Dan Gould Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Stumbled across a 45 auction on eBay which had audio links for a good portion of each side. Mr. Bo. and His Blues Boys, on the Big D label out of Detroit If Trouble Was Money: http://www.carolinasoul.com/audioclips/4517654b.mp3 I Ain't Gonna Suffer: http://www.carolinasoul.com/audioclips/4517654a.mp3 I know B.B. was such a huge influence back then, in fact just this week I was listening to the Ace compilation of blues on the Meteor label and listened to early Little Milton sounding an awful lot like B.B. But damn with a capital D, to me that sounds an awful lot like the man himself. I know he recorded once for Chess and the Bihari's sued and took control of the masters. Could B.B. have recorded a one-off for this label? And what of that name, His Blues Boys? We know what his original nickname was ... if only they'd called him Riley and His Blues Boys, right? So what do you think? No way in hell, maybe, maybe yeah could be? Edited December 21, 2014 by Dan Gould Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Don't think it is, but it sounds good on its own terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Mr. Bo was strongly influenced by B.B., but he was a different guy. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bit.listserv.blues-l/lQBeu8LOQH0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted December 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Well I guess I should say thanks to Paul for relieving me of my dream find. I still like the track and I'm still glad to have bid and if I put it in with another BB comp it's not like I could tell the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I've got some Mr. Bo tracks on a multi-artist anthology. Dan, watch for an e-mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Well I guess I should say thanks to Paul for relieving me of my dream find. I still like the track and I'm still glad to have bid and if I put it in with another BB comp it's not like I could tell the difference. Hey, Mr. Bo was a very good bluesman and "If Trouble Was Money" is a very, very good record. No need to apologize for putting it in a B.B. comp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 I should probably just start a new post but I wanted to say, since acquiring this first 45 I've ended up getting every other 45 that's appeared on eBay. Have no idea if that exhausts his output but I'm glad to have them. Mr. Bo was indeed a very good bluesman, perhaps in debted to BB for his vocals but his own man on guitar. He made one full length CD: and it's really quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 DG, while we're on slight detour, you know Texas-to-California bluesman Roy Hawkins, si? Not just "The Thrill Is Gone"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 But of course. I think there are two Ace comps, this is the one I have: Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 that's it, excellent! I first got into Roy Hawkins via the Route 66 lp, "Why Does Everything Happen To Me?" but reason that came to mind besides the B.B. connection is underknown guitarist Ulysses James, who plays on a bunch of those sides. Here's a good little appreciation of both-- http://sundayblues.org/archives/50/comment-page-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 thats wild to see a crown record, on cd..... DOES THE CD COME LOOSE IN THE JEWEL BOX WITHOUT THE BLACK PLASTIC TRAY??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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