Complete Works In Chronological Order, Vol. 1, 1929-1936

Lil Johnson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Document
• ASIN: B000000JAN
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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  • #54 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Vocal Blues

Track Listings

1. Minor Blues (Mama Blues)

2. Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Do

3. You'll Never Miss Your Jelly Till Your Jelly Roller's Gone

4. House Rent Scuffle

5. Rock That Thing

6. Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts)

7. Anybody Want To Buy My Cabbage?

8. Shake Man Blues

9. Evil Man blues

10. Keep On Knocking

11. I Lost My Baby

12. If You Can Dish It (I Can Take It)

13. I'm Bettin' On You

14. Press My Button (Ring My Bell)

15. Take It Easy Greasy

16. You Can't Bet On Love

17. That Bonus Done Gone Thru (Take 1)

18. That Bonus Done Gone Thru (Take 2)

19. Winner Joe (The Knock-Out King)

20. Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts)

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Double Entendre Blues!, March 31, 2001

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B. D. Tutt (London, UK.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Works In Chronological Order, Vol. 1, 1929-1936 (Audio CD)

Lil Johnson was a lively singer who specialised in slightly risque blues / hokum songs delivered with great verve.

The first track, from 1929, features a rare accompaniment by the great Montana Taylor, followed by four tracks with the obscure but dynamic Chicago pianist Charles Avery, again from 1929.

After a six year gap, Lil Johnson returned to the recording studio, and from her second session onwards, hit up a striking partnership with the ragtime influenced pianist "Black Bob", who provided ebullient support to Johnson's increasingly suggestive lyrics. Tracks such as "Press My Button, Ring My Bell" and "Get 'Em From the Peanut Man" (also known as "Hot Nuts") are classics of their kind.

Anyone looking for the profundity of Bessie Smith or Ma Rainey should give this CD a pass. For other blues enthusiasts, this is a splendidly entertaining disc. Recommended.