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Label: Rhythm And Blues
Year: 2020
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
Disc One:
- Sally Lou
- Why Must I Wonder
- I'm Looking For A Woman
- Titanic
- Once Upon A Time, Long Ago
- Suggie Duggie Boogie Baby
- Up, Up, Up
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder
- You Got What It Takes
- Foolish Love
- Stop By My House
- Watch Your Step
- Steal Your Heart Away
- Night Stroll (Pt. 2)
- I Got The Blues So Bad
- It's Too Late Darling
- Get Right
- Gimme Some Lovin'
- Do The Monkey
- Don't Drive Me Away
- Keep Away From My Heart
- I Won't Believe It Till I See It
- Hard But It's Fair
- Couldn't Quit My Baby
- You Don't Know (Just How I Feel)
- Money, You Never Get Tired Of
- Hot Gravy
- In Be Tween
- Soul Party (Pt. 2)
- Both Eyes Open
Disc Two:
- Born Under A Bad Sign
- Everyday I Have The Blues
- Bent Out Of Shape
- Break It Up
- I Call Her Baby
- Bobby A-Go-Go
- Chicken Wings
- Watch Your Step (Take 2)
- Suggie Duggie Boogie Baby (Take 2)
- There She Blows
- Talkin' About Love
- Why
- Soul Party (Pt. 1)
- Night Stroll (Pt. 1)
- Funky Funky
- Bo Diddley
- Diddy Wah Diddy
- Dancing Girl
- Pass The Buck
- Give It Up
- Big Two Four
- South Shore Drive
Virtuoso blues guitarist Bobby Parker inspired John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page, and many others yet it has taken 66 years since his recording debut for a compilation to be issued under his name.
The opening track "Watch Your Step" was played on stage by the Beatles in their Hamburg days who by their own admission, took its riff to fashion the opening to "I Feel Fine". And let's not forget Led Zeppelin's "Moby Dick", which borrowed that same riff.
What a great soulful blues singer Bobby Parker was too. From his 1956 recording of "Titanic", to 1969's "It's Hard But It's Fair", Soul Of The Blues features unforgettable vocal performances and instrumentals that showcase his unique way of playing the blues.
Parker settled permanently in the DC area in the early 1960's.