Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - One Hour Mama [1996]
The last time I purchased a performer’s recordings was after my introduction to big band swing with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1957. After hearing Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers this past summer in Breckenridge, CO, I had to get both her CD’s.
While the Breckenridge gig was great, the sterile atmosphere limited the audience reaction similar to the way Carnegie Hall dampened the original Benny Goodman performance (as portrayed in the movie “The Benny Goodman Story”). Fortunately Lavay and her group managed to make their last stop on tour this fall at Fitzgerald’s in beautiful Berwyn, IL. The Sunday evening crowd there for big band sounds is usually made up of long time jazz lovers many who go back to the original days of swing. On the night that the Skillet Lickers hit town, the word got out and a dynamic group of younger swing dancers hit the place. Though the crowd was standing room only, Lavay and her group had everyone dancing either on the floor or in their seats by the time the evening ended much too soon.
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1. Oo Poppa Do [MP3Today.Info]
2. Blue Skies [MP3Today.Info]
3. New Blowtop Blues [MP3Today.Info]
4. What’s The Matter With You [MP3Today.Info]
5. Squeeze Me [MP3Today.Info]
6. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine [MP3Today.Info]
7. Going To Chicago Blues [MP3Today.Info]
8. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea [MP3Today.Info]
9. Downhearted Blues [MP3Today.Info]
10. Walk Right In, Walk Right Out [MP3Today.Info]
11. One Hour Mama [MP3Today.Info]
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