(1952) Checker 757-A ''Pretty Baby Blues'' Woodrow Adams

Описание: STUDIO SESSION FOR WOODROW ADAMS
AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR CHESS RECORDS 1951

SUN RECORDING STUDIO
706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
STUDIO SESSION: SATURDAY MAY 24, 1952
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING SERVICE - SAM C. PHILLIPS

"PRETTY BABY BLUES"
Composer: - Woodrow Adams
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Burton Limited
Matrix number: - C 1030 - Master (3:13)
Recorded: - May 24, 1952
Only one copy is known to survive
Released: - 1952
First appearance: - Checker Records (S) 78rpm Checker 757-A mono
PRETTY BABY BLUES / SHE'S DONE COME AND DONE
Reissued: - March 8, 2013 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17310-1-27 mono
THE SUN BLUES BOX 1950 - 1958

With Howlin' Wolf presumably selling well, Sam Phillips pitched Woodrow Adams to Chess Records, and Chess took one single. Like Wolf, Adams worked in a riff-driven groove with flashes of falsetto, but Adams lone Checker single sold so poorly that must one copy is known to survive. For one thing, Adams doesn't have Wolf's commanding presence. The eerie falsetto is straight out of Tommy Johnson via Howlin' Wolf, although Adams told David Evans that he wasn't familiar with Johnson. ''Pretty Baby Blues'' breaks down at the end, and it's quite easy to visualize Phillips in the control room gesticulating wildly to get Adams and the 3 Bs to bring the song to a halt. Three minutes and ten seconds was about the limit of a 78rpm disc in those days. Adams name checks Sylvester Hayes at one point, confirming his presence. (CE)

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Woodrow Adams - Vocal and Guitar
Sylvester Hayes - Harmonica
Fiddlin' Joe Martin - Drums

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