Sujet: Arthur Big Boy CRUDUP Lun 18 Mai 2009, 21:20
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
Arthur Crudup, né le 24 août 1905 à Forest dans le Mississipi, commence sa carrière musicale en chantant le gospel dans une chorale religieuse. C'est vers l'âge de trente ans qu'il apprend la guitar de façon autodidacte.
Il émmigre en 1940 à Chicago, où il pense faire fortune. Il est rapidement réduit à la mendicité et joue sa musique dans la rue, pour quelques pièces.
C'est là qu'il est découvert par Lester Melrose, un chasseur de talents pour la compagnie RCA.
Il grave son premier titre, "If I Get Lucky", accompagné par le bassiste Joe McCoy, le 11 septembre 1941 pour le label Bluebird, une filiale de RCA. Suivront beaucoup d'autres singles.
Crudup enregistre également pour d'autres compagnies sous les pseudonimes de Percy Lee Crudup et Elmer James.
C'est en 1960 qu'il publie son premier LP, "Mean Ol' Frisco" pour Fire Records (FLP 103), réédité en 1989 sur le label Collectables (COL 5130) : Mean Ole Frisco - Look On Yonder Wall - That's Alright - Ethel Mae - Too Much Competition - Standing At My Window - Rock Me Mama - Greyhound Bus - Coal Black Mare - Katie Mae - Dig Myself A Hole - So Glad You're Mine.
Il publie deux autres LP pour Delmark en 1969, "Crudup' Mood", puis "Look on Yonder's Wall" (DS 614), et un pour Liberty en 1974, "Roebuck Man" (29092).
Crudup bénéficie modérément du Blues Revival mais donne tout de même plusieurs concerts aux États Unis et en 1970 et 1971 en Grande Bretagne. Son concert du 1er mars 1974 au Hunter College de New York est le dernier.
Il meurt le 28 mars 1974 à Nassawadox en Virginie.
La technique de guitare de Crudup est assez primitive, mais il à un sens aigu du rythme et du chant. Ce sont d'ailleurs ses morceaux les plus rythmés qui retiennent l'attention, en particulier "That's All Right mama", dont une reprise par un certain Elvis Presley fait passer Crudup à la postérité. Ceci lui vaut également le titre, peu être un peu exagéré, de "Father of rock and roll".
Il existe un quantité assez impressionnante de compilations des titres de Crudup, mais la plus intéressante est certainement celle parue chez Document, qui couvre l'intégralité de la période 1941 à 1954.
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Chanteur, guitariste et compositeur noir US né le 24 août 1905 à Forest (Mississippi). Arthur Crudup a débuté en 1941 chez Bluebird Records. Il avait un style (vocal véhément et haut perché) et une formule orchestrale (guitare, contrebasse, batterie) véritablement proche du Rockabilly, qui a influencé Elvis Presley à ses débuts. Ce véritable pionnier est mort dans la misère, le 28 mars 1974 Nassawadox (Virginie), alors que ses droits d'auteur (s'ils lui avaient été versés) auraient suffit à lui assurer une rente confortable. Talents : Singer, Guitar, Songwriter Style musical : Blues
Années en activité :
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DISCOGRAPHIE 78 t. & Singles
1942
78 T. BLUEBIRD 340704 (US)
Gonna Follow My Baby / ?
1942
78 T. RCA VICTOR 20-2509 (US)
Mama Don't Allow / Standing At My Window
1945
78 T. RCA VICTOR 20-2757 (US)
Dirty Road Blues / ?
1946
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500000 (US)
Cruduo's After Hours / That's Allright
1946
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500001 (US)
Boy Friend Blues / Katie May
1947
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500013 (US)
Crudup's Vicksburg's Blues / Shout Sister Shout
1947
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500032 (US)
Hoodoo Lady Blues / Tired Of Worry
1947
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500046 (US)
Come Back Baby / Mercy Blues
1948
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500074 (US)
Dust My Brown / You Know That I Love You
1948
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500092 (US)
Mean Old Santa Fee / ?
1948
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500100 (US)
Lonesome World Tome / Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
1949
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500105 (US)
She's Just Like Caldonia / ?
1949
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500126 (US)
Roberta Blues / Behind Closed Doors
1950
78 T. RCA VICTOR 500117 (US)
Nobody Want Me / Star Bootlegger
1951
SP RCA VICTOR 47-4367 (US)
Love Me Mama / Where Did You Stay Last Night
1951
SP RCA VICTOR 47-4572 (US)
Goin' Back To Georgia / Mr. So And So
1952
SP RCA VICTOR 47-4753 (US)
Worried About You Baby / Late In The Evening
1952
SP RCA VICTOR 47-5167 (US)
Keep On Drinkin' / Nelvina
1952
SP CHECKER 752 (US)
Open Your Book / Tears In My Eyes
1952
SP RCA VICTOR 47-4933 (US)
Second Man Blues / Do It If You Want To
1952
SP RCA VICTOR 47-5070 (US)
Pearly Lee / Lookin' For My Baby
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1953
SP GROOVE 460011 (US)
I Love My Baby / Fall On Your Kness And Pray
1953
SP RCA VICTOR 460026 (US)
If You Have Ever Been To Georgia / She's Got No Hair
1953
SP ACE 503 (US)
I Wonder / My Baby Boogies All The
1954
SP RCA VICTOR 47-5563 (US)
My Wife And Women / The War Is Over
Albums
1961
LP 12" FIRE 103 (US)
ARTHUR "BIG BOY" CRUDUP
1962
LP 12" RCA VICTOR 130284 (F)
MY BABY LEFT ME
1969
LP 12" DELMARK DS-621 (US)
CRUDUP'S MOOD
06/1997
LP 12" DELMARK DS-614 (US)
LOOK ON YONDER'S WALL - Look On Yonder's Wall / Questionnaire Blues / Keep Your Hands Off That Woman / That's All Right / Rock Me Mama / Katie May / Dust My Broom / Landlord Blues / Coal Black Mare / Life Is Just A Gamble / Walk Out On The Road / I'm All Alone / You'll Be Old Before Your Time / Ramblin' Blues / When I Lost My Baby (I Almost Lost My Mind)
1970
LP 12" BLUE HORIZON 7-63855 (UK)
MEAN OLD FRISCO - Mean Old Frisco / Look On Yonder Wall / That's Allright / Ethel Mae / Too Much Competition / Standing At My Window / Rock Me Name / Greyhound Bus / Coal Black Mare / Katie Mae / Dig Myself A Hole / So Glad You're Mine
1971
LP 12" RCA VICTOR VP-573 (US)
THE FATHER OF ROCK 'N' ROLL - If I Get Lucky / Mean Old Frisco / Rock Me Mama / Keep Your Arms Around Me / Cool Disposition / She's Gone / So Glad You're Mine / Ethel Mae / That's All Right / Lonesome World To Me / Shout, Sister, Shout / My Baby Left Me / (I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole / Mr. So And So / Keep On Drinkin' / If You Ever Been To Georgia
1974
LP 12" LIBERTY 29092 (US)
ROEBUCK MAN - I Don't Worry / Needle Time / Room And Board / Blind Man Sees / Long Curly Mane / Roebuck Man / Old And Grey / Before You Go / Korrina Korrina / Boogie In The Morning / Get You In My Arms / What Are You Trying To Do? / Burying Ground
1983
LP 12" KRAZY KATS 7402 (US)
STAR BOOTLEGGER
1983
LP 12" KRAZY KATS 7410 (US)
ARTHUR BIG BOY CRUDUP & LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS
1983
LP 12" KRAZY KATS 7416 (US)
I'M IN THE MOOD - Second Man Blues / Standing At My Window / Come Back Baby / Katie Mae / Crudup's Vicksburg Blues / Gonna Follow My Baby / Hey Mama, Everything's All Right / Mercy Blues / Mama Don't Allow / Nobody Wants Me / Pearly Lee / Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / Lookin' For My Baby / Do It If You Want To / You Know That I Love You / I'm In The Mood
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1985
LP 12" RCA VICTOR 89385 (US)
CRUDUP'S ROCKIN' BLUES - My baby Left Me / If I Get Lucky / Mean Old 'frisco Blues / Who's Been Fooling You ? / So Glad You're Mine / Shout, Sister, Shout / Cool Disposition / I Don't Know It / That's All Right / She's Just Like Caledonia / Rock Me Mamma / Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / I Love You / I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole / She's Got No Hair / Never No More / Too Much Competition
1989
LP 12" CHARLY CRB 1206 (UK)
MEAN OL' FRISCO - Mean Ol' Frisco / I'm In The Mood / That's All Right / Standin' At Window / Angel Child (take 1) / Katie Mae / Look At Yonder Wall / Dig Myself A Hole / If I Get Lucky / Death Valley / I Love Her Just The Same / Angel Child (take 2) / Rock Me Mama / Ethel Mae / My Mama Don't Allow Me
04/1990
CD COLLECTABLES 5130 (US)
MEAN OL' FRISCO - That's All Right (Mama) / Rock Me Mama / I'm In The Mood / So Glad You're Mine / Katie Mae / The Moon Is Rising / Mean Ole Frisco / Look On Yonder Wall / Ethel Mae / Too Much Competition / If I Get Lucky / Dig Myself A Hole / Angel Child / My Mama Don't Allow Me / Standing At My Window / Greyhound Bus / Death Valley Blues / Coal Black Mare
03/1992
CD RCA 61043 (US)
THAT'S ALL RIGHT MAMA - If I Get Lucky / Gonna Follow My Baby / Mean Old Frisco Blues / Cool Dispostion / Rock Me Mama / Keep Your Arms Around Me / That's Your Red Wagon / She's Gone / So Glad You're Mine / Chicago Blues / Crudup's After Hours / That's All Right / Shout, Sister, Shout / She Ain't Nothing But Trouble / My Baby Left Me / Too Much Competition / Second Man Blues / I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole / Mr. So And So / My Wife And Woman / I Love You / She's Got No Hair
04/1994
CD RELIC 7036 (US)
THAT'S ALL RIGHT MAMA - That's All Right (Mama) / Rock Me Mama / I'm In The Mood / So Glad You're Mine / Katie Mae / The Moon Is Rising / Mean Ole Frisco / Look On Yonder Wall / Ethel Mae / Too Much Competition / If I Get Lucky / Dig Myself A Hole / Angel Child / My Mama Don't Allow Me / Standing At My Window / Greyhound Bus / Death Valley Blues / Coal Black Mare
06/1994
CD DOCUMENT 5201 (US)
COMPLET RECORDED WORKS, VOL. 1 - (1941-1946) - Black Pony Blues / Death Valley Blues / Kind Lover Blues / If I Get Lucky / Standing At My Window / Gonna Follow My Baby / Give Me A 32-20 / My Mama Don't Allow Me / Mean Old 'Frisco Blues' / Raised To My Hand / Cool Disposition / Who's Been Foolin' You / Rock Me Mama / Keep Your Arms Around Me / Dirt Road Blues / I'm In The Mood / That's Your Red Wagon / She's Gone / Ethel Mae / So Glad You're Mine / Boy Friend Blues / No More Lovers / You Got To Reap / Chicago Blues
06/1994
CD DOCUMENT 5202 (US)
COMPLET RECORDED WORKS, VOL. 2 - (1946-1949) - Crudup's After Hours / I Want My Lovin' / That's All Right / I Don't Know It / Cry Your Blues Away / Crudup's Vicksburg Blues / Gonna Be Some Changes Made / Train Fare Blues / Katie Mae / Hey Mama, Everything's All Right / Hoodoo Lady Blues / Lonesome World To Me / Roberta Blues / Just Like A Spider / Some Day / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Tired Of Worry / Dust My Broom / Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / Shout Sister Shout / Come Back Baby / You Know That I Love You
06/1994
CD DOCUMENT 5203 (US)
COMPLET RECORDED WORKS, VOL. 3 - (1949-1952) - Mercy Blues / She's Just Like Caldonia / Mean Old Santa Fe / Behind Closed Doors / She Ain't Nothin' But Trouble / Oo-Wee Darling / Anytime Is The Right Time / My Baby Left Me / Nobody Wants Me / Star Bootlegger / Too Much Competition / Second Man Blues / Pearly Lee / Love Me Mama / Never No More / Where Did You Stay Last Night / I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole / I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole (alt. take) / Goin' Back To Georgia / Mr. So And So / Do It If You Want To / Keep On Drinkin'
06/1994
CD DOCUMENT 5204 (US)
COMPLET RECORDED WORKS, VOL. 4 - (1952-1954) - Worried About You Baby / Late In The Evening / Lookin' For My Baby / Nelvina / My Baby Boogies All The Time / I Wonder / Baby I' ve Been Mistreated / You Didn't Mean A Word / Open Your Book / Tears In My Eyes / Tears In My Eyes (alt. take.) / Gonny Find My Baby / Make A Little Love / I Love My Baby / My Wife And Women / The War Is Over / Fall On Your Knees And Pray / If You Ever Been To Georgia / Help Me To Bear This Heavy Load / I Love You / She' s Got No Hair / Looka There, She Got No Hair (bonus track) / I Love Her Just The Same (bonus track)
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1994
CD DELMARK 621 (US)
MEETS THE MASTER BLUES BASSISTS - Peaches Is Her Name / Did You Get That Letter / Got No One To Love Me / This War Is Awful / Ramblin' On My Mind / I Lost All I Had / I Got To Find My Baby / So Glad You're Mine / Strictly A Woman / Any Old Way You Do / You're A Good Little Girl / Look On Yonder's Wall / Make An Arrangement For Me / I'm In The Mood For You / Talk / Crazy House Blues
04/1995
CD BLACK LABEL 2006 (US)
THAT'S ALL RIGHT MAMA - That's Alright Now Mama / Look On Yonder's Wall / Mean Old Frisco / Ethel Mae / Too Much Competition / Standing At My Window / Rock Me Mama / Greyhound Bus / Coal Black Mare / Katie Mae / Dig Myself A Hole / So Glad You're Mine
01/1997
CD JAZZ TRIBUNE 55922 (US)
COMPLETE ARTHUR "BIG BOY" CRUDUP VOL. 1-2 (1940-1947) - Ethel Mae / Black Pony Blues / Death Valley Blues / So Glad You're Mine / If I Get Lucky / That's All Right / You Got To Reap / Kind Lover Blues / I Want My Lovin' / Standing at My Window / Chicago Blues / Mean Old Frisco / I Don't Know It / Gonna Follow My Baby / Give Me A 32-20 / Crudup's After Hours / Train Fare Blues / My Mama Don't Allow Me
1997
2 CD CAMDEN 74321523802 (US)
AFTER HOURS :
CD 1 : Mean Old Frisco / Raised To My Hand / Death Valley Blues / Gonna Follow My Baby / Who's Been Foolin' You / Standing At My Window / If I Get Lucky / Black Pony Blues / Kind Lover Blues / Give Me A 32-20 / Rock Me Mama / My Mama Don't Allow Me / Cool Disposition / Keep Your Arms Around Me / That's Your Red Wagon / I'm In The Mood / Boy Friend Blues / No More Lovers / She's Gone / Dirt Road Blues
CD 2 : I Want My Lovin' / Ethel Mae / That's All Right / Chicago Blues / Crudup's Vicksburg Blues / Katie Mae / Train Fare Blues / You Got To Reap / So Glad You're Mine / I Don't Know It / Cry Your Blues Away / Hey Mama, Everything's All Right / Just Like A Spider / Gonna Be Some Changes Made / Hoodoo Lady Blues / Lonesome World To Me / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Roberta Blues / Some Day / Crudup's After Hours
10/1999
CD CATFISH 119 (UK)
COOL DISPOSITION - Trainfare Blues / Black Pony Blues / Mean Old Frisco Blues / Cry Your Blues Away / Shout Sister Shout / Give Me A 32-20 / That's All Right / Death Valley Blues / Hey Mama Everything's All Right / My Mama Don't Allow Me / Dirt Road Blues / Tired Of Worry / Cool Disposition / Come Back Baby / Keep Your Arms Around Me / Gonna Be Some Changes Made / I Want My Lovin' / Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / Who's Been Foolin' You / That's Why I'm Lonesome / If I Get Lucky
2001
CD LASERLIGHT 17246 (D)
THAT'S ALL RIGHT MAMA - That's Alright Now Mama / Look On Yonder's Wall / Mean Old Frisco / Ethel Mae / Too Much Competition / Standing At My Window / Rock Me Mama / Greyhound Bus / Coal Black Mare / Katie Mae / Dig Myself A Hole / So Glad You're Mine
10/2001
2 CD CLASSIC BLUES 200025 (US)
THE ESSENTIAL :
CD 1 : Mean Old 'Frisco Blues / Give Me A 32-20 / Gonna Be Some Changes Made / Rock Me Mama / Too Much Competition / I Want My Lovin' / I'm In The Mood / Going Back To Georgia / That's All Right / Mr. So And So / Tired Of Worry / My Baby Boogies All The Time / Open Your Book / Help Me To Bear This Heavy Load / You Got To Reap / Keep Your Arms Around Me / Tears In My Eyes / I Don't Know It
CD 2 : Dirt Road Blues / Death Valley Blues / If I Get Lucky / Who's Been Foolin' You / Standing At My Window / Make A Little Love / My Mama Don't Allow Me / She's Got No Hair / Baby I've Been Mistreated / I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole / Late In The Evening / Chicago Blues / Crudup's After Hours / Hey, Mama, Everything's All Right / Just Like A Spider / Gonna Find My Baby / Behind Closed Doors / Shout Sister Shout
04/2002
CD TOMATO MUSIC 2003 (US)
ROCK ME MAMA - Katie Mae / Standin' At My Window / Rock Me Mama / If I Get Lucky / Death Valley Blues / That's All Right (Mama) / I'm In The Mood / Mean Ol' Frisco / Angel Child / Ethel Mae / Dig Myself A Hole / My Mama Don't Allow Me / I Love Her Just The Same / Look On Yonder Wall
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/2002
CD OUR WORLD 303 (US)
EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT - Hey Mama, Everything's All Right / Ethel Mae / You Got To Reap / That's All Right / Train Far Blues / Katie May / So Glad You're Mine / Crudups After Hours / Crudups Vicksburg Blues / Just Like A Spider / Roberta Blues / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Dirt Road Blues / I Don't Know It / Chicago Blues / I Want My Lovin'
12/2002
CD PAST PERFECT 204399 (US)
DIRT ROAD BLUES
12/2002
CD PAST PERFECT 205751 (US)
CRUDUP'S AFTER HOURS
01/2003
CD WOLF 900005 (US)
ARTHUR BIG BOY CRUDUP & HIS 22 GREATEST SONGS - Black Pony Blues / Kind Lover Blues / If I Get Lucky / Standing At My Window / Give Me A 32-20 / Mean Old 'Frisco Blues / Cool Disposition / Who's Been Foolin' You / Rock Me Mama / Keep Your Arms Around Me / Ethel Mae / So Glad You're Mine / That's All Right / Dust My Broom / Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / My Baby Left Me / Love Me Mama / I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole / Mr. So And So / Tears In My Eyes / Gonna Find My Baby / Make A Little Love
09/2003
CD RCA 55155 (US)
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, VOL. 7 - ROCK ME MAMMA - That's All Right / So Glad You're Mine / My Baby Left Me / Cool Disposition / Rock Me Mamma / Mean Old 'Frisco Blues / Black Pony Blues / Death Valley Blues / Dirt Road Blues / Give Me A 32-20 / Raised To My Hand / Chicago Blues / Dust My Broom / Come Back Baby / Hoodoo Lady Blues / Shout Sister, Shout / Anytime Is The Right Time / Nobody Wants Me / Star Bootlegger / Mr. So And So / I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole / If You've Ever Been To Georgia
09/2005
CD PASSPORT AUDIO 1003 (US)
THAT'S ALL RIGHT MAMA - That's All Right Mama / Look On Yonder Wall / Mean Ol' Frisco / Ethel Mae / Too Much Competition / Standing At My Window / Rock Me Mama / Greyhoud / Coal Black Mare / Kate Mae / Dig Myself A Hole / So Glad You're Mine
Sujet: Arthur Big Boy CRUDUP 
Arthur Crudup, né le 24 août 1905 à Forest dans le Mississipi, commence sa carrière musicale en chantant le gospel dans une chorale religieuse. C'est vers l'âge de trente ans qu'il apprend la guitar de façon autodidacte.
C'est en 1960 qu'il publie son premier LP, "Mean Ol' Frisco" pour Fire Records (FLP 103), réédité en 1989 sur le label Collectables (COL 5130) : Mean Ole Frisco - Look On Yonder Wall - That's Alright - Ethel Mae - Too Much Competition - Standing At My Window - Rock Me Mama - Greyhound Bus - Coal Black Mare - Katie Mae - Dig Myself A Hole - So Glad You're Mine.
Rocky Productions 24/09/2005