Blues

Larry Garner - Baton Rouge (1999)

2018-02-09T14:21:34Z

Larry Garner - Baton Rouge (1999)


1 	Jook Joint Woman 	
2 	The Road Of Life 	
3 	Blues Pay My Way 	
4 	Help Yourself 	
5 	Street Doctor 	
6 	High On Music 	
7 	Airline Blues 	
8 	Crazy World 	
9 	The Haves And The Have Nots 	
10 	Have Some Gospel 	
11 	New Bad Habit 	
12 	Go To Baton Rouge

Larry Garner - Guitar, Vocals
Juanita Brooks - Vocals (Background)
Elam Charles III - Vocals (Background)
Richard Comeaux - Guitar (Steel)
Nick Daniels - Vocals (Background)
Terry Dockery - Harmonica
Charlene Howard - Vocals (Background)
Steve Howard - Trumpet
Rahsaana Ison - Vocals (Background)
Kimberley Longstreth - Vocals (Background)
Larry McCray - Guitar, Vocals
Steve Potts - Drums, Percussion
Jon Smith - Sax (Tenor)
David Torkanowsky - Clavinet, Organ (Hammond), Piano
Willie Weeks - Bass

This was supposed to be Garner's follow-up album to his breakthrough third album, You Need to Live a Little, released in 1994. Due to contract problems, however, it never saw an American release until 1999. Like its predecessor, Garner's brand of blues moves between Excello swamp blues and more soulful, contemporary styles with a strong songwriting sense ingrained in all of it. A solid band, including Larry McCray on guitar and Willie Weeks on bass, drives this session right along. Highlights include "Jook Joint Woman," "The Road of Life," "Airline Blues," "The Have and the Have Nots," and "Go to Baton Rouge." A lost little classic. ---Cub Koda, AllMusic Review

Larry's blues stand out because he knows how to construct a story around an experience he's had, and wrap it up as a tasty blues song. 'Jook Joint Woman' is a good example, which describes the antics of 'a fun-loving' fan at one of his live shows. 'Shut it down' (on the double dues album) is another good example, which begins with his kid having a bad day at school, and ends up with Larry getting quite philosophical about life. Larry also knows how to play guitar to great effect, sometimes reminiscent in style to fellow Louisiana bluesman Buddy Guy. Presented here are original and sometimes hilarious blues songs. This album is an appetizer for catching this fine entertainer live for a GREAT night out. ---blues storyteller extroadinaire, amazon.com

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Larry Garner - Too Blues (1994)

2013-11-04T16:59:55Z

Larry Garner - Too Blues (1994)


1. Shak Bully 3:34
2. Dog House Blues 5:22
3. Don't Dish It Out 3:01
4. Thought I Had The Blues 4:50
5. Mr & Mrs Pain 6:10
6. Kleptomanic 2:59
7. Born To Sang The Blues 4:28
8. She Should've Been Back 4:34
9. Love Her With A Feeling 9:32
10. Somebody (Riding Song) 8:25

Larry Garner (vocals, guitar); 
Terry Dockery (harmonica); 
Frank Mitchell (saxophone); 
Darryl Jefferson (piano, keyboards); 
Floyd Saizon (drums).

On his second JSP release, Garner dishes up a variety of blues, steeped in the post-war tradition but reflecting contemporary influences. He successfully reprises his funky "Shak Bully." "She Should've Been Back" is a soul blues, while "Love Her with a Feeling" is a step-by-step narrative a la Albert Collins. Some of his songs are sprinkled with social commentary, something he's known for. On "Thought I Had the Blues," he lays his Albert King-styled guitar playing over Jimmy Johnson's minor chords and reflects on how his blues compares with others who are worse off. There's enough of his hot guitar playing and songwriting to satisfy his fans. For example, on his Lucille Award-winning "Dog House Blues," he reworks the story about how his dog won't take him in after his wife puts him out. ---Sigmund Finman, amazon.com

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Larry Garner – Double Dues (1993)

2011-08-25T18:33:35Z

Larry Garner – Double Dues (1993)


1. Scared Of You 
2. No Free Rides 
3. Buster 
4. Shut It Down 
5. Dreaming Again 		play
6. The Taxman 			play
7. Broke Bluesman 
8. Tale Spreaders 
9. California Sister 
10. Past 23
		
Larry Garner - Guitar, Vocals, Vibraslap  
Spencer Williams - Bass  
Marc Adams - Organ, Piano 
Frank Mitchell - Sax (Tenor)

Folks in Europe were hip to Larry Garner long before most blues fans in the states. The Baton Rouge guitarist had already toured extensively overseas, with two British albums to his credit, before Verve issued his stunning domestic debut, You Need to Live a Little, in 1995. Rooted in the swamp blues tradition indigenous to his Baton Rouge environs, Garner brings a laudable contemporary sensibility and witty composing skills to his craft. Inspired by local swamp bluesmen Silas Hogan and Clarence Edwards, Larry Garner learned how to play guitar from his uncle and a couple of gospel-playing elders. After completing his military service in Korea, he returned to Baton Rouge and embarked on a part-time musical career (he worked at a Dow chemical plant for almost two decades until his recent retirement). The British JSP label released Garner's first two albums: Double Dues and Too Blues (the latter an ironic slap at an unidentified tin-eared U.S. blues label boss who deemed Garner's demo tape "too blues"). With the emergence of You Need to Live a Little, where Garner delivers creative originals detailing the difficulty of keeping "Four Cars Running" and the universal pain of suffering through "Another Bad Day," Larry Garner is poised for 21st-century blues stardom. Subsequent efforts include 1998's Standing Room Only, 1999's Baton Rouge and 2000's Once Upon the Blues. ---Bill Dahl, allmusic.com

Larry Garner was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1952 and was raised around Baton Rouge. He has been influenced by many of the Baton Rouge blues scene: Lonesome Sundown, Silas Hogan, Henry Gray, and Guitar Kelly. Larry Garner writes his own material and this reflects his upbringing and surroundings. Larry Garner had his first guitar at eleven years old and he tells a great story in his live act about being taught a blues lick, which he practised and practised and was then encouraged by his proud parents to play at the church. You need to see his arm movements, as he tells the story, to fully understand the level of skill he had reached. Larry Garner then moved through various musical styles before, rather inevitably, settling on The Blues. Larry Garner served in Korea, still playing The Blues and then returned to Baton Rouge to get married. A family followed and he got a good job with Dow Chemical while playing Blues gigs in the evenings. As Larry Garner continued to play further afield from Baton Rouge he started to reach a wider audience and in 1988 he won the B.B. King "Lucille" Award for Doghouse Blues. The big break came in 1992 at the Burnley Blues Festival in England, where he was a big hit and this led to the London based JSP records signing Larry Garner in 1993 and Double Dues and Too Blues rapidly followed. Allegedly Too Blues was so called because a record company had turned him down in the past because his music was - Too Blues! The Gitanes Jazz label in France heard the JSP recordings and when Larry Garner made another storming live appearance, this time in the New Morning club in Paris, they decided to sign him. Subsequently You Need To Live A Little came out in 1995 to be followed by Baton Rouge in 1996. Larry left Verve in 1997 and subsequently he recorded Standing Room Only with the German Ruf label. These days Larry Garner seems to be touring all the time and if you get the chance, go to see him, because the man is definitely worth seeing live!

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