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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Blind Pig Screwed Up This Reissue,
By Andrew T. Olson (La Crose, WI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Early Hour Blues (Audio CD)
"Early Hours Blues" consists mostly of material Pee Wee Crayton recorded in L.A. with Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers in 1983. First released on the miniscule Murray Brothers label under the title "Make Room For Pee Wee." A program of hard-swinging jump blues and smokey blues ballads, it was good stuff indeed. Crayton was in terrific form, and Rod Piazza & Co.(augmented by a crack horn section)were predictably right on the money. Sadly, Blind Pig records chose to replace several of the original release's more compelling numbers with inferior tracks cut just a few months before Crayton's 1985 death. On these instantly dated faux-funk numbers, Pee Wee's guitar and vocals are shaky, at best. To make matters worse, Crayton is provided with unsympathetic support from a crew of musicians who were serving as Doug MacLeod's band at the time. Blind Pig's butchery of this reissue puzzles, considering the bang-up job they did with the reissue of George Smith's Murray Bros. record.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Uncle "Pee Wee" brought enough "heat" to the blues world!,
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This review is from: Early Hour Blues (Audio CD)
*Note, I have to disagree with the earlier reviewer Genevieve Williams's comment about Uncle "Pee Wee" that, "...he never quite garnered the attention he deserved..." Well, trust me when I say, that Uncle Connie Curtis "Pee Wee" Crayton got a lot of love and attention he deserved...both from his family, the blues music community and fans...you do not have to equate the "attention" of record sales with respect, because there are many more wonderful things in this life that are connected with music and the like...
However, on the blues tip of things, the "Early Hours Blues" CD consisted of a hard-swinging jump blues and blues ballads; sadly, it was Uncle "Pee Wee" final two albums of his recordings career here in Los Angeles, "Cali.," with Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers in 1983. Moreover, "Pee Wee" brought enough "heat" and daring innovation to his playing of which you can hear plenty of dazzling, marvelously imaginative guitar work and distinct vocals... And, even though some of these tracks lack the youthful fire from his early days his music is by far exhilarating still, to say the least! *Note, his music is not public domain yet... --"Big Dave" Burleigh, 'AmeriCanadian' Record Producre. |
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Early Hour Blues by Pee Wee Crayton (Audio CD - 1999)
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