Big Maybelle – I’ve Got a Feelin’ (1954/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 29:13 minutes | 273 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Roll Bell Records
consistently impressive on material that runs from jump blues shouters and earthy ballads to near- rock & roll. While “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” is an inevitable standout considering it’s by far the most famous tune, it’s quite different from Jerry Lee Lewis’ rockabilly treatment; it’s a much more measured mid-tempo R&B/blues hybrid in this incarnation, and it really took Lewis to kick it into much higher gear.
Big Maybelle’s somewhat forgotten today, but on the basis of these sides, she certainly deserves more recognition. For she’s as good as quite a few other similar figures from the dawn of rock & roll who have, whether because they had a few more hits or for other reasons, attained higher profiles as innovators among rock and R&B historians.
Tracklist:
1-1. Big Maybelle – Don’t Leave Poor Me (02:37)
1-2. Big Maybelle – Way Back Home (02:45)
1-3. Big Maybelle – I’ve Got a Feelin’ (02:57)
1-4. Big Maybelle – No More Trouble Out of Me (03:26)
1-5. Big Maybelle – One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (02:52)
1-6. Big Maybelle – Rain Down Rain (03:05)
1-7. Big Maybelle – Gabbin’ Blues (Don’t Run My Business) (02:41)
1-8. Big Maybelle – Please Stay Away from My Sam (02:34)
1-9. Big Maybelle – Hair Dressin’ Women (03:25)
1-10. Big Maybelle – Jinny Mule (02:46)
