Poison Gardner was one of the great unknowns of blues and boogie. These 27 rocking tracks are, we think, his entire recorded legacy and this is the first time they have been collected on one CD. Despite the brevity of his recording history, he had a long and fruitful career as a cabaret, club and radio performer and was active for over 40 years across America. The fully detailed liner notes have been expanded into an article published in the February 2021 edition of Blues & Rhythm Magazine.................
POISON GARDNER TRIO 1. POISON'S BOOGIE 2. MY BABY'S GONE AWAY 3. NOISEN WITH POISON 4. SECOND PIECE OF PIE AND HIS ALL STARS or AND HIS GROUP 5. MEDIUM FAST BOOGIE 6. MELODY IN F BOOGIE 7. EMPIRE BOOGIE 8. RHAPSODY BOOGIE 9. WORKINGMAN'S BLUES 10. BIG LEG MAMA BLUES 11. LENOX AVENUE BOOGIE 12. MOBILE BOOGIE 'POISON' GARDNER AND HIS ALL STARS 13. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAY 14. HOUSE RENT BLUES 15. SQUARE DANCE BOOGIE 16. DOUBLECROSSIN' WOMAN 17. EVICTION BLUES 18. 52ND STREET JUMP 19. SO MANY WOMEN 20. TEN O'CLOCK STOMP 21. MEAN OLD WORLD 22. CAMP MEETIN' 23. YOU'RE MY BABY TONIGHT 24. '33' 25. GOTTA FIND MY BABY THE GARDNER TRIO 26. KNOCK KNEED BUTTERFLY 27. ONE O'CLOCK JUMP
