Beginning his promising rise to national fame in the late 1930s as a rival to that other trumpet-playing, gravel-voiced entertainer, Louis Armstrong, Hot Lips Page changed tack, jumping with both feet in the direction of the burgeoning R&B sound in the mid 1940s. It was a move that was sure to offend all the serious jazz music fans, but it would endear him to all the low-brow jump-blues lovers - both then and now! This CD celebrates those R&B years of the man who could have been King......................
1.Last Call For Alcohol 2.They Raided The Joint 3.There Ain't No Flies On Me 4.Texas And Pacific 5.Walkin' In A Daze 6.Miss Larceny Blues 7.Roll, Roll, Roll 8.Gimme Gimme Gimme 9.Jeety-Boat Joad 10.Florida Blues 11.Ashes On My Pillow 12.Open The Door Richard 13.Birmingham Boogie 14.I Want To Ride Like The Cowboys Do 15.Let Me In 16.Strike While The Iron's Hot 17.The Jungle King 18.The Cadillac Song 19.Blow Champ Blow 20.Chocolate Candy Blues 21.The Hucklebuck 22.Pacifying Blues 23.That's The One For Me 24.Sharp Little Sister 25.Main Street 26.I've Got The Upper Hand 27.Moanin' Dan.
