There can’t be many people who have done more in the name of rhythm & blues than John Alexander Veliotes – Johnny Otis to his friends and fans.
Johnny has packed a lot into his lifetime: author, father, painter, radio DJ, TV host, sculptor, political activist, priest, farmer and much more besides. But whatever he’s known for, it’s the music he’s been making since the mid-1940s that has always endeared him to record collectors and marked him as one of the true originators of R&B.
Disc 1 - Good Ole Blues
01. Johnny Otis with Little Esther / I Gotta Guy [0:02:56.13]
02. Johnny Otis with Little Esther / Mean Ole Gal [0:02:35.63]
03. Thursday Night Blues [0:02:45.47]
04. Good Ole Blues [0:02:16.60]
05. Boogie Guitar (Three Guitars) [0:02:35.21]
06. Ain't Nothing Shakin' [0:02:28.38]
07. Hangover Blues [0:02:52.19]
08. Johnny Otis with Little Esther / Get Together Blues [0:02:37.08]
09. I'm Not Falling In Love With You [0:02:41.26]
10. Johnny Otis with The Robins / If It's So, Baby [0:03:05.49]
11. Johnny Otis with The Robins / Our Romance Is Gone [0:02:35.23]
12. Johnny Otis with The Robins / If I Didn't Love You So [0:03:12.01]
13. Johnny Otis with The Robins / Rain In My Eyes [0:03:15.58]
14. Johnny Otis with Little Esther and The Robins / Double Crossing Blues [0:02:48.23]
15. Head Hunter [0:03:03.56]
16. Going To See My Baby [0:02:38.62]
17. The Little Red Hen [0:02:30.02]
18. New Orleans Shuffle [0:02:41.10]
19. The Turkey Hop - pt I [0:02:37.14]
20. The Turkey Hop - pt II [0:02:42.19]
21. Blues Nocturne [0:02:49.11]
22. Cry Baby [0:03:01.39]
23. Johnny Otis with Little Esther and The Robins / Lover's Lane Boogie [0:02:30.41]
24. Johnny Otis with The Robins / I Found My Troubles [0:02:40.04]
Disc 2 - Best Friend Blues
01. Big Joe Turner / Diney Brown Blues [0:03:59.52]
02. Eddie Cleanhead Vinson / Person To Person [0:02:30.67]
03. Nyles Jones / The Welfare Blues [0:03:10.54]
04. Fanny Mae [0:02:42.43]
05. Big Daddy Rucker / Best Friend Blues [0:04:11.16]
06. Nyles Jones / DePrit and Betty [0:03:07.36]
07. Baby I Got News For You [0:02:45.36]
08. Big Joe Turner / You're Still My Baby [0:02:58.63]
09. Sherry Red [0:03:10.08]
10. Nyles Jones / Your Poodle Dog [0:02:23.46]
11. Eddie Cleanhead Vinson / Cleanhead Blues [0:02:45.45]
12. Big Daddy Rucker / You Got Me Movin' [0:02:19.06]
13. Nyles Jones / Ain't Gonna Let No Woman [0:02:47.15]
14. Linda Lu [0:02:37.37]
