GEECHIE SMITH - SWINGIN' SMALL COMBOS KANSAS CITY STYLE VOL.2

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GEECHIE SMITH / CROWN PRINCE WATERFORD

SWINGIN' SMALL COMBOS KANSAS CITY STYLE VOL.2

Description:
Vernon "Geechie" Smith was a trumpeter/vocalist from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, aera. He played early on with Ernie Fields Orchestra, and one of his first Capitol sides was called "T Town Jump", that might serve as an evidence. He was a KC stalwart, spent many years in Kansas City and played in countless KC styled bands. He moved to L.A. where he joined Joe Lutcher's band. He took many of his colleagues with him, namely guitarists Lucky Enois and Louis Speiginer, tenorman Freddie Simon, pianist Fletcher Smith and drummer Jesse Price. After recording under his own name for the Bihari Brother' Modern subsidiary Colonial in 1950 and for the obscure Kicks label in 1954, he drifted into obscurity. Charles "Crown Prince" Waterford was from Jonesboro, Arkansas. He sang with Leslie Sheffield's Rhythmaires and Andy Kirk's Twelve Clouds of Joy with Charlie Christian and Abe Bolar before beginning his career as "The Crown Prince of the Blues" in Chicago in the 1940s. Waterford shouted the blues in the then very popular manner and continued his recording career for labels like Hy Tone, Aladdin and Capitol. In 1947, he participated in a historic Battle of the Blues at the Elks hall on Central Avenue in L.A.; the line up was Crown Prince Waterford vs. Big Joe Turner vs. Wynonie Harris vs. Clarence Samuels vs. Jimmy Witherspoon. In 1949, he joined the King stable. In the 1950's he recorded for small companies and later dedicated his life to the Church and became known as Reverend Charles Waterford.

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The Kaycee Kid

T-Town Jump

Let Your Pride Be Your Guide

Big Fine Girl

Got You On My Mind

Let the Good Times Roll

What's The Matter with the Stove?

The Frog Song

Wild, Mild and Mellow

And I Wants To Thanks Ya'

Daddy Does It Just for You

I Ain't No Fool

I Want a Little Girl

Geneva Sue

Move Your Hand Baby

Move Your Hand Baby (Alternate)

L.A. Blues

Coal Black Baby

Weeping Willow Blues

Strange Woman's Boogie

P.I. Blues

Crown Prince Blues

Leeping Boogie

Eatin' Watermelon

Love Awhile

Personnel: Crown Prince Waterford, Joe Lutcher, Maxwell Davis, Buddy Floyd, Pete Johnson, Jay McShann, Fletcher Smith, Tiny Webb, Lucky Enois, Billy Hadnott, Jesse Price

Label:	BLUE MOON
Number:	6046
Item Code:	62310
Format:	CD
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Dates:	(1946-1954)
Price:	$17.00 New!
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