Shakey Jake Call Me When You Need Me: Vocal & Harmonica Blues CD

Harmonica player/singer/semi-professional gambler James D. "SHAKEY JAKE" Harris remains one of The Blues' shadowy, "Great Unknown" figures. His name came from his awesome ability to shoot dice; by all accounts, fellow-gamblers would call "Shake 'Em, Jake" at him. This compilation comprises his two rare-as-hens-teeth LPs, "Good Times" (1960) and "Mouth Harp Blues" (1961), both recorded for Prestige/Bluesville, plus an earlier, one-off 45rpm for Artistic (1958), a subsidiary label of Cobra Records. On his Artistic 45rpm he was backed by the Willie Dixon Band, whose personnel included guitarists Magic Sam (who was Shakey Jake's nephew) and Freddie King. His Prestige/Bluesville LPs feature sidemen like guitarists Bill Jennings and Jimmy Lee Robinson, organist Brother Jack McDuff, pianist Robert Banks, bassist Leonard Gaskin and drummer Junior Blackman. This material is impossible to find elsewhere on CD.

1. Call Me If You Need Me 2. Roll Your Money Maker 3. Worried Blues 4. My Foolish Heart 5. Sunset Blues 6. You Spoiled Your Baby 7. Tear Drops 8. Just Shakey 9. Jake's Blues 10. Still Your Fool 11. Keep A-Loving Me Baby 12. Call Me When You Need Me 13. Huffin' ; Puffin' 14. Good Times 15. Mouth Harp Blues 16. Love My Baby 17. Jake's Cha Cha 18. Gimme a Smile 19. My Broken Heart 20. Angry Love 21. Things Is Alright 22. Easy Baby 23. Things Are Different Baby 24. It Won't Happen Again