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Teasin' You
''Teasin' You'' is an album by the American guitarist and singer Snooks Eaglin, released in 1992 on the Black Top Records, Black Top label. Reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' noted that "classic New Orleans rhythm and blues is alive and thriving." ''The New York Times'' wrote that Eaglin "plays like two guitarists at once, picking out lead lines in between strummed rhythm-guitar chords." In his review for AllMusic, Bill Dahl states that "Eaglin's churchy, commanding vocals and blistering guitar work are nothing short of mind-boggling throughout the entire disc." Track listing # "Baby Please Come Home" (Lloyd Price) – 3:36 # "Soul Train" (Earl King) – 4:04 # "When It Rains, It Really Pours, When It Rains It Pours" (Billy "The Kid" Emerson) – 3:03 # "Teasin' You" (Earl King) – 3:28 # "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" (Larry Williams) – 3:14 # "Black Night (Charles Brown song), Black Night" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:26 # "Sleep Walk" (Santo & Johnny, Santo & Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooks Eaglin
Fird Eaglin Jr. (January 21, 1936 or 1937 – February 18, 2009), known as Snooks Eaglin, was an American guitarist and singer based in New Orleans. In his early years he was sometimes credited under other names, including Blind Snooks Eaglin, "Lil" Snook, Ford Eaglin, Blind Guitar Ferd. His vocal style was reminiscent of that of Ray Charles; in the 1950s, when he was in his late teens, he sometimes billed himself as "Little Ray Charles". He played a wide range of styles of music within the same concert, album, or even song: blues, rock and roll, jazz, country, and Latin. In his early years, he also played acoustic blues. His ability to play a wide range of songs and make them his own earned him the nickname "The Human Jukebox." Eaglin claimed in interviews that his musical repertoire included some 2,500 songs. At live shows, he usually did not prepare set lists and was unpredictable, even to his bandmates. He played songs that came to him on stage, and he also took requests f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |