Cat. No. VV 1205: BOBBY CHARLES ~ CHESS MASTERS. CHESS / GREENLINE GCH 8094.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
BOBBY CHARLES GUIDRY WAS AN ETHNIC CAJUN, BORN IN ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA AND GREW UP LISTENING TO CAJUN MUSIC AND THE COUNTRY AND WESTERN OF HANK WILLIAMS. AT THE AGE OF 15, HE HEARD A PERFORMANCE BY FATS DOMINO, AN EVENT THAT "CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER," HE LATER RECALLED.
BOBBY HELPED PIONEER THE SOUTH LOUISIANA MUSICAL GENRE KNOWN AS SWAMP POP. HIS COMPOSITIONS INCLUDE THE HITS "SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR", COVERED AND MADE INTO A HIT BY BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS, AND 'WALKING TO NEW ORLEANS" AND "IT KEEPS ON RAININ'" WRITTEN FOR FATS DOMINO. OTHER COMPOSITIONS INCLUDE "(I DON'T KNOW WHY) BUT I DO" WHICH WAS AN EARLY 1960s MAJOR HIT FOR CLARENCE "FROGMAN" HENRY AND "WHY ARE PEOPLE LIKE THAT" RECORDED BY JUNIOR WELLS. BECAUSE OF HIS SOUTH LOUISIANA-INFLUENCED RHYTHM AND BLUES VOCAL STYLE, BOBBY SOMETIMES HAS BEEN THOUGHT TO BE COLOURED, WHEN HE WAS WHITE. BOBBY COLLAPSED IN HIS HOME NEAR ABBEVILLE AND DIED ON JANUARY 14, 2010.
THIS ALBUM RELEASED BY GREENLINE RECORDS OF ITALY FEATURES 18 OF BOBBY'S CHESS MASTERS. THE SLEEVE IS MADE OF STURDY CARDBOARD AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR ALONG THE EDGES. THE RECORD IS GRADE AS NEAR MINT.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Watch It Sprocket / Yeah Yeah / You Know I Love You / Good Loving / I'd Like To Know / Ain't Got No Home / Time Will Tell / Take It Easy Greasy / You Can Suit Yourself. Side 2 - See You Later Alligator / On Bended Knee / I'll Turn Square For You / I Ain't Gonna Do It No More / Put Your Arms Around Me / Lonely Street / Mr Moon / One Eyed Jack / Hey Good Looking.
12" VINYL RECORD
