Have Guitar, Will Travel

[Aggie87]

A few years ago I came across this CD in a store in Germany. It's a compilation of tracks Grant Green played on by other BN artists. Since I hadn't seen it before (or since), I went up to the counter to purchase it. However, the store was the type that kept all of their discs behind the counter in bins, and only had the jewel cases out on the shop floor. Needless to say, they couldn't find the actual disc at all, so I went home without it.

Tracklist:

1 Swinging at Sugar Ray's

2 Lone Star Shuffle

3 Blind Man, Blind Man

4 Boop Bop Bing Bash

5 Backup

6 Let 'Em Roll

7 The Yodel

8 Hold On! I'm Comin'

9 Hey, Western Union Man

10 Count Every Star

I believe I have all this material elsewhere, but kind of want this compilation, cuz it seems cool. Anybody else have this? Is it worth seeking out?

Edited January 26, 2006 by Aggie87

[ep1str0phy]

A few years ago I came across this CD in a store in Germany. It's a compilation of tracks Grant Green played on by other BN artists. Since I hadn't seen it before (or since), I went up to the counter to purchase it. However, the store was the type that kept all of their discs behind the counter in bins, and only had the jewel cases out on the shop floor. Needless to say, they couldn't find the actual disc at all, so I went home without it.

Tracklist:

1 Swinging at Sugar Ray's

2 Lone Star Shuffle

3 Blind Man, Blind Man

4 Boop Bop Bing Bash

5 Backup

6 Let 'Em Roll

7 The Yodel

8 Hold On! I'm Comin'

9 Hey, Western Union Man

10 Count Every Star

I believe I have all this material elsewhere, but kind of want this compilation, cuz it seems cool. Anybody else have this? Is it worth seeking out?

I'm not positive, but that version of "Hey, Western Union Man" may be one of the bonus tracks included on the latest reissue of "Alive"--so that cut, at least, is from a GG session. I really can't get excited about this, granted (no pun intended) the recent glut of GG comps. Most of this stuff should be easy to find, though (even an OOP album like "Love Bug" pops up in the used bins fairly often). For those among us who have all of the material: anyone willing to assemble the album?

[Jim Alfredson]

Well, you could make it yourself! You got the artwork!

[ep1str0phy]

It will be a life's goal of mine.

Seriously--I don't have a couple of the tracks. I'm not even sure where all of it is from (a few are really obvious--"Let 'Em Roll", "My Point of View", "Love Bug", the "Blue and Sentimental" reissue...) but I'm just blanking on some of it (and I don't have access to all of my collection). I'm actually sort of interested now, actually (maybe I'll do the detective work later).

Edited January 28, 2006 by ep1str0phy

[Aggie87]

Save you a little effort, as I already did this.

Assuming these are all the same takes...

1 Swinging at Sugar Ray's - Baby Face Willette "Face to Face"

2 Lone Star Shuffle - Don Wilkerson "Elder Don"

3 Blind Man, Blind Man - Herbie Hancock "My Point of View"

4 Boop Bop Bing Bash - George Braith "Soul Stream"

5 Backup - Larry Young "Into Somethin"

6 Let 'Em Roll - John Patton "Let 'Em Roll"

7 The Yodel - John Patton "Got a Good Thing Goin"

8 Hold On! I'm Comin' - Reuben Wilson "Love Bug"

9 Hey, Western Union Man - Grant Green "Alive!" bonus track

10 Count Every Star - Ike Quebec "Blue and Sentimental

The only one of those I'm missing is "Alive!". I still think this would be a cool disc to have though. And I love the cover!

[ep1str0phy]

Save you a little effort, as I already did this.

Assuming these are all the same takes...

1 Swinging at Sugar Ray's - Baby Face Willette "Face to Face"

2 Lone Star Shuffle - Don Wilkerson "Elder Don"

3 Blind Man, Blind Man - Herbie Hancock "My Point of View"

4 Boop Bop Bing Bash - George Braith "Soul Stream"

5 Backup - Larry Young "Into Somethin"

6 Let 'Em Roll - John Patton "Let 'Em Roll"

7 The Yodel - John Patton "Got a Good Thing Goin"

8 Hold On! I'm Comin' - Reuben Wilson "Love Bug"

9 Hey, Western Union Man - Grant Green "Alive!" bonus track

10 Count Every Star - Ike Quebec "Blue and Sentimental

The only one of those I'm missing is "Alive!". I still think this would be a cool disc to have though. And I love the cover!

Thanks.

--On "Alive!"--a lot of people might not agree with me, but those bonus tracks are as good as--if not better--than the original album (a little more dimension, balancing out and enhancing the straight-up "funkiness" of the basic cuts). Spring for it if you get the chance.

-And yeah, the comp does look sorta fun. It would be nice if more people would acknowledge that Grant Green wasn't two guys ("jazzy" and "funky," so to speak).