Eaglin,Snooks New Orleans Street Singer: Great R&B Sounds Of New CD

Snooks Eaglin had a reputation as a "Human Jukebox" such was his vast knowledge of songs and in his early teens he performed in a group with Allen Toussaint. Discovered in his early 20s as a street busker in New Orleans, Eaglin went on to have a small but interesting career recording his first tracks with Louisiana's folklorist, Dr. Harry Oster. These initial recordings are featured on Disc 1 whilst the second disc covers his more blues and R&B style. This unique performer is long overdue a reappraisal and these early recordings are a must.

1. Careless Love 2. Come Back Baby 3. High Society 4. Let Me Go Home Whiskey 5. Trouble in Mind 6. St. James Infirmary 7. I Got My Questionnaire 8. The Drifter Blues 9. Rock Island Line 10. Every Day I Have the Blues 11. Sophisticated Blues 12. See See Rider 13. One Scotch, One Bourbon (One Beer) 14. A Thousand Miles from Home 15. I'm Lookin' for a Woman 16. Look Down That Lonesome Road 17. Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes 18. Mailman Passed 19. I'm a Country Boy 20. I've Got a Woman 21. Alberta 22. Brown Skinned Woman 23. Don't You Lie to Me 24. That's All Right 25. Well I Had My Fun 26. Bottle Up and Go 27. The Walkin' Blues 28. One More Drink 29. Fly Right Baby 30. Yours Truly 31. Nobody Knows 32. That Certain Door 33. By the Water 34. If I Could 35. Guess Who 36. My Head Is Spinnin' 37. Travelin' Mood 38. Going to the River 39. I'm Slippin' in 40. Nothing Sweet As You 41. Don't Slam That Door 42. People Are Talking 43. Reality 44. Long Gone 45. Willy Lee