Don't You Feel My Leg

by Blue Lu Barker, Wee Be Booze, Wee Bea Booze, Baby Dee

Overview

Subtitled "Apollo's Lady Blues Singers," this Delmark CD has nine numbers (three previously unissued) by Blue Lu Barker, five from Wea Bea Booze and four by Baby Dee. Barker was rather limited but ironically was easily the best-known singer of the three. She is assisted on some cuts (all outfitted by Danny Barker lyrics) by trumpeter Shad Collins and either Teddy McRae or Jerry Jerome on tenor and is at her best on the remake of her hit "Don't You Feel My Leg." Wea Bea Booze (joined by a quartet that includes tenorman George Kelly and organist Larry Johnson) and Baby Dee (backed by an unidentified but talented sextet) were actually stronger vocalists despite being long-forgotten, and are the main reasons to acquire this fine early R&B/jump music set. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	02/06/1996
Label:	Delmark
UPC:	0038153068424
Rank:	108588

Tracks

1. Buy Me Some Juice
2. Where's Joe
3. Lyin' in Jail
4. Easy Riding Blues
5. I Just Ain't Feelin' Right
6. Feel It
7. I Want to See My Daddy
8. Don't You Feel My Leg
9. That Made Him Mad
10. I Feel Like Laying in Another Woman's Husband's Arms
11. Don't Tell Me Nothin' 'Bout My Man
12. I'm Gonna Put You Down
13. I Just Ain't Feelin' Right
14. Look What Baby's Got for You
15. Baby Dee Blues
16. Buy Me Some Juice
17. You Gotta Show It to Me Baby
18. There Was a l'Il Mouse

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Baby Dee   Primary Artist,Vocals
Wee Be Booze   Primary Artist
Blue Lu Barker   Primary Artist,Vocals
Wee Bea Booze   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jerry Jerome   Sax (Tenor)
Danny Barker   Guitar
Bill Campbell   Piano
Shad Collins   Trumpet
George Kelly   Sax (Tenor)
Ernest Williamson   Bass
Norman Lester   Piano
Chris Power   Bass
Panama Francis   Drums
Teddy McRae   Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Wee Bea Booze   Performer,Composer
Robert G. Koester   Production Crew
Danny Barker   Composer
Tamarind Free Jones   Liner Notes
Blue Lu Barker   Performer,Composer
J. Mayo Williams   Composer
Jack Towers   Tape Transfer
James Gorick   Process Engineering
James J. Kreigsmann   Cover Photo
Kate Hoddinott   Art Direction
Bany Campbell   Composer
Dan Morganstern   Source Material
Baby Dee   Performer
Steve Wagner   Production Crew