Pee Wee Crayton
Although he was certainly inexorably influenced by the pioneering electric guitar conception of T-Bone Walker (what axe-handler wasn't during the immediate postwar era?), Pee Wee Crayton brought enough daring innovation to his playing to avoid being labeled as a mere T-Bone imitator. Crayton's recorded output for Modern, Imperial, and Vee-Jay contains plenty of dazzling, marvelously imaginative guitar work, especially on stunning instrumentals such as "Texas Hop," "Pee Wee's Boogie," and "Poppa Stoppa," all far more aggressive performances than Walker usually indulged in.
Like Walker, Connie Crayton was a transplanted Texan. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1935, later moving north to the Bay Area. He signed with the Bihari brothers' L.A.-based Modern logo in 1948, quickly hitting pay dirt with the lowdown instrumental "Blues After Hours" (a kissin' cousin to Erskine Hawkins' anthem "After Hours"), which topped the R&B charts in late 1948. The steaming "Texas Hop" trailed it up the lists shortly thereafter, followed the next year by "I Love You So." But Crayton's brief hitmaking reign was over, through no fault of his own.
After recording prolifically at Modern to no further commercial avail, Crayton moved on to Aladdin and, in 1954, Imperial. Under Dave Bartholomew's savvy production, Crayton made some of his best waxings in New Orleans: "Every Dog Has His Day," "You Know Yeah," and "Runnin' Wild" found Crayton's guitar turned up to the boiling point over the fat cushion of saxes characterizing the Crescent City sound.
From there, Crayton tried to regain his momentum at Vee-Jay in Chicago; 1957's "I Found My Peace of Mind," a Ray Charles-tinged gem, should have done the trick, but no dice. After one-off 45s for Jamie, Guyden, and Smash during the early '60s, Crayton largely faded from view until Vanguard unleashed his LP, Things I Used to Do, in 1971. After that, Pee Wee Crayton's profile was raised somewhat; he toured and made a few more albums prior to his passing in 1985.
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Everyday I Have The Blues
Joe Turner, Pee Wee Crayton, Sonny Stitt
Jazz - Lançado por Pablo em 3 de mar. de 1975
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Golden Selection (Remastered)
R&B - Lançado por Master Tape Records em 22 de out. de 2021
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Blues At Daybreak (Live)
Blues - Lançado por Arkadia Records em 10 de nov. de 2023
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Things I Used To Do
Blues - Lançado por Vanguard Records em 1 de jan. de 1971
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Early Hour Blues
Blues - Lançado por Blind Pig Records em 22 de jun. de 1999
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Blues in the Ghetto
Blues - Lançado por Dance Plant Records Inc em 19 de jul. de 2012
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Pee Wee's Blues: The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
Blues - Lançado por Capitol Records em 1 de jan. de 1996
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If I Ever Get Lucky
Blues - Lançado por Roots em 1 de jan. de 2000
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Blues After Hours
Blues - Lançado por Music Manager em 24 de jul. de 2020
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The Pee Wee Crayton Collection 1947-62
Blues - Lançado por ACROBAT em 5 de mai. de 2017
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Blues At Daybreak (Live)
Blues - Lançado por Arkadia Records em 13 de out. de 2023
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1960 Debut Album
Blues - Lançado por Mojo Workin' em 12 de nov. de 2021
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The Telephone Is Ringing
Blues - Lançado por Old Town em 8 de nov. de 1956
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Blues After Hours
Blues - Lançado por RMP Global Ltd em 19 de fev. de 2014
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Blues After Hours - The Essential
Blues - Lançado por AP MUSIC LTD em 1 de jan. de 2013
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After Hours Boogie
Blues - Lançado por Roots em 1 de jan. de 2000
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Best of Blues
Big Joe Williams, Pee Wee Crayton, Ray Charles
Blues - Lançado por Music Manager em 19 de jun. de 2015
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Blues After Hours
Blues - Lançado por RPM records em 23 de jun. de 1948
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Essential Masters
Blues - Lançado por Master Classics Records em 17 de set. de 2013
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Pee Wee Crayton's Is This The Price I Pay?
Blues - Lançado por Charly Records em 25 de jun. de 2006
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Highlights of Pee Wee Crayton
Pop - Lançado por Weishaupt Music & Entertainment em 23 de abr. de 2017
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