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| James Booker Essentials | Lyrics | Save | Buy |
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| 1 If You're Lonely |  |
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| 2 Lawdy Miss Clawdy |  |
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| 3 A Taste Of Honey | |
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| 4 Baby Face | |
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| 5 All Around The World | |
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An example of James Booker's insanity
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This is a version of Chopin's Minute Waltz... this is James Booker's version in particular... it goes for three minutes and twelve seconds...Have a listen... it's rather fun, and funny too.
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James Booker
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James Booker, a lifelong New Orleans resident, was someone special. His R&B piano playing was on a par with Professor Longhair's: more dazzling than liquid mercury, rock-ribbed, painterly, drenched in gospel and classical. His singing? Fibrillating melismas and glides hinting of Ray Charles, but all his own. Recording in late 1982, Booker is joined on five of the dozen tracks by bassist James S...
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Can't hold out until Friday....
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Album:The Lost Paramount Tapes
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A small package of value appeared on my doorstep last night, containing one copy of James Booker's unreservedly funky "Lost Paramount Tapes." Recorded in '73 and unreleased for many years, this is a heaping helping of gumbo with extra Crystal (the hot sauce, not the drug....). I can't stop playing this track. It's got a groove so deep you could plant an oak tree in it. The only way to shake thi...
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Album:Spiders On The Keys: Recorded Live At the Maple...
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James Booker - Part Two
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Track:Medley - Blues Minuet, Until The Real Thing Comes Along, Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Okay - I know uploading a James Booker medley that is almost 7 minutes long is asking a lot from some of you - especially as it doesn't even really get started until about 2:43 in...I almost cut the first 2:43 off - Not that the first 2:43 are bad - the long upbeat intro has variations enough to keep me interested - but in light of what comes after, I almost feel like Booker was just keeping ti...
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