Richard Stamz was a colorful Chicago R&B and soul DJ who operated throughout the 50s and 60s. He took over the Cobra /Artistic/Abco studio around 1960; this also included the ownership of the owner's active Paso label which he continued to run alongside his own Foxy label.........Harold Burrage was already recording at Paso and he and Stamz began to work closely together with Burrage composing songs, playing sessions and even voicing ads for Stamz's radio show. His three 45s for the two labels are superb examples of the early 60s where the blues was beginning to move towards soul......Out-and-out blues fans will be thrilled by the presence of some of Howlin' Wolf's sidemen in the Willie Williams band including guitarist Hubert Sumlin. That outfit provide three previously unreleased blues jam instrumentals. Influential guitarist Freddy Robinson appears as a session-man on many tracks and adds his own 45 from the Queen label including an alternate take of one side of the disc.....The package is loaded with photos & memorabilia from the Stamz family and Dick Shurman contributes authoritative notes........
