JEWEL/RONN/PAULA APPRECIATION
pickwick33
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Just gotta show some love for one of the finest record labels that Shreveport, Louisiana and the chitlin'-circuit had to offer!!- Little Johnny Taylor- Ted Taylor- African Music Machine- Ernest Franklin- Bobby Patterson- Montclairs- John Fred & the Playboy Band- Mickey GilleyPLUS...- "The Thrill Ain't Gone" 
(they better know the deal, 'cause I forgot the artist's name! essential soul-blues, on the jewel label, that i gotta get a copy of, one way or the other!)real headz, respect!!and thanks to stan lewis for all that good music!!
(they better know the deal, 'cause I forgot the artist's name! essential soul-blues, on the jewel label, that i gotta get a copy of, one way or the other!)real headz, respect!!and thanks to stan lewis for all that good music!!
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Five By Five - "Next Exit"
Joy - "Thunderfoot" featuring Billy Joe Shines of the Nightcaps
Rod St. James
Cash McCall - "Omega Man"
"Fire" b/w "Hang Up" - one of the best garage (on the A-side)/psych (on the B-side) singles you can get for cheap...
How are these LP's? I'm assuming that Joy is Paula's answer to stoner-rock...
And on the comedy tip...
Pigmeat Markham (his last two albums were on Jewel)
Justin Wilson (I GAR-ON-TEE!)
I ride for:
Montclairs
Ted Taylor
Peggy Paxton
Tousaint McCall
Peppermint Harris
Jimmy "preacher" Ellie
Man, I've been wanting to hear the Rod St. James LP for a minute!
What kind of sound is it?
Rod St. James is more like heavy bluesy/funk rock with screaming vocals
His show is on during the day and it's like a blast back to the late 60's.
His patter is amazing and he throws out phrases that have me laughing out loud...
"This is Bobby P the happy pappy with hair so nappy even Wilson can't Pickett"
After his show is drive time with Millie Jackson.
Local bluesman Ernie Griffin also has a slot.....really captures the 60's southern radio chitlin' circuit vibe like no other station I've heard.
Alex Williams & the Mustangs... can someone sell me a copy of this already? I keep getting outbid by like 2 and 3 bucks every time.
question remains? what happened?
as far as i can tell, very little in the way of bustling music in that corner of Texarkana connect at this point...
Bobby P. is one hell of a nice guy. Great stories, killer trucker cap, and the mini-cans of beer we drank over there were quite refreshing in texas early summer heat. Book him if you're organizing a soul revue... the older artists appreciate your support and renewed enthusiasm for the music.
peace.
not really a rip off as Slim Harpo plays harp on it...
I only have this 7". Is the album (I think it's the one with the rooster on the cover) impossible to obtain?
I'd still say it is...
Another good harmonica player on Jewel: Jerry McCain, whose "728 Texas" (address of Jewel) is a staple of my soul nights. I'll also mention Raful Neal (on the Whit subsidiary), as well as Buster Benton, who had a great soul-blues album (accent on blues) for Ronn, Spider In My Stew. But track down his Jewel single "Good To The Last Drop," which has a HARD sound for 1974! If you thought Alex Williams & the Mustangs were badasses...
That's exactly what I was thinking when Magnum Force (Chicago funk band) were recording for that label around the same time...for that matter, the Art Ensemble Of Chicago never looked right on the Paula label, either, did they?
Frank Frost's Jewel album doesn't have a rooster on the cover...it's basically a B&W pic of Frost set against the same psychedelic backdrop seen on the Rod St. James album. I've seen it around in the $10 range.
I am openly fond of country - still wanting to hear the early Randy Travis sides on Paula (as "Randy Traywick").
With guitarist Donny Ford who now has a decent country career as Donny Ray Ford.
But the Kell St. LP sucks.
The Traywick singles are very bland
Little Johnny Taylor - My Special Rose/A Thousand Miles Away
Ted Taylor - I'm Lonely Tonight/I Thought You Needed Me
Cookie & His Cupcakes - I'm Twisted/Mathilda
Cookie & His Cupcakes - Got You On My Mind/Sea Of Love
Five By Five - Apple Cider/Fruitstand Man
F16, my brother!!
"Shimmy" is a nice li'l instrumental, but flip that 45 back over! 'Cause "Nothing Takes The Place Of You" is one of the most moving soul ballads ever...
Yes! you beat me to it.
Pickwick, I cosine 200%! . I love this as an example of THE great Jeckyll/Hyde 45 of all time. Deep Deep soul on the a (the hit, which is why this is relatively easy to find) and absolute Hammond brutality on the flip.
Makes me want to rent the original 'Hairspray' to see TM sing 'Nothing Takes the Place of You'
His split personality showed up again! I have a followup single, "I'll Do It For You," which is an excellent "N.T.T.P.O.Y." knockoff (in a minor key this time), but the backside is "The Toussaint Shuffle," an instrumental go-go grinder. Haven't played this single in a minute, but I do recall that the "Shuffle" didn't have the same impact as the "Shimmy." I should listen again.
Incidentally, this time last year at Tower Records' closeout sale I scored a Toussaint McCall compilation CD...he had a lot more good stuff than the hit (and the B-side).
Good thing the movie came out or else people would still be thinking that Toussaint McCall looks like the guy on the right:
[color:red]BTW, I think that this white dude on the cover of McCall's album may be the label owner's son[/color]
I have the LP and all of McCall's RONN 45s, and many of them have a very cool rock-ish underpinning. He was a very versatile guy.
His later 45s on Dore are really cool as well ,mixing electric piano and funky organ. I have an album he recorded in the 80's but it's pretty much organ-free.