Track Listing
1. Doin' It - (with Richard Berry)
2. Trackin' Machine - (with Richard Berry)
3. Louie, Louie - (with Richard Berry)
4. Willie and the Hand Jive - (with Johnny Otis)
5. Country Girl - (with Johnny Otis)
6. Bad Luck Shadow - (with Johnny Otis)
7. Shake, Rattle and Roll - (with Big Joe Turner)
8. TV Mama - (with Big Joe Turner)
9. Big Legged Woman - (with Charles Brown)
10. Driftin' Blues - (with Charles Brown)
11. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - (with Louis Jordan)
12. I Got the Walkin' Blues - (with Louis Jordan)
13. Honeydripper, The (Part 1) - (with Joe Liggins & The Honey Drippers)
14. Boom-Chick-a-Boogie - (with Joe Liggins & The Honey Drippers)
15. Chicken Shack Boogie - (with Amos Milburn)
16. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - (with Amos Milburn)
17. Did You Ever Love a Woman? - (with Gatemouth Moore)
18. I'm the Midnight Creeper - (with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson)
19. Sugar - (with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson)
20. Texas Hop - (with Pee Wee Crayton)
21. Blues After Hours - (with Pee Wee Crayton)
22. I Got a Big Fat Mama - (with Roy Milton)
23. Information Blues - (with Roy Milton)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Amos Milburn, Big Joe Turner, Charles Brown, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Johnny Otis, Louis Jordan, Pee Wee Crayton | | Distributor: | Navarre | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
IN SESSION is a compilation of Shuggie Otis' session work as guitarist, bassist and engineer on various classic Rhythm & Blues tracks.
Personnel includes: Shuggie Otis (guitar, piano, organ, bass, background vocals); Pee Wee Crayton (vocals, guitar); Louis Jordan (vocals, alto saxophone); Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (vocals, saxophone); Johnny Otis (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, vibraphone, drums); Charles Brown (vocals, piano, organ); Gatemouth Moore, Amos Milburn, Joe Liggins (vocals, piano); Richard Berry (vocals, keyboards); Roy Milton, Big Joe Turner (vocals); Melvin Wonder (guitar); Clifford Solomon (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Irv Cox, Jack Kelso (tenor saxophone); Big Jim Wynn (baritone saxophone); Bob Mitchell, Mark Johnson (trumpet); Gene Conners (trombone); Larry Reed (piano); Edgar Willis (bass); Hootie Galvan (drums).
Producer: Johnny Otis.
Compilation Brian Perera, Athan Maroulis.
Recorded at Hawksound Studios, Los Angles, California between 1973 & 1977. Includes liner notes by Athan Maroulis.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Although this 2005 collection is credited to Shuggie Otis, the disc is really a compilation of other artists, with Shuggie being the common thread as a session musician. These tracks originate from a 1970s series of records entitled GREAT RHYTHM & BLUES OLDIES, on which R&B performers would revisit past glories. Whether on songs by crooner Richard Berry, jump-blues icon Louis Jordan, or bandleader Johnny Otis (Shuggie's father), Shuggie Otis is there, contributing guitar, bass, and often piano. Those hoping to hear Shuggie's own material will leave empty-handed, but listeners open to hearing an excellent and energetic mix of vintage R&B will be pleasantly surprised.
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