LARRY DALE

El abuelo de Larry DALE , Jimmy Lowery , era un violinista muy conocido en la zona de Wharton. En su primera juventud Larry recibió la influencia de muchos guitarristas de Blues que pasaban por su pueblo natal ( Wharton , Texas ) . Perteneció tambien a un cuarteto vocal cuyo repertorio consistía sobretodo en gospels y spirituals . Fué en 1949 cuando dejó el rancho que sus padres poseían en su pueblo y se trasladó a New York , donde empezó a moverse por los locales de Harlem , conoció a Brownie McGhee que pronto se convertiría en su maestro y su principal inspirador . Mas tarde conocería al pianista Champion Jack Dupree, con quie grabó en 1957 ( ver audios ) .Realizó giras por Europa en 1959 y 1980. 

                             

                              

Larry Dale (January 7, 1923 - May 19, 2010) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was born in Wharton, Texas, United States. During the early 1950s Ennis Lowery (his legal name) took initial inspiration on guitar playing from B.B. King, soon making his first recordings as a sideman for Paul Williams & His Orchestra (on Jax Records) and for Big Red McHouston & His Orchestra, and under his then chosen moniker "Larry Dale" (for the RCA subsidiary Groove Records) with a band that included Mickey Baker and pianist Champion Jack Dupree. Dale worked the New York club circuit with the pianist Bob Gaddy. He also was a frequent session guitarist in the New York studios, playing on all four of Dupree's 1956--58 sessions for RCA's Groove and Vik subsidiaries, and on the best known Dupree LP, 1958's Blues from the Gutter, for Atlantic. His playing on that album inspired Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones. Dale made most of his best sides as a leader when the decade turned from the 1950s to the 1960s. For Glover Records he recorded the party blues "Let the Doorbell Ring" and "Big Muddy" in 1960, then revived Stick McGhee's "Drinkin' Wine-Spo-Dee-O-Dee" in 1962 on Atlantic. He died in New York in May 2010, at the age of 87

                              

Composed by Larry Dale

Larry Dale:Vocals

Mickey Baker:Guitar

Sam "The Man" Taylor:Tenor Sax

Leslie Johnakins:Alto Sax

Heywood Henry:Baritone Sax

Champion Jack Dupree:Piano

Lloyd Trotman:Bass

David "Panama" Francis:Drums

Recorded in New York City, N.Y. June 22, 1954

Originally issued on the 1954 single (Groove 0029) (78 RPM)

(Note:Also issued on 45 RPM)

This recording taken from the 1998 CD "Honkin' & Hollerin':R&B From The Radio Corporation" (U.K.)