Name: Battle of the Blues, Vol. 1
Brand: Deluxe
SKU: 31698
Price: 16.95 SGD
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Battle of the Blues, Vol. 1

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Personnel: Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson.
Personnel: Wynonie Harris (vocals).
This first volume of King's Battle of the Blues series features two of the label's biggest acts: Roy Brown and Wynonie Harris. Having already made their names in the late '40s as premier blues shouters on the R&B and jump blues circuit, both singers migrated to the Cincinnati independent and reached even loftier chart heights. Brown takes up the first side with seven sides of his animated and gospel-fired vocals, including the classic "Boogie at Midnight." For his part, Harris indulges his rougher-hewn vocal cords for an update of his big smash, the Brown-penned "Good Rockin' Tonight," and one of his all-time King highlights, "Bloodshot Eyes." For some whiskey-soaked R&B nostalgia, this fine collection is hard to beat. ~ Stephen Cook