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Man, is this stuff great! So why don't you already have this in your collection? Perhaps you haven't heard of it yet, or perhaps you've just heard of Don & Dewey -- a pair of high school friends who started performing as a duo after playing in the Squires together -- who recorded many sides for Specialty Records in the late 50s. They never had hits on their own, but they wrote and recorded songs that others brought to the charts, including the Sonny Bono-penned "Koko Joe," and the originals "Big Boy Pete," "Jungle Hop," and the perennial garage rock classic "Farmer John." That alone suggests that they were first-rate songwriters, but their talents run deep; these may be the standouts, but their other singles and the songs not issued until this 1991 collection are uniformly excellent. And that's just one side of the group. Just as importantly, they were dynamite musicians, rocking hard (Dewey Terry played a mean guitar, and Don "Sugarcane" Harris wasn't a slouch himself on the instrument, though his violin talents weren't fully appreciated here.) Supported by the Specialty house band (the same band that played on Little Richard's records) and singing delirious tag-team vocals make this sound insanely alive with life. There isn't a bad track here; and even if they didn't have hits and are still a cult item, they left behind a hell of a legacy, as evidenced by this necessary disc.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1991 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1991 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1991 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1991 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
John Lewis Parker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Don Harris, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - EDDIE WILLIAMS, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rene Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Rotella, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Don & Dewey, MainArtist - Bumps Myers, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Craft Recordings.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1991 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1991 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1958 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1958 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1991 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, Vocals, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Dewey Terry, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Palmer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BONO, ComposerLyricist - Plas Johnson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rene Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don & Dewey, MainArtist - Jewell Grant, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Jaye Glass, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Craft Recordings.
Don Harris, Vocals, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl Palmer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Plas Johnson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rene Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don & Dewey, MainArtist - Jewell Grant, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Jaye Glass, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Craft Recordings.
Calvin Turner, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Harold Battiste, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1994 Craft Recordings.
Don Harris, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Harold Battiste, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1994 Craft Recordings.
Joe Liggins, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Don Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Don & Dewey, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Man, is this stuff great! So why don't you already have this in your collection? Perhaps you haven't heard of it yet, or perhaps you've just heard of Don & Dewey -- a pair of high school friends who started performing as a duo after playing in the Squires together -- who recorded many sides for Specialty Records in the late 50s. They never had hits on their own, but they wrote and recorded songs that others brought to the charts, including the Sonny Bono-penned "Koko Joe," and the originals "Big Boy Pete," "Jungle Hop," and the perennial garage rock classic "Farmer John." That alone suggests that they were first-rate songwriters, but their talents run deep; these may be the standouts, but their other singles and the songs not issued until this 1991 collection are uniformly excellent. And that's just one side of the group. Just as importantly, they were dynamite musicians, rocking hard (Dewey Terry played a mean guitar, and Don "Sugarcane" Harris wasn't a slouch himself on the instrument, though his violin talents weren't fully appreciated here.) Supported by the Specialty house band (the same band that played on Little Richard's records) and singing delirious tag-team vocals make this sound insanely alive with life. There isn't a bad track here; and even if they didn't have hits and are still a cult item, they left behind a hell of a legacy, as evidenced by this necessary disc.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:36
- Main artists: Don & Dewey
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fantasy Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1991 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1991 Specialty Records/Fantasy, Inc.
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