Rosco Gordon The Legendary Sun Classics(blues)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

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Rosco Gordon - The Legendary Sun Classics
Label: LicenseMusic ApS
Released : 2010
Format; Mp3@320

Rosco Gordon was best known for being one of the progenitors of a slightly shambolic, loping style of piano shuffle called Roscos Rhythm. The basic elements of this sound were further developed after Jamaican musicians got a hold of 45s Gordon recorded in the early 50s which were not available to Jamaicans until 1959 and created ska, which took its name for the sound of this particular shuffle as it sounded being played on an electric guitar (ska-ska-ska).
No less an authority than Chris Blackwell he was the founder/president of Island Records who produced Bob Marley, the Wailers, and Peter Tosh, to name a few has cited Gordons importance to reggae and ska music and championed the sound he helped create.
Gordon had originally been a member of the famed Beale Streeters, a Memphis, TN-based group that also featured the considerable talents of Johnny Ace, B.B. King, and Bobby Blue Bland, in the late 40s. They were scouted by none other than Ike Turner for Modern Records, who recorded the Beale Streeters first single in 1951.
Gordon was soon recording sides for Sam Phillips and his Sun Records label. Phillips later sold the master of Gordons own Bootin to two competing labels, Chess and RPM, both of whom released it as a single. This mix-up did not, however, prevent the song from hitting number one on the RB chart in 1952.
The follow-up to Bootin, called No More Doggin, was the first song to feature the now-familiar shuffle rhythm of Gordons design, with a strong accent on the off-beat that repeated the oft-monotonous guitar phrasing. Though Gordon had recorded the song in the living room of a friends home, in fact, the sound was fully developed and unique for its time. On July 11, 2002, Gordon died of a heart attack at his home in Queens, New York. He was 74.

Tracklist
1. T-Model Boogie 2:27
2. Decorate The Counter 2:30
3. I Wade Through Muddy Water (And Across The Burning Sands) 3:02
4. I Love You Better Than I Love Myself (Tell Me Pretty Baby) 2:22
5. Just Love Me Baby 2:15
6. Weeping Blues 3:07
7. Do The Chicken (Dance With You) 2:32
8. Love For You, Baby 2:58
9. Thats What You Do To Me 2:47
10. I Found A New Love 3:03
11. I Dont Like It 2:11
12. Cheese And Crackers 2:42
13. Sally Jo 2:04
14. Shoobie Oobie 2:55[

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