Jimmy Liggins
Another of the jump blues specialists whose romping output can be pinpointed as a direct precursor of rock & roll, guitarist Jimmy Liggins was a far more aggressive bandleader than his older brother Joe, right down to the names of their respective combos (Joe led the polished Honeydrippers; Jimmy proudly fronted the Drops of Joy). Inspired by the success of his brother (Jimmy toiled as Joe's chauffeur for a year), the ex-pugilist jumped into the recording field in 1947 on Art Rupe's Specialty logo. His "Tear Drop Blues" pierced the R&B Top Ten the next year, while "Careful Love" and "Don't Put Me Down" hit for him in 1949. But it's Liggins' rough-and-ready rockers -- "Cadillac Boogie," "Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man," and the loopy one-chord workout "Drunk" (his last smash in 1953) -- that mark Liggins as one of rock's forefathers. His roaring sax section at Specialty was populated by first-rate reedmen such as Harold Land, Charlie "Little Jazz" Ferguson, and the omnipresent Maxwell Davis. Liggins left Specialty in 1954, stopping off at Aladdin long enough to wax the classic-to-be "I Ain't Drunk" (much later covered by Albert Collins) before fading from the scene.
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Discografía
9 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Golden Selection (Remastered)
R&B - Editado por Master Tape Records el 09-10-2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Boogie Woogie King
Jimmy Liggins, His Drops Of Joy
R&B - Editado por AMB el 01-10-2023
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I Can't Stop It
Jazz - Editado por Redwood Records el 14-04-2014
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Sugar In My Tea (Cream In My Coffee) (Blues Shouter - Recordings of 1960 - 1962)
Jimmy Liggins, Roy Milton, Jimmy Witherspoon
Blues - Editado por Blues Classics el 17-12-2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Don't Put Me Down
Blues - Editado por Redwood Records el 17-03-2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man
Pop - Editado por Black Sheep Music el 16-08-2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man
Soul - Editado por PnR el 01-01-2000
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