Piano Red – Dr. Feelgood, All Alone with his Piano / Arhoolie LP-1064

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Piano Red, Dr. Feelgood – Arhoolie LP-1064

New old-stock record, still sealed.

Tracks 1-8 produced and recorded by Chris Strachwitz in Macon, Georgia, on May 7, 1972. Tracks 9-11 recorded live at the Magnolia Ballroom in Atlanta, Georgia on March 5, 1956.

Willie “Piano Red” Perryman, piano & vocals; solo & with band.

Joyful exuberant 1972 solo performances by pianist-singer Piano Red, R&B hit maker of the ’50s and ’60s. Produced by Chris Strachwitz

1. Ten Cent Shot
2. Pushing That Thing
3. Atlanta Bounce
4. Red’s How Long Blues
5. Corrine, Corrina

6. You Ain’t Got a Chance
7. My Baby Left Me
8. Let’s Get it On
9. Red’s Boogie
10. Rockin’ with Red
11. Wrong Yo-Yo

REVIEW

“. . . Red was Willie Perryman, the much younger brother of Rufus Perryman aka Speckled Red. His career started with a bang when he sold an alleged million copies of ‘Red’s Boogie’/’Rockin’ With Red‘ in 1951. Later he made it a second time with ‘Dr. Feelgood‘ and he took the name for his own. Chris Strachwitz pried Red loose from his band and recorded him alone at the piano in 1972. . .[three] tracks were recorded live at the Magnolia Ballroom in Atlanta on March 5, 1956 with a backing group made up of Blowtop Lynn on sax, John Peek on trumpet, Wes Jackson guitar, Kid Miller bass and Put Jackson drums. And what a show it must have been! Red was really rockin’, the group were thumping along and the audience were loving every minute of it. . .”

(Keith Briggs — Blues & Rhythm)

For an interview with Piano Red, go to:

Piano Red Interview