Screamin' Jay Rocks

Screamin' Jay Rocks

by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Screamin' Jay Rocks

Screamin' Jay Rocks

by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

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Overview

With only one single in the first rank of rock & roll hits, Screamin' Jay Hawkins has suffered at the hands of compilers. Except for a 14-track Rhino compilation released back in 1990, and the great work of reissue pinnacle Bear Family, it's been mostly obscure labels pumping out brief compilations with "I Put a Spell on You" and not much more. Bear Family had previously released a two-disc completist set, titled Spellbound! 1955-1974, but it wisely added a volume on him to their Rocks series of single-disc releases. If listeners care enough about Hawkins to pay the import prices, this is indeed an excellent set, with 31 tracks of the best and most bonkers that Screamin' Jay ever got. All but eight of the tracks come from the '50s, with early classics like "Little Demon" and "(She Put The) Wamee (On Me)" reflecting his heavy Howlin' Wolf influences and paving the way for the mighty "I Put a Spell on You." Those looking for craziness beyond even that will find plenty in evidence, including the whooping-and-roaring "What That Is" and the jungle madness of "Alligator Wine," although the infamous latter-day nugget "Constipation Blues" is absent here (but is on the Rhino compilation). ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date: 08/05/2008
Label: Bear Family Records
UPC: 4000127166876
Rank: 74693

Tracks

  1. Little Demon
  2. Baptize Me in Wine
  3. Not Anymore
  4. In My Front Room
  5. This Is All
  6. What That Is
  7. (She Put The) Wamee (On Me)
  8. Well I Tried
  9. Talk About It
  10. Take Me Back
  11. I Is
  12. $10, 000 Lincoln Continental
  13. You Ain't Foolin' Me
  14. Yellow Coat
  15. I Put a Spell on You
  16. Frenzy
  17. Alligator Wine
  18. There's Something Wrong with You
  19. Person to Person
  20. You Made Me Love You
  21. Little Demon
  22. Armpit No.6
  23. Just Don't Care
  24. Strange
  25. The Whammy
  26. Party Doll
  27. All Night
  28. Mountain Jive
  29. Do You Really Love Me
  30. Please Don't Leave Me
  31. Knock-Kneed Nana

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Screamin' Jay Hawkins   Primary Artist,Organ,Piano,Vocals,Tambourine
Welton Young Orchestra   Primary Artist
Sammy Lowe Orchestra   Primary Artist
Teddy Orchestra McRae   Primary Artist,Bass,Drums,Guitar,Saxophone,Choir/Chorus
Ron Johnson   Bass
Albert Lucas   Bass
Warren Smith   Congas,Percussion
Ike Isaacs Trio   Bass
Ray Brynat   Piano
William H. Bauer   Guitar
Carl "Beef" Cottlieb   Choir/Chorus
Sebastian "Billy" Mure   Guitar
William Butler   Guitar
Everett Barksdale   Guitar
Benny Golson   Sax (Tenor)
Eric Gale   Guitar
Ernie Hayes   Piano
Lyle Ritz   Bass
Joe Wilder   Trumpet
Warren Covington   Trombone
Sam "The Man" Taylor   Sax (Tenor)
Sal Valentino   Choir/Chorus
Mickey Baker   Guitar
Mike Anthony   Banjo,Guitar
Thea Marcus   Choir/Chorus
Moe Wechsler   Drums
Zane Zacharoff   Sax (Tenor)
Marty Wilson   Contracoty
Tom Reid   Choir/Chorus
Bennie Powell   Trombone
Rick Harris   Trombone
Bill Watkins Singers   Choir/Chorus
Shoutin Pat Newborn   Vocals
Tiny Grimes   Guitar
Ernest McLean   Banjo
Reunald Jones   Trumpet
George Dorsey   Saxophone
Dr. George Butler   Piano
Budd Johnson   Sax (Baritone)
Buddy Lucas   Sax (Baritone)
Haywood Henry   Sax (Baritone)
Herb Ellis   Guitar
Arthur "Babe" Clarke   Sax (Tenor)
Danny Perri   Guitar
Sir Charles Thompson   Piano
Sonny Payne   Drums
Big Al Sears   Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Earl Palmer   Drums
Ernie Royal   Trumpet
Romeo Penque   Saxophone
Leroy Kirkland   Choir/Chorus
Wilbur Bascomb, Jr.   Trumpet
Lloyd Trotman   Bass
Plas Johnson   Saxophone
Red Prysock   Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Louis Mauro   Bass
Tiny Grimes & His Rocking Highlanders   Piano,Vocals
Gus Johnson   Drums
Chauncey Welsch   Trombone
Christopher Ross   Choir/Chorus
Al Casamenti   Guitar
Elmer Crumbley   Trombone
Jalacy Hawkins   Piano,Vocals
Panama Francis   Drums
Bert DeCoteaux   Choir/Chorus
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie   Drums
Bernie Leighton   Harpsichord
Kenny Burrell   Guitar
Jimmy Shirley   Guitar
Jack Lesberg   Bass
Joseph Grimaldi   Sax (Tenor)
The Ray Charles Singers   Choir/Chorus
Milt Hinton   Bass

Technical Credits

Jalacy Hawkins   Composer
Steve Richards   Photography,Illustrations
Sammy Lowe Orchestra   Performer
Russ Orchestra Faith   Performer
Owen B. Masingill   Leader
Cliff White   Photography,Illustrations
Welton Young Orchestra   Performer
Huey P. Meaux   Producer
Screamin' Jay Hawkins   Composer
Marty Wilson   Contractor
Chelsea Williams   Photography,Illustrations
Erich Huelsenbeck   Photo Scanning
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
Frederick Slotkin   Composer
Brian Cockburn Smith   Photography,Illustrations
Marcus Heumann   Mastering
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
Milt Hinton   Contractor
George White   Discography
Leroy Kirkland   Leader,Composer
Richard Weize   Discography
Bill Millar   Liner Notes,Photography,Illustrations,Reissue Producer,Biographical Information
Bert DeCoteaux   Leader
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