With Guitar Slim

  • October 31, 2014

    Letter To My Girlfriend (aka Prison Blues) (By Guitar Slim, Ray Charles On Piano)

    Recorded in New Orleans at Cosimo’s Studio on 27 October 1953. With Lloyd Lambert’s band (including Charles Burbank, Joe Tillman, and Gus Fontenotte – saxophones, Frank Mitchell – tp, Lambert – b, Oscar Moore – ds) backing him up with special guest Ray Charles, arranging the song, filling in on the piano, producing the recording. […]

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  • October 15, 2014

    Story Of My Life (By Guitar Slim, Ray Charles On Piano)

    Single3 (A): Specialty 490, April 1954, b/w Letter To My Girlfriend (aka Prison Blues). Recorded in New Orleans at Cosimo’s Sudio on 27 October 1953. With Lloyd Lambert’s band (including Charles Burbank, Joe Tillman, and Gus Fontenotte on saxes, Frank Mitchell on trumpet, Lambert on bass, Oscar Moore on drums) backing him up with special […]

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  • October 11, 2014

    The Things That I Used To Do (By Guitar Slim, Ray Charles On Piano)

    Single3 (A): Specialty 482, 1953, b/w Well I Done Got Over It. Recorded in New Orleans at Cosimo Matassa’s Studio on 27 October 1953. With Lloyd Lambert’s band (including Charles Burbank, Joe Tillman, and Gus Fontenotte on saxes, Frank Mitchell on trumpet, Lambert on bass, Oscar Moore on drums), helped by Ray Charles (who had been working with Slim […]

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  • October 9, 2014

    Well I Done Got Over It (By Guitar Slim, Ray Charles On Piano)

    Single3 (B): Specialty 482, 1953, b/w The Things I Used To Do. Recorded in New Orleans at Cosimo Matassa’s Studio on 27 October 1953. With Lloyd Lambert’s band (including Charles Burbank, Joe Tillman, and Gus Fontenotte on saxes, Frank Mitchell on trumpet, Lambert on bass, Oscar Moore on drums), helped by Ray Charles (who had been working with […]

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