Jimmy Dawkins ‎– Come Back Baby
Label: MCM Blues Records (Released:1977 )/ Storyville (Released:1995 )
Format : Mp3@320

>Jimmy Dawkins ‎– Come Back Baby
Label: MCM Blues Records (Released:1977 )/ Storyville (Released:1995 )
Format : Mp3@320


MCM Blues Records

Storyville (Tracks 3, 5, 7 and 10 previously unissued)

Chicago guitarist Jimmy Dawkins would have preferred to leave his longtime nickname "Fast Fingers" behind. It was always something of a stylistic misnomer anyway; Dawkins' West Side-styled guitar slashed and surged, but seldom burned with incendiary speed. Dawkins' blues were generally of the brooding, introspective variety -- he didn't engage in flashy pyrotechnics or outrageous showmanship.
It took a long time for Dawkins to progress from West Side fixture to nationally known recording artist. He rode a Greyhound bus out of Mississippi in 1955, dressing warmly to ward off the Windy City's infamous chill factor. Only trouble was, he arrived on a sweltering July day! Harpist Billy Boy Arnold offered the newcomer encouragement, and he eventually carved out a niche on the competitive West Side scene (his peers included Magic Sam and Luther Allison).

Tracklist:
01. Come Back Baby - 05:56
02. I Got Wise - 08:46
03. Big Duke's - 04:46
04. Cross Road Blues - 06:04
05. J.D.'s Jam - 03:33
06. Hard Road To Travel - 06:59
07. Nature Ball - 05:44
08. Blue Shawdows Falling - 05:31
09. Ode To Billy Joe - 07:49
10. Pretty Woman - 04:41



Jimmy Dawkins – vocal, guitar
Sylvester Boines - bass –
Tyrone Centuray - drums
Richard Kirch - guitar

Recorded "live" at "Big Dukes", West Side Chicago on November 10th, 1976