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Recommended by us on 1st April 2011
...according to our Dave on Fri 01 Apr, 2011.
Jimmy "Chank" Nolen was one of the members of James Browns backing band. He joined J.Bs band in around '65. He invented a style of guitar playing that was to be known as "chicken scratch". This style made him a star in his own right and many artists clamored to work with him. This vintage style 7" is a classic blues single that has a pretty sweet call and response style motif and "Chanks" great sounding vocal melody.This is classic blues songwriting fare. It has an old style crackle and hiss that I find most excellent. A long loast classic.
Before Jimmy Nolen became known as James Brown's first choice guitar man, playing with the Godfather on almost all of his key 1960s hits, he had already gained a strong reputation as a talented and versatile session player in LA through the 50s, featuring regularly in the line-ups of bandleaders and record producers such as Chuck Higgins and Johnny Otis. Nolen also cut a small clutch of singles for Federal, none of which did much business at the time.
Of these, 'The Way You Do' is our choice and the A-side of this limited reissue. A classy, popcorn styled mid-tempo R&B with a tasty delayed rhythm, cool vocals and Nolen's trademark scratchy guitar. The B-side features yet another vinyl debut from us here at Jukebox Jam - the killer instrumental 'Jimmy's Jive', a track which was recorded for Johnny Otis' Dig label but never originally released. With it's rocking stop-start rhumba rhythm and catchy recurring riff, this is one which we've personally wished was available on vinyl for some time - and now it is!
!!! Limited Run - Only 500 copies pressed !!!
1. The Way You Do
2. Jimmy's Jive
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