01. Flying Eagle Boogie (4:06)
02. Goin' Down Slow (5:25)
03. Something To Tell You, Want All M (5:09)
04. Tommy Dorsey Boogie (1:41)
05. Hobo Blues (3:56)
06. Mother, Before This Time Another (3:43)
07. Bad Whiskey, Bad Women (5:14)
08. Decoration Day (3:53)
09. Too Close Together (1:16)
10. Rollin' And Tumblin' (4:34)
11. Mean Old World (2:36)
12. Rock Me (4:59)
13. The Fox Chase (4:43)
14. Call The Doctor (7:50)

Doctor Ross -  vocals, harmonica, guitar, cymbals, bass drum

Isaiah Ross was born in Tunica, Mississippi in 1925, and he started playing the harmonica at age 5. By age 16 he had learned to play guitar, during a stint in the U.S. Army, in Korea, he added a bass drum and cymbals to his act. He claimed it was easier than trying to keep teaching new drummers his songs. In the early 50’s he was recording for Sam Phillip’s “Sun Records” in Memphis, and he moved to Flint, Michigan in 1954 and started working for General Motors, while continuing his musical career. He toured Europe in 1965 with American Folk Blues Festival, (with Buddy Guy, Big Momma Thornton, and others), and in 1981 received a Grammy Award for “Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording”. ---whatsupsancarlos.com

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1	Cat Squirrel
2	Blues & Trouble
3	Freight Train
4	Illinois Blues
5	Hobo Blues 
6	Mama Blues 
7	My Little Woman 
8	Dr. Ross' Rock
9	32-20
10	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
11	Chicago Breakdown
12	China Blues 
13	Blues In The Night
14	Going To The River 
15	Driftin' Blues
16	Fox Chase
17	Jivin' Blues

Doctor Ross (vocals, guitar, harmonica).

If you're looking for one-man blues, this is one of the better efforts in that vein available. Ross is in fine form and strong voice on his first full-length album, sometimes pulling out as many stops as his limbs allow for all-out stompers, at other times just accompanying himself on harmonica. The tracks are largely adaptations of well-worn material like "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl," "32-20," and "Going to the River"; the opening blast of "Cat Squirrel" is especially good. The one-man band approach gets a bit wearing over the course of 17 songs, though, unless you're a sucker for the style. The CD reissue adds the previously unissued bonus track "Jivin' Blues." --- Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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1. Boogie Disease
2. Going To The River
3. Good Thing Blues
4. Turkey Leg Woman
5. Country Clown                            play
6. My Bebop Gal
7. Memphis Boogie (Juke Box Boogie-Take 1)
8. Shake 'Em On Down
9. Down South Blues
10. Shake A My Hand
11. Little Soldier Boy
12. Mississippi Blues (Cat Squirrel)        play
13. Going Back South
14. Dr. Ross (Chicago) Break Down-Take 2
15. Taylor Mae
16. Texas Hop
17. Chicago Breakdown
18. Juke Box Boogie-Take 2 (Memphis Boogie)
19. Feel So Sad
20. Polly Put Your Kettle On
21. Industrial Avenue Boogie
22. Downtown Boogie

Drums – Barber Parker (tracks: Probably on 1, 7, 18 ,19, 22)
Guitar – Doctor Ross, Wiley Gatlin (tracks: probably on 5, 6, 8 to 11, 13, 20)
Harmonica – Doctor Ross
Piano – Henry Hill (5)
Vocals – Doctor Ross, Wiley Gatlin (tracks: probably on 13)
Washboard – Reubin Martin (tracks: probably on 4, 10, 12, 14 to 17) 

Dr. Ross, “The Harmonica Boss,” was one of the truly original personalities on the postwar Blues scene. A one-man band, playing the guitar left-handed with a harmonica on a rack around his neck, Dr. Ross produced some of the most hypnotic, John Lee Hooker-like boogie rhythms ever to come out of the Mississippi Delta. These are his first and best recordings. Recorded in Memphis between 1951 and 1954.

“The ultimate documentation of Dr. Isaiah Ross' commercial recordings. The strength of this material is its diversityit includes not only the one-man band format for which Ross is most famous, but also a healthy sampling of ensemble material that places him squarely in the mainstream of downhome Memphis blues.” --(Peter Aschoff — Living Blues)

“This one is sure to make your teeth rattle. He plays really fine harp and turns out mesmerizing, churning guitar rhythms spiced with occasional treble fills. These 22 tracks are infectious, and the CD is aptly titled.” --(Lawrence Hoffman — Balt. Blues News)

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1. Dr. Ross' Rock - 1:50
2. My Little Woman - 4:33
3. Mama Blues - 3:52
4. 32-20 - 3:41
5. Chicago Breakdown - 6:11
6. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - 3:00
7. Hobo Blues - 4:09
8. Fox Chase - 4:39
9. Goin' Down Slow - 4:22
10. The Boogie Woogie - 2:40

'Doctor' Isaiah Ross - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals

They called him 'The Harmonica Boss'. His early, often heavily electrified, records were made for the legendary Sun label in the 1950s but continued to influence a decade and beyond (when Cream recorded his Cat Squirrel and the Flamin' Groovies Boogie Disease and 32-20).

In the 1960s, he reinvented himself as a one-man band (initially with vocal, harmonica and guitar and later adding drums) and his album for Takoma (recorded live at the University of Chicago on 30 January 1965) established a style that would be restated on recordings for Testament/Bounty, Blue Horizon and Xtra. His performances in Europe with the 1965 American Folk Blues Festival won him many overseas admirers and his official recording on that tour (of My Black Name Ringing) remains one of the best from that whole series of annual record and tour events.

Dr Ross died on 28 May 1993 but this concert recording, now nearly a third of a century's vintage, captures all the thrills and lonesome chills of his unique blues conception. --- John Crosby, acerecords.co.uk

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01. Dr Ross - Flying Eagle Boogie (4:04) 
02. Dr Ross - Goin' Down Slow (5:23) 
03. Dr Ross - Something To Tell You, Want All My Friends To Know (5:07) 
04. Dr Ross - Tomy Dorsey Boogie (1:39) 
05. Dr Ross - Hobo Blues (3:54) 
06. Dr Ross - Mother, Before This Time Another Year (3:41) 
07. Dr Ross - Bad Whiskey, Bad Women (5:11) 
08. Dr Ross - Decoration Day (3:51) 
09. Dr Ross - Too Close Together (1:14) 
10. Dr Ross - Rollin' And Tumblin' (4:32) 
11. Dr Ross - Mean Old World (2:34) 
12. Dr Ross - Rock Me (4:57) 
13. Dr Ross - The Fox Chase (4:41) 
14. Dr Ross - Call The Doctor (7:50)

Isaiah "Doc" Ross was a throwback to a bygone era; a true one-man band, he played harmonica, acoustic guitar, bass drum, and hi-hat simultaneously, creating a mighty racket harking back to the itinerant country-blues players wandering the Delta region during the earlier years of the 20th century. Born Charles Isaiah Ross on October 21, 1925 in Tunica, Mississippi, he took early inspiration from the music of Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, and Sonny Boy Williamson I; primarily a harpist -- hence his nickname "The Harmonica Boss" -- he only added the other instruments in his arsenal in order to play a USO show while a member of the Army during World War II. (The "Doc" moniker was acquired because he carried his harmonicas in a doctor's bag.) Upon his release from the military, Ross settled in Memphis, where he became a popular club fixture as well as the host of his own radio show on station WDIA; during his club residency he was witness to a number of brutal murders, however, and swore off appearances in such venues during the later years of his life. During the early '50s, Ross recorded his first sides -- among them "Chicago Breakdown" -- for labels including Sun and Chess; in 1954 he settled in Flint, Michigan, where he went to work as a janitor for General Motors, a position he held until retiring. In 1965 he cut his first full-length LP, Call the Doctor, and that same year mounted his first European tour; as the years passed Ross performed live with decreasing frequency, however, and was infamous for backing out of shows to catch his beloved Detroit Tigers on television. Upon winning a Grammy for his 1981 album Rare Blues, he experienced a career resurgence, and played festival dates to great acclaim prior to his death on May 28, 1993. ---Jason Ankeny, Rovi

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