Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Jimmy Nolen - The Way You Do (complete recordings minus1 track) re-post



Early career and period that covers the tracks on this CD.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, Nolen took up the guitar at the age of 14, teaching himself on a Harmony Acoustic guitar. Having played the violin since the age of 9, Nolen already had a sound musical foundation upon which to base his T-Bone Walker-inspired guitar playing. Nolen was "discovered" in a club in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Jimmy Wilson, a blues singer famous for his 1953 hit "Tin Pan Alley." Soon afterward, Wilson offered Nolen a job in his band. He took Nolen back to Los Angeles, California to play in a studio band with popular southern California players Monte Easter (trumpet) and Chuck Higgins (tenor saxophone). During this period Nolen recorded his own commercially unsuccessful singles, mostly for King Records' Federal subsidiary, on which he both sang and played period-inspired blues songs.
In 1957 Nolen began to play for Johnny Otis, replacing the ailing Pete "Guitar" Lewis. He was the principal behind Otis' hit "Willie and the Hand Jive." He remained in Otis’ band until 1959 when he formed his own group, The Jimmy Nolen Band. They performed in small clubs and ballrooms in California and Arizona's "chitlin' circuit", backing many of the blues greats that passed through California. The principal influences that inspired his guitar technique were, T-Bone Walker, B.B. King and Lowell Fulson. The Jimmy Nolen band was popular but never released any records since their primary purpose was to work as live backup for more famous acts. In the early 1960s Nolen began playing with the backing band for harmonica legend George "Harmonica" Smith.

Thanks go to Blue Eye for providing the tracks.

Post: https://www62.zippyshare.com/v/oX8ChFX7/file.html

9 comments:

MarcD said...

Thank You Gerard,

As a matter of fact two tracks are missing:

Swingin' Peter Gunn Part 2

Can't help you with that one.

Blues After Hours
http://www54.zippyshare.com/v/64694602/file.html

According to the Bruyninckx Discography:

Jimmy Nolen (g) acc by Eldee Williams, Paul Madison, Willie Randall (ts) Bob Tate (bar) Ernest Lane (p) Johnny House (b) Chuck Thomas (d)

Los Angeles, 1959

Swingin' Peter Gunn pt. 1 - Fidelity 3015
Swingin' Peter Gunn pt. 2 - Fidelity 3015

Blues after hours - Ace (E)LP232 = Blues Guitar Blasters

Marc said...

Theres 2 cuts on the cd Jimmy Nolen-Before The Funk - I Used To Love A Woman and Strangest Blues are these by Nolen?If so I can Zippy them.

MarcD said...

I Used To Love A Woman and Strangest Blues are wrongly credited to Jimmy Nolen.
These are Jimmy Wilson recordings with (according to Bruyninckx) Lafayette Thomas on guitar.

Gerard said...

Thank you Marc D. for the Jimmy Nolen missing track. Great! I couldn't read well Swinging Peter Gunn Part II for the original 45 was awfully scratchy. It seemed to be not very different than Part I. If anyone has it...

frumious bandersnatch said...

Now that's a real work of art, and a superb collective effort ! I've fell in love with his guitar playing long years ago, hearing "Willie & the hand jive" for the first time. It's sensational to find his (nearly) complete works here ! Thanks and congrats to you all !!!

iggy said...

Thanks so much for this one, and for the amazing "Story of the Blues" too. All good wishes,

Iggy

marco said...

Can you re-up the link please?
Thanks in advance!!!

Anonymous said...

I missed this one! Will you re-up please. Much appreciated

Anonymous said...

thanks for the Jimmy Nolen re-up