Original recording of "Junco Partner"

[Hot Ptah]

Does anyone know the original New Orleans R&B recording of the song "Junco Partner"? I have long enjoyed it on Professor Longhair's "Houseparty New Orleans Style" and on some James Booker albums from the 1970s, but what version are they covering?

I have an early 1940s recording by Champion Jack Dupree called "Junker's Blues" which bears some similiarities, but that version has just Jack and his piano, and is slower, not an R&B version. I am thinking that there must have been an R&B version (or versions) in the late 1940s or 1950s.

Off the subject, that Champion Jack Dupree version was later copied note for note for Fats Domino's later hit, "The Fat Man", with much different lyrics.

[Stereojack]

Does anyone know the original New Orleans R&B recording of the song "Junco Partner"? I have long enjoyed it on Professor Longhair's "Houseparty New Orleans Style" and on some James Booker albums from the 1970s, but what version are they covering?

The original hit version was by James Waynes (aka Wee Willie Wayne), recorded for the Sittin' In With label in 1951. I suspect the song may be older than that, but Waynes' is the version that Longhair & Booker are covering.

[Hot Ptah]

Does anyone know the original New Orleans R&B recording of the song "Junco Partner"? I have long enjoyed it on Professor Longhair's "Houseparty New Orleans Style" and on some James Booker albums from the 1970s, but what version are they covering?

The original hit version was by James Waynes (aka Wee Willie Wayne), recorded for the Sittin' In With label in 1951. I suspect the song may be older than that, but Waynes' is the version that Longhair & Booker are covering.

Thanks! That is just what I wanted to know. Do you know if Waynes' version can be found on any LP or CD?

[porcy62]

I presume you aren't interested in Junco Partner written and rcorded by The Clash, on 'Sandinista'?

[paul secor]

James Wayne's recording of "Junco Partner" was issued on Sundown LP 709-02 - James "Wee Willie" Wayne: Travelin' From Texas to New Orleans, and on Mainstream CD 904 Bluestream: The Best of Mainstream Blues - both out of print.

It's currently available on Morada CD 101 - O Blues, Where Art Thou? - available from CD Universe.