Lots of Music from New Orleans and Louisiana Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
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1st time this material has been officially released
High Flyin' [1st time this material has been officially released]
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[Projected Release:] • NEW • (Reprise, May 14, 2023)
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The Ducks (formerly known as the Jeff Blackburn Band) were a short-lived American hard rock supergroup formed in the summer of 1977 by singer-songwriter Jeff Blackburn (who died this Jan 6th, at age 77). / The band included Bob Mosley (an original member of Moby Grape - bass player; also one of their songwriter and singers), Neil Young, and Johnny Craviotto (drummer - later, a drum maker). The band played a series of impromptu bar gigs around the Santa Cruz area in 1977. The set lists were very democratic, with each member of the band taking the lead in turn. / This will be their first official release - click on the Link above, left to read about this release.
1st time this material has been officially released
High Flyin' [1st time this material has been officially released]
Misc:
[Projected release:] • NEW • (Reprise, May 14, 2013)
Comment:
The Ducks (formerly known as the Jeff Blackburn Band) were a short-lived American hard rock supergroup formed in the summer of 1977 by singer-songwriter Jeff Blackburn. The band included Bob Mosley (an original member of Moby Grape), Neil Young, and drummer Johnny Craviotto. The band played a series of impromptu bar gigs around the Santa Cruz area in 1977. The set lists were very democratic, with each member of the band taking the lead in turn. / This will be their first official release - click on the Link above, left to read about this release. // * - ALSO covered by Crazy Horse, 1971 - so _there's_ the Neil Young connection
* - Armstrong recorded for Okeh at the time, a rival label, so he was "moonlighting" / * - Full title: ' " New Orleans Stomp" - Johnny Dodds on Brunswick & Vocalion 1926 - 1927' / Click the Link above, left to read an INCREDIBLY detailed analysis of of both the original version (King Oliver’s Jazz Band) and Armstroing's playing with Johnny Dodds.
Domino had previously recorded the Charles tune "Before I Grow Too Old". When Domino stopped on tour in Lafayette, Louisiana, he invited Charles into his dressing room, and regretted he did not have a copy of his new record to give to Charles, but invited Charles to come visit him at Domino's home of New Orleans. Charles replied, "I don't have a car. If I'd go, I'd have to walk." Afterwards, the thought remained on Charles's mind, and he said he wrote the song for Domino in some 15 minutes.
This was often considered his "signature song", although not one of his two national chart singles // Click on Link above, left to view the original single
Alma Mondy was billed as "The Lollipop Mama" / To quote from an an article written for a Bear Family reissue - "Alma Mondy, better known as Alma Lollypop during her club years in New Orleans, was a big, strong woman who could belt out the blues. Murray Nash recorded Mondy partly as an answer to another Mercury artist. "We had Dinah Washington at Mercury and we were having problems with her. And Alma struck me as being someone who could take over (from Dinah) if the problems got worse... " ... Alma started out at the 'Palace Theatre' in the 1940s as a partner in the act of her husband, comedian Lollypop Jones. ...' TO READ the REST of the ARTICLE, click on the Link above, left.
* - Toussaint's mother's maiden name, and a pseudonym he used in the late 1950s/ 1960s for songwriting credits. / Covered by The Paramounts (pre-Procol Harum, early 1964), Yardbirds (May 1965 - their 1st US LP), Warren Zevon (1980 - his only other Top-100 chart single) - //Click on Link above, to view all the covers of this song
