considered one of the originators of the jump blues genre on the U.S. West Coast. -The album features his rockin'est, fast numbers recorded with his great band between 1946 and '63 for such record labels as Specialty, DooTone, King, Warwick, Cenco and Thunderbird. -Musical highlights include Red Light, Milton's Boogie, Hop, Skip And Jump, Junior Jives, You Got Me Reeling And Rocking and Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu. -His 1955 Specialty single What Can I Do is reissued here for the first time on CD. -Johnny 'Junior' Rogers, Roy Gaines and Roy Montrell are three of the outstanding guitarists. -Expertly narrated by Bill Dahl, plus lots of photos and illustrations in the substantial booklet and recordings carefully remastered for this edition. Any comprehensive list of postwar rhythm and blues pioneers has to position Roy Milton and his band, The Solid Senders, right near it's top. The Los Angeles-based Milton was a rock-solid drummer whose rich, full-bodied vocals were perfect for the swinging stormers that comprise Bear Family's 'Roy Milton Rocks.' His combo, anchored by Camille Howard's rippling boogie piano and accentuated by a punchy small horn section (and as time went by, Johnny 'Junior' Rogers' dazzling guitar work), helped define the jump blues genre, which in turn provided an indelible blueprint for the first wave of rock and roll. This compilation spans the band's incredible career from their early days of recording in L.A. with the madly jumping Red Light to their hitmaking heyday on Specialty Records (Milton's Boogie, Hop, Skip, And Jump, Oh Babe!, and the jaw-dropping Rogers-led instrumentals Junior Jives and Junior Jumps are among the highlights) through his mid-'50s hookups with DooTone, a.m.o.

Tracklist:

You Got Me Reeling And Rocking
Wakin' Up Baby
Oh Babe
Hop, Skip And Jump (Cenco)
Succotash
My Blue Heaven
Baby, Don't Do That To Me
Little Boy Blue
I Want To Go Home
Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
That's The One For Me
Baby You Don't Know
It's Later Than You Think
Bam-A-Lam
Junior Jumps
One Zippy Zam
Train Blues
Milton's Boogie
Fools Are Getting Scarcer
Tell It Like It Is
A Bird In The Hand
Red Light
Hop, Skip And Jump (Specialty)
I'm A Woman
Big Fat Mama
Playboy Blues
Junior Jives
Driveway Blues
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Baby I'm Gone
What Can I Do

UPC: 4000127177124
Label: Bear Family
Release Date: 9.8.23
Format: CD

Roy Milton - Rocks (CD)