Hawkins,Roy Bad Luck Is Falling: The Modern Rpm & Kent 2 CD

The second volume of this 1950s west coast blues great's recordings completes the Roy Hawkins' original Modern, RPM and Kent sides on CD. Features tracks from his first recording session in 1948 and continues right up to final session in 1961. "As well as many previously unissued and un-reissued master takes, this set also contains never before heard, alternate takes of some of Hawkins' best-known Modern classics, including his original version of 'The Thrill Is Gone'. "A phenomenally important and influential blues figure in his day - albeit one who remains remarkably obscure from a biographical viewpoint - Hawkins is a perennial favorite of connoisseurs of cool California blues. Ace. 2006.

1. It's Hard 2. The Thrill Is Gone 3. Highway 59 4. Bad Luck Is Falling 5. Wine Drinkin' Woman 6. Doin' All Right 7. Sleepless Night 8. The Thrill Hunt 9. Royal Hawk 10. September Song 11. The Condition I'm in 12. Would You 13. Mean Little Girl 14. On My Way 15. If I Had Listened 16. Is It Too Late 17. Strange Land 18. What a Fool I Was 19. Welcome Home 20. Trouble in Mind 21. West Express 22. It's Too Late to Change 23. Quarter to One 24. Strange Land