Golden Rule in New Orleans

Does this have any DB that I didn't already have? Unlikely, but it likely sounds better so I couldn't resist! Thanks again Unky Cliff!

Johnny Adams - Live in New Orleans unpublished broadcasts

Another re-post: 

I gotta say that it always bothered me that this got no response when I first posted it here - I mean how often do you have a shot at unreleased Johnny Adams?

Johnny was a singer's singer blessed with a huge, personal sound that made anything he chose to sing thoroughly authentic. He had a good ear for songs and does some of the greatest ever covers of writers like Doc Pomus and Percy Mayfield. In my mind, Adams perfectly represents the gumbo of New Orleans music; he's at home with jazz, blues, funk... hell with those pipes he could sing any damn thing he wanted.

Johnny Adams - Live in New Orleans
unpublished broadcasts

1) Intro
2) Georgia
3) You'll Never Have a Man Like Me
4) A Room With a View of the Blues
5) Please Send Me someone to Love
6) One Foot in the Blues
7) Married Women
8) CC Rider
1-8 @ Tipitina's 1/28/98 w/ the Dave Bartholomew Orchestra

9) Until You
10) I Cover the Waterfront
11) I Lost My Mind
12) Roadblock My Baby
13) The Verdict
14) Walking on a Tightrope
9-14 @ Howling Wolf, Rounder Jazz Fest Party 4/29/95 w/ Torkanowsky,Vidacovich, Singleton & Plas Johnson.

Spirit of New Orleans - The Genius of Dave Bartholomew

Released as part of EMI's Legends of Rock N Roll series in 1992, there has been no better retrospective of Dave Bartholomew's music than the double-disc set The Spirit of New Orleans: The Genius of Dave Bartholomew. That's partially because at 50 tracks, it's the most comprehensive collection ever assembled on Bartholomew, but its real genius is that it doesn't shine a spotlight solely on his solo recordings. Instead, those are interspersed among the numerous hits he wrote and produced for such New Orleans legends as Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Earl King, Bobby Mitchell, Snooks Eaglin, Shirley & Lee, Pee Wee Crayton, Tommy Ridgley, Chris Kenner, and many others (including sides by T-Bone Walker). There are plenty of classics here -- "Stack a Lee," "Ain't It a Shame," "Bo Weevil," "I Hear You Knocking," "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday," "One Night," "Come On, Pts. 1 & 2," "Walking to New Orleans," and "Trick Bag" among them -- plus numerous singles and songs known only to collectors. There has since been a dynamite single-disc collection of Bartholomew recordings issued, but any serious collector of New Orleans music needs to have this, pure and simple.

Mr Dave Bartholomew - Architect of New Orleans R&B

Dave Bartholomew (born December 24, 1920, Edgard, Louisiana) is a musician, band leader, composer and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century. Bartholomew has been active in many musical genres, including rhythm and blues, big band, swing music, rock and roll, New Orleans jazz and Dixieland. Although many musicians have recorded Bartholomew's songs, his partnership with Fats Domino produced some of his greatest successes. In the mid 1950s they wrote more than forty hits for Imperial Records, including two songs that reached Number One on the Billboard R&B chart "Goin' Home" and "Ain't That a Shame". He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

He first learned to play the tuba but the trumpet later became his main instrument. His professional career began in New Orleans, when he put together a group that included Alvin 'Red' Tyler, Earl Palmer and Lee Allen.

He began recording in 1947 for De Luxe Records, but the company folded and he received little recognition. In 1949, however, he began working with Lew Chudd's Imperial Records as an arranger, bandleader and talent scout. He produced hits from Earl King, Tommy Ridgley, Robert Parker, Frankie Ford, Chris Kenner, Smiley Lewis, Shirley & Lee and Fats Domino, among others. He was responsible for the arrangements on the Fats Domino hits in the 1950s including the best seller "Blueberry Hill". He left Imperial in the mid-1960s and moved between several labels, including his own Broadmoor Records (named for his neighborhood of New Orleans, Broadmoor).

Dave Bartholomew was featured as a stellar musician on the Southern Stars poster created by Dianna Chenevert to help promote him and historically document his contribution to the music industry. An article about the poster appeared on the front page of the Life section in the October 12, 1983 issue of USA Today, which provided additional nationwide attention.

As of 2009 he is still involved in the music business and releasing recordings of his own. He also plays traditional jazz trumpet at Preservation Hall, despite his millionaire status.

Bartholomew helped develop and define the New Orleans sound which was so influential in the 1950s. He was key in the transition from jump blues and big band swing to rhythm and blues and rock and roll.

Bartholomew and Domino co-wrote many songs that were hits, including "Ain't That a Shame", "I'm in Love Again" "Blue Monday" and "I'm Walkin'".

Fats, Cosimo and Dave

His "I Hear You Knocking" was a hit for Gale Storm in the 1950s, and Dave Edmunds in the 1970s; "One Night" and "Witchcraft" were both hits for Elvis Presley. Pat Boone's cover of "Ain't That a Shame," and Rick Nelson's version of "I'm Walkin'" were top twenty hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Chuck Berry's only #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit was a cover of Bartholomew's "My Ding-a-Ling", although Berry substantially changed the arrangement and verses.
Bartholomew produced a series of memorable hits such as "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" with Lloyd Price; and "I Hear You Knocking" and "One Night (Of Sin)" with Smiley Lewis; plus "Let the Good Times Roll" with Shirley & Lee.

In 1991 Bartholomew was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer owing to his role in producing early rhythm and blues songs.

Jump 'N' Shout! - New Orleans Blues And Rhythm

I scanned all of the notes for this little gem, so I won't get too much into the historical significance of this album. It's a collection of the hottest R&B New Orleans had to offer in the 40's and 50's. These artists recorded under the Regal, Deluxe or United labels.

What I will say is, wow! This collection is a real treasure that will instill pride in anyone with a stake in NOLA. For those who don't know what it means to miss New Orleans, a sense of romanticism will be hard to suppress.

I was only aware of Dave Bartholomew when I popped this in, but found myself clamouring for the notes every time the track changed. Technically we are listening to 40's/50's R&B, but at that point in time, the music was still holding on strongly to jump blues. There's a sense of swing on every track, some light and some heavy.

I fell in love right away with how much fun this music is. I also realized just how racy alot of the lyrics would have been for the time period. Some of it is cryptic and/or double entendre in style, but not too hard to figure out. I can only assume that they just didn't care, knowing that they wouldn't be getting airplay on mainstream radio. I think my favorite song has to be I Cried by Joseph "Google Eyes" August. To me, it embraced everything great about this music while not taking itself too seriously at all. See what y'all think...

This was ripped in secure mode of Media Monkey. 16/44.1 FLAC is the order of the day...enjoy!!!