![]() ![]() ![]() It does have the Lenoir songs that have proved to be his most enduring, those being his political commentaries "Eisenhower Blues" and "Korea Blues," "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," and "Don't Touch My Head" "Eisenhower Blues" and "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," both originally released on Parrot, are the two non-Chess pieces on offer. Frankly, it doesn't make a case for Lenoir as a blues giant it's good but second-division '50s electric Chicago blues, a little monotonous in flavor, distinguished by his so-high-pitched-it-could-be-a-woman vocals. Lenoir at Chess," for though his career did take in work at several different labels, all but two of these 1950s tracks were first released on Chess. This anthology could well be subtitled " J.B. So those who administered the CD companion volumes are to be applauded for taking a chance and including an installment on Lenoir, who - unlike most of the rest of the spotlighted performers - will probably not be familiar to many, perhaps most, of the series' viewers. Most of the CD compilations released in conjunction with the major television documentary series The Blues were devoted to famous bluesmen or blues-rockers. ![]()
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