Percy Mayfield - Hit the Road Again (1982) / Live (1979 - 1983) (2 CD/FLAC)

 

A masterful songwriter whose touching blues ballad "Please Send Me Someone to Love," a multi-layered universal lament, was a number one R&B hit in 1950, Percy Mayfield had the world by the tail until a horrific 1952 auto wreck left him facially disfigured. That didn't stop the poet laureate of the blues from writing in a prolific fashion, though. As Ray Charles' favorite scribe during the '60s, he handed the Genius such gems as "Hit the Road Jack" and "At the Club." 


 


 


Hit The Road Again (1989)

01. River's Invitation (5:00)
02. Crying About My Baby (5:15)
03. I Dare You Baby (3:12)
04. Baby Please (5:16)
05. The Highway Is Like A Woman (4:02)
06. Get Out And Come In (4:29)
07. I Need Love So Bad (4:09)
08. Two Years Of Torture (5:32)
09. I Wouldn't Do The Same Thing To You (3:31)
10. My Jug And I (5:16)

  • Percy Mayfield - vocals
  • Phillip Walker - guitar
  • Hollis Gilmore - tenor sax
  • Lou Mathews - piano
  • Dennis Walker - bass guitar
  • Ed Ahern - drums


Percy Mayfield Live 

The performances in this album were recorded live at Mark Naftalin`s Blue Monday Party - a weekly blues show and dance which ran from March, 1979, through September, 1983.

01. Never Say Naw (2:33)
02. The River's Invitation (4:43)
03. Strange Things Happening (2:54)
04. Don't Start Lying To Me (7:34)
05. Loose Lips (2:23)
06. My Jug And I (6:15)
07. Please Send Me Someone To Love (5:31)
08. My Mind Is Trying To Leave Me Too (3:15)
09. The Flirt (3:14)
10. P.M. Blues (5:32)
11. My Bottle Is My Companion | The Highway Is Like A Woman (8:26)

vocals : Percy Mayfield

keyboards :
Mark Naftalin - piano (1-10), organ (11)
Percy Mayfield - piano (11)
guitar :
Pee Wee Crayton (3, 4)
Bobby Murray (1-6, 8, 9, 11)
Ron Thompson (7, 10)
sax :
Dr. Wild Willie Moore (2, 5)
Julien Vaught (3, 4, 8, 9, 11)
Bobbie Webb (3, 4, 7-11)
bass :
Leonard Gill (8, 9)
Henry Oden (1, 2, 5, 6)
Francis Rocco Prestia (11)
Ted Wysinger (3, 4, 7, 10)
drums :
Fred Casey (1, 6)
Francis Clay (2, 5)
Kelvin Dixon (8, 9)
Gary Silva (3, 4, 7, 10, 11)