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  1. Without Sam Phillips, there would be nothing.
    "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.'" - Sam Phillips

    Men are evil—they'd rather watch your fall than see you rise. The way it is.

    youtube.com/watch?v=iaesp0mgyXw

     

    word.undead-network.de/2026/07
    #blues #ChessRecords #howlingwolf #music #samphilips #SunRecords

  2. Without Sam Phillips, there would be nothing.
    "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.'" - Sam Phillips

    Men are evil—they'd rather watch your fall than see you rise. The way it is.

    youtube.com/watch?v=iaesp0mgyXw

     

    word.undead-network.de/2026/07
    #blues #ChessRecords #howlingwolf #music #samphilips #SunRecords

  3. "Maybellene" is a #rockAndRoll song by American artist #ChuckBerry, adapted in part from the #westernSwing fiddle tune "Ida Red". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a #hotRod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a #V8 #Ford and chasing his unfaithful girlfriend in her #CadillacCoupeDeVille. It was released in July 1955 as a #single by #ChessRecords, of #ChicagoIllinois. Berry's first hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=eE7VMVNGRNU

  4. "Maybellene" is a #rockAndRoll song by American artist #ChuckBerry, adapted in part from the #westernSwing fiddle tune "Ida Red". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a #hotRod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a #V8 #Ford and chasing his unfaithful girlfriend in her #CadillacCoupeDeVille. It was released in July 1955 as a #single by #ChessRecords, of #ChicagoIllinois. Berry's first hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=eE7VMVNGRNU

  5. "Maybellene" is a #rockAndRoll song by American artist #ChuckBerry, adapted in part from the #westernSwing fiddle tune "Ida Red". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a #hotRod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a #V8 #Ford and chasing his unfaithful girlfriend in her #CadillacCoupeDeVille. It was released in July 1955 as a #single by #ChessRecords, of #ChicagoIllinois. Berry's first hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=eE7VMVNGRNU

  6. "Maybellene" is a #rockAndRoll song by American artist #ChuckBerry, adapted in part from the #westernSwing fiddle tune "Ida Red". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a #hotRod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a #V8 #Ford and chasing his unfaithful girlfriend in her #CadillacCoupeDeVille. It was released in July 1955 as a #single by #ChessRecords, of #ChicagoIllinois. Berry's first hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=eE7VMVNGRNU

  7. "Maybellene" is a #rockAndRoll song by American artist #ChuckBerry, adapted in part from the #westernSwing fiddle tune "Ida Red". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a #hotRod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a #V8 #Ford and chasing his unfaithful girlfriend in her #CadillacCoupeDeVille. It was released in July 1955 as a #single by #ChessRecords, of #ChicagoIllinois. Berry's first hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=eE7VMVNGRNU

  8. Various Artists, The Best of Chess Blues, 1987 on Chess / MCA

    Great 2xLP 80s compilation of the post-war blues that made Chess such a critical label, issued by MCA who acquired the rights to the Chess catalog in the mid-eighties.

    • Muddy Waters– Rollin’ Stone
    • Robert Nighthawk– Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel)
    • Eddie Boyd & The Chess Men– 24 Hours
    • Willie Mabon– Seventh Son
    • Lowell Fulson–Reconsider Baby
    • Muddy Waters– (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
    • Howlin’ Wolf– Smokestack Lightnin’
    • Little Walter & His Night Cats– Juke
    • J.B. Lenoir– Eisenhower Blues
    • Jimmy Rogers– Walking By Myself
    • Howlin’ Wolf– Back Door Man
    • Elmore James– Madison Blues
    • Sonny Boy Williamson– Your Funeral My Trial
    • Otis Rush– So Many Roads, So Many Trains
    • Buddy Guy– My Time After Awhile
    • Sonny Boy Williamson– Bring It On Home
    • John Lee Hooker– One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
    • Etta James– Baby What You Want Me To Do
    • Little Milton– Stormy Monday
    • Koko Taylor– Wang Dang Doodle

    My copy—via Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA—is a 1987 pressing by MCA Records’ plant in Gloversville, NY.

    #1980s #1987 #AmesburyMA #Blues #BuddyGuy #ChessRecords #Collection #EddieBoydTheChessMen #elmoreJames #HowlinWolf #JBLenoir #JimmyRogers #JohnLeeHooker #KokoTaylor #LittleMilton #LittleWalter #LowellFulson #MCARecords #MelSRecordShop #MuddyWaters #OriginalChessMasters #OtisRush #Reissue #RobertNighthawk #SonnyBoyWilliamson #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WillieMabon

  9. RIP Sugar Pie DeSanto

    I'm a little late to the memorial, time having been consumed by holiday travel, and then news of wildfires sweeping areas I just returned from, but just saw notice that at the end of the past year, we lost #SugarPieDeSanto

    I was lucky I had the fortunate opportunity to see her perform memorable sets live a couple times earlier in this century in #SanFrancisco , and despite her age, she was still feisty, acrobatically bawdy & hilarious.

    A relative of fellow #ChessRecords recording artist Etta James, and part Filipino (born Umpeylia Marsema Balinton ) ... , she was perhaps less renowned, but certainly worth checking out for any fans of authentic old school #RhythmandBlues music.

    "I was one of the toughest women you would find, and a big mouth, and I didn’t take anything from no one,” she said in an interview in the 2011 book “Flying Saucers Rock ’n’ Roll: Conversations With Unjustly Obscure Rock ’n’ Soul Eccentrics”

    I recall in more recent times, her being burned out in a 2006 fire that swept the apt building where she lived in #Oakland, and killed her husband.

    But she was a tough cookie and soldiered on for many more years ...stay safe out there folks...

    nytimes.com/2024/12/26/arts/mu #SharedLink #FreeLink #NYTimes #BluesMusic