Back In the Day, 2015 

Roy Brown

28 Big Ones - Original King Records Recordings  

(Gusto Records)

Roy's is a natural-kicks catalog treasured by both old folks with recollections of crepuscular interactions and fresh collectors of hep, post-WWII wax. At Sun in 1954, Elvis, Scotty, and Bill helped themselves to Roy's exultant "Good Rockin' Tonight," injecting the uptempo raver with Hillbilly exuberance. But the King Records icon was as adept at smoldering Blues laments as rockin' shouters. Anyone with doubts about that need only drop this into some sound machine, grab a good-time doll, and crack open a flask. Convincement will roll up in a big-finned Cadillac.

"You wanna be clown, you wanna be a goof / Let's get together and tear off the roof!"

Recommended: "Boogie At Midnight," "Bar Room Blues," "Miss Fanny Brown," "Good Rockin' Tonight," "Ain't No Rockin' No More," "Trouble At Midnight," "Fanny Brown Got Married," "Love Don't Love Nobody," "Cadillac Baby," "Big Town," "Brown Angel," "Mighty Mighty Man," "Shake 'Em Up Baby," "Rock-A-Bye Baby," "Wrong Woman Blues," "Up Jumped the Devil," "Ain't It a Shame," "Black Diamond," "Double Crossin' Woman"

Videos: "Boogie At Minight", "Brown Angel"

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