Juicy Fruit: The Rudy Green Story

Artista: Green, Rudy

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: JSMR

Catalogo: 8833012

Faixas: 1.1 This Happened When I Gave You My Heart
1.2 Evil Man Blues
1.3 No Good Woman Blues
1.4 Deep in My Heart
1.5 Buzzard Pie
1.6 Florida Blues
1.7 Love Is a Pain
1.8 No Need of Your Crying
1.9 The Letter
1.10 It’s You I Love
1.11 I Had a Feeling
1.12 Meet Me Baby
1.13 Highway No.1
1.14 You Mean Everything to Me
1.15 My Mumblin’ Baby
1.16 Cool Lovin’ Mama
1.17 Queer Feelin’
1.18 Teeny Weeny Baby
1.19 Lonesome
1.20 Wild Life
1.21 Juicy Fruit
1.22 You’re the One for Me
1.23 Oh Baby
1.24 Hurry Hurry
1.25 Blues, This Ain’t No Place for You
1.26 Mighty Lonesome
1.27 I’m in Bad Shape
1.28 I Need You So
1.29 Baby I’m Tired

Singer/guitarist Rudy Green(E), a decidedly elusive character, remains one of The Blues’ more mysterious, semi-mythical figures. Very little is known about him, even the dates and places of his birth and death, yet he was clearly a guitarist and singer of considerable worth. His recorded legacy, whilst fairly brief, features several memorable high points, most notably 1950s sides like ‘Love Is A Pain’, ‘The Letter’, ‘Highway No. 1’, ‘Juicy Fruit’, ‘Lonesome’ and ‘Wild Life’. This unique compilation anthologises his own recordings between 1946-61, plus a handful of bonus tracks on which he played as a session guitarist, between 1952-55, backing Johnny Sellers, Bobby Prince and Bobbie James. This remains a remarkable body of work and leads you to wonder what else he may have conjured up, had he been given a few more sessions – particularly in the mid/late 50s.