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rockinitis

Posted: November 05, 2009 06:49 pm

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QUOTE (oddenda @ November 05, 2009 06:01 am)

There's an unfortunate story behind that album; part of it is that it was in official release for only a couple of months before it was pulled from the marketplace by the record label.

Why would it be ***pulled*** from the marketplace? Was Eddie chained to another label at the time?

I grabbed the reissued version in the eighties, when Prestige reissued a load of older product in their "Original Blues Classics" series. "Train Done Gone" and other screamers reminded me of a more disciplined version of Don & Dewey, Kid Thomas, Barrence Whitfield, Little Richard, Esquerita and other wild black rock & rollers I had been listening to at the time.

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Posted: November 05, 2009 11:30 pm

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QUOTE (Hawkeye @ November 05, 2009 09:46 am)

Doug Quattlebaum:
Softee Man Blues

- Sweet Little Woman
- Whiskey Headed Woman
- Trouble In Mind
- You Is One Black Rat
- On My Way To School
- You Ain't No Good
- Come Home Blues

- Mama Don't Allow Me To Stay Out All Night...
- Big Leg Woman
- Baby Take A Chance With Me
- Love My Baby
- Back Night Is Falling
- So Sweet
- Worried Life Blues
rec. November 27, 1961 in Philadelphia; Doug Quattlebaum, voc, g; prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein & Pete Welding

(Thanks to Mr. Wirz for the discography)
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From issue 42 of Record Research (March/April 1962, p.12).
Doug Quattlebaum
By Paul Sheatsley
http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=2161.0

An exciting blues and gospel singer with the unlikely name of Doug Quattlebaum has been keeping audiences happy during a two-week stay at Gerde's Folk City (11 W. 4th St., New York) opening February 6. A rather small crowd was on hand for Doug's opening night, a Tuesday evening, but as the word spread about Folk City's latest blues attraction, the house was packed by the time Friday and Saturday rolled around. Doug plays a powerful driving amplified guitar to accompany his intensely rhythmic singing, and his repertoire is varied and classic. About two-thirds of his numbers are blues -- traditionals such as See See Rider or Trouble in Mind, or more modern ones like his own Love My Baby Blues, recently recorded for Prestige. About one-third are gospel songs like Go Tell It On the Mountain or On the Old Camp Ground, the latter with a moving interpolation of the Lord's Prayer at slow tempo to contrast sharply with the rocking beat of the spiritual.

Until very recently, the name of Doug Quattlebaum was known to only a few collectors through the fine sides he made for the Gotham label in Philadelphia about ten years ago. These items have long been virtually unobtainable, and Doug himself dropped from sight. His rediscovery occurred only last summer when Pete Welding, who has been taping Philadelphia street singers for a forthcoming LP on "The Philadelphia Scene, found him driving a "Mister Softee" ice cream truck -- with his guitar plugged into the truck's amplification system, entertaining the kids with his blues! Since then, Doug has been kept busy in the recording studios, and a Prestige Bluesville album (No. 1065, appropriately titled "Softee Man Blues") should be available about the time this appears in print. Normally, this album would not have been released for several months, but Kenny Goldstein and others at Prestige were so enthusiastic that they decided to rush it out immediately. British collectors can look forward to a Quattlebaum LP soon to be issued by Tony Standish on his Heritage label, and Doug also appears on one track (Mean Old Frisco) of a forthcoming LP on the British '77" label.

Doug himself is a tall, well built man in his middle thirties who creates an almost scholarly appearance behind his horn rimmed glasses. He talks easily and well and has a very relaxed sense of humor. Until he starts to play, he conforms not at all to the stereotype of the rude country blues singer. Yet Doug Quattlebaum comes from just such a background. He is related to the Crudup family (Arthur "Big Boy" was the brother of Doug's stepfather); he was born and raised in Florence, South Carolina, and his first instrument was a crude guitar which he fashioned with his own hands. At the age of 14, his family moved to Philadelphia, the city he still calls home. Doug surprised us by volunteering the information that between 1950 and 1953 he was leader and guitarist of the Bells of Joy, a popular gospel group which toured the South, and that he is on four of the sides they made for the Peacock label in Texas during that period. For the discographically inclined, Doug recalled "Stop Right Now, It's Praying Time" (Peacock 1700) and "Leak In This Old Building" (Peacock 1708) and gave the personnel of the group at the time as Mitch Hatfield (baritone & guitar), Al Ballard (tenor), Lelon Rorie (lead) and Willie Lisbon (bass). Doug has accompanied the Ward Singers on many occasions during the last two years, and even now is working with a Philadelphia gospel group known as the Musicalaires which he assures us "will soon be ready. " As a blues singer, he played the Purple Onionin Toronto in December and has a contract with the Chicago Playboy club for a three-week engagement in January 1963

Mister softee's loss is certainly the blues enthusiast's gain!

Thanks for turning me on to Mr. Quattlebaum, Hawkeye! Itunes has a collection of his tunes called "If You've Ever Been Mistreated." Sounds like good stuff!

oddenda	Posted: November 06, 2009 02:36 am
Deepest Blue Group: Members Posts: 548 Member No.: 5514 Joined: September 23, 2008	Eddie did a few of the tunes for the folks at LuPine Records in Detroit that he cut for Prestige. After the release of the TruSound album, someone from Detroit called and claimed that he owned all the copyrights (falsely). Rather than negotiate, prestige pulled the record immediately - end of problem (for them). One of MANY unfortunate happenings in Eddie's life - his career has gone quite differently to that of B.B.; both began recording about the same time, but their career paths are vastly different! Eddie's still trying to conquer the world one pub/club at a time at age 84. In the music business, talent is no requisite for success, as we all well know. Peter B.

Hawkeye	Posted: November 07, 2009 01:48 am
Deepest Blue Group: Mentors Posts: 4709 Member No.: 1495 Joined: February 09, 2005	<<Thanks for turning me on to Mr. Quattlebaum, Hawkeye! Itunes has a collection of his tunes called "If You've Ever Been Mistreated." Sounds like good stuff!>> Tanta07, You're most welcome. [{::] ;gu; Quattlebaum is a great singer and player. I have his album "If You've Ever Been Mistreated," on CD, Testament Records TCD 6003. I recommend it highly. http://myplay.com/music/doug-quattlebaum/i...been-mistreated "If You've Ever Been Mistreated"/Doug Quattlebaum 1 Hard Luck Blues 2 Good Woman Blues 3 Baby, Please Don't Go 4 Come Back Baby 5 Baby, What Do You Want Me To Do 6 If You've Ever Been Mistreated 7 Lizzie Lou 8 Drifting Blues 9 What'd I Say 10 Kiddio 11 It's Nobody's Fault But Mine 12 The Story Of Adam And Eve 13 Come Over Here 14 The Honeydripper 15 I've Been Working On My Baby 16 Touch The Hem Of His Garment 17 He May Not Come When You Want Him 18 How Great Thou Art 19 Quattlebaum's Boogie Attached Image

renemalin	Posted: November 07, 2009 11:56 am
Deepest Blue Group: Moderators Posts: 18587 Member No.: 945 Joined: October 25, 2004	I have it too, Hawkeye, after I found out about the man right here on this greatest forum of all !

Hawkeye	Posted: November 07, 2009 12:36 pm
Deepest Blue Group: Mentors Posts: 4709 Member No.: 1495 Joined: February 09, 2005	<<I have it too, Hawkeye, after I found out about the man right here on this greatest forum of all !>> Your charming personality, humor, and intelligence are only exceeded by your taste in music and online forums. ;) :lol:

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