BILL BLEVINS CRAZY BLUES ROCKABILLY 45

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THE ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON IS A 7" -45 RPM RECORD
TITLE : "Crazy Blues", "Baby I Won't Keep Waitin'"
ARTIST : Bill Blevins
FORMAT : 7"- 45 rpm record
LABEL : National
RECORD # : 101
DATE : 1957
CONDITION: VG+ (very light edge warp- plays very strong!!)
NOTES: ...... when he surfaced on the one off Houston based National label. According to Andrew Brown, two titles were cut during the early months of '57 in a garage somewhere in Houston. The backing on both tunes is fairly sparse, indicating only lead guitar and bass accompaniment. Brown continued, "Bill was drunk at this session, hence the excessively abused phrase 'drunken southern rockabilly' actually is applicable for once". After listening to the National disc, particularly 'Baby I Won't Keep Waitin'', it's easy to hear in Bill's slurred pronunciation that he had more than just a tipple before kicking off the session. Both tunes, however, are premium examples of lazy Lone Star rockabilly. 'Baby I Won't Keep Waitin'' is as salacious as the title suggests and the second cut from the session, the self-penned 'Crazy Blues', is a slow burning moody piece that draws from the rich musical melting pot of Texas. In 'Crazy Blues', a well cultured listener will detect hints of early country blues, like those hollered by Texas Alexander, Blind Lemon Jefferson or Ramblin' Thomas during the nineteen twenties. Indeed, '30's steel guitar wizard and one time Jimmie Davis sideman, Oscar Woods, could have laid down a version of 'Crazy Blues' that would not have been unlike Bill's. Both titles were mastered at Bill Holford's ACA studio on April 8 and released shortly after on the short lived National label. National may have been a vanity label that Bill established solely for the release of this disc, as no other releases on this label have been traced. Subsequent discs by Bill are unconfirmed, although rumor suggests one further release appeared sometime during the nineteen sixties or seventies. If this disc does exist, discographical data is unknown. Bill is now believed to be deceased, but his National sides are still very much cherished by collectors of the Big Beat, who have been treated to the occasional reissue of 'Crazy Blues' and 'Baby I Won't Keep Waitin''. ....

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