Artist: Big Maybelle
Album: The Big Maybelle Story Volume One: Dirty Deal Blues
Genre: Blues
Label: FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Year Of Release: 2023
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
Hurry Hurry (feat. Christine Chatman; Her Orchestra)
Indian Giver (feat. Mabel Smith; Hot Lips Page Orchestra)
Foolin’ Blues (feat. Mabel Smith; Hot Lips Page Orchestra)
Little Miss Muffett (feat. Mabel Smith; Hot Lips Page Orchestra)
Bad Dream Blues (feat. Mabel Smith; Hot Lips Page Orchestra)
Too Tight Mama (feat. Mabel Smith; Hot Lips Page Orchestra)
Sad And Disappointed Jill (feat. Mabel Smith; Hot Lips Page Orchestra)
Don’t Try To Fool Me (feat. Mabel Smith; Hot Lips Page Orchestra)
Dirty Deal Blues (feat. Mabel Smith; Hot Lips Page Orchestra)
Just Want Your Love (feat. Leroy Kirkland Orchestra)
So Good To My Baby (feat. Leroy Kirkland Orchestra)
Gabbin Blues (Don’t Run My Business) (feat. Leroy Kirkland Orchestra)
My Country Man (feat. Leroy Kirkland Orchestra)
Rain Down Rain (feat. Leroy Kirkland Orchestra)
Way Back Home (feat. Leroy Kirkland Orchestra)
Please Stay Away From My Sam
Jinny Mule
Send For Me
Maybelle’s Blues
I’ve Got A Feelin’ (feat. Danny Mendolsohn’s Orchestra)
You’ll Never Know (feat. Danny Mendolsohn’s Orchestra)
No More Trouble Out Of Me (feat. Danny Mendolsohn’s Orchestra)
My Big Mistake (feat. Danny Mendolsohn’s Orchestra)
Her mountainous stature matching the sheer soulful power of her massive vocal talent, Big Maybelle was one of the premier R&B chanteuses of the 1950s. Her deep, gravelly voice was as singular as her recorded output for Okeh and Savoy, which ranged from down-in-the-alley blues to pop-slanted ballads. In 1967, she even covered ? & the Mysterians’ “96 Tears” (it was her final chart appearance). Alleged drug addiction leveled the mighty belter at the premature age of 47, but Maybelle packed a lot of living into her shortened lifespan.
